Has anyone started hrt just to grow some breasts

[she she]

Is it fair to say you're feeling a strong need to be female? What have you done so far?

I just under dress and did wear a skirt out a few times dressed in otherwise guy clothes.   That event went well and in fact a lady cornered me and told me that I rock it I felt like a million dollars after that.

[Tig58072]

I would love to have my own too..Right now I use small silicone forms. I have two sets actually. I wear the smallest which is AA daily. If you use forms.... You need to get  breast form covers for them. The covers help to keep your forms from sliding around and falling out. They have a clip at the top that goes around your bra strap. This is very important, you don't want to have an embarrassing issue....like falling out. I found that A's are actually noticeable so if not being noticed is important you might want to go smaller.

[valerie anne]

I have been growing breasts for some time without HRT.

I am 36 DD now and it's due to wearing nipple suction cups during the day and electric breast milk pumps at every opportunity.

I pump several times a day and I am being pumped now. I am a breast pump slave!

[KristaFairchild]

Regarding keeping breast forms in place, a bra works for me. If I want extra secure I use a mastectomy bra that has pockets to hold the forms. I did research into adhesive siesta and they are not all the same, but I haven't tried it yet. 

[noleen111]

She She, there are products on the market, that CLAIM to do what you want, to help males grow breasts. They are often female menopause tablets, that can be used my males to grow breasts. I will not mention any here, you can do your own research. Whether they work is debatable. yes there are often testimonials from "clients" claiming they give wonderful results, often with photos. But keep in mind, in the world of AI, these can be faked easily.

Having said all that, I agree with the ladies that posted before me, HRT should be supervised by a doctor as it can lead serious medical side effects (blood clots etc). Female hormones are powerful and lead to more than just physical changes, but mental ones too.. increased sensitivity/mood swings and you actually begin to think in a more female way.

When you transform male to female, you transform in body and mind and there is no real halfway in and you cant always control the results, I will never forget, I was about a year into HRT and my friend and I were talking and then she said.. Noleen you are such a girl, that made my day, yes i did cry a bit.

[KristaFairchild]

This is why I'm considering low dose estrogen. Not for the minimal physical changes at my age, but to see how it makes me feel.

Look out world, I already cry at commercials and previews. My emotions have long been my most female trait. 

[Petunia]

This is why I'm considering low dose estrogen. Not for the minimal physical changes at my age, but to see how it makes me feel.

Look out world, I already cry at commercials and previews. My emotions have long been my most female trait.

This is me

[ChrissyRyan]

Some try phytoestrogens.  You have to consume these regularly but they can cause small changes.  You need to eat foods like soy, fennel, etc. that are phytoestronegnic. 

The cost of these foods is likely more than the prescribed tablets.  But you do eat too!

Anyone wanting to try these, do your research.  Some may have allergic or medical reactions to some of these foods too.   

[Lori Dee ✅]

Some try phytoestrogens.  You have to consume these regularly but they can cause small changes.  You need to eat foods like soy, fennel, etc. that are phytoestronegnic. 

The cost of these foods is likely more than the prescribed tablets.  But you do eat too!

Anyone wanting to try these, do your research.  Some may have allergic or medical reactions to some of these foods too.   

Here is a published study that examines the pros and cons of phytoestrogens:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3074428/ 🔗

[Petunia]

She she,
I expect I might consider low dose E at some stage to see how I feel.

Something to consider if you intend to stop at some stage, what are you going to do.if one breast responds more than the other and you're lopsided?

Do you stop then or keep growing past the size you intended?

[BlueJaye]

I would like to increase my breast size to maybe a A cup in size but not to where my family can notice and start asking questions. Family pressure would be over the top for me to live with.    Once I reach my goal I would stop taking the meds.

Is this idea reasonable to try, it would meet my needs anyway and help with the dreaded dysphoria that has plagued me for many years.

What if you find that your life improves on HRT and living without HRT is something you don't want to go back to?

I don't think what you have proposed is realistic and could be unsafe. HRT is not a toy to be played with. Starting and then stopping could have negative mental health effects. I would not start HRT unless you're ready, willing, and able to stick with it indefinitely and deal with the relational and social results.

[ChrissyRyan]

One needs to make sure you are willing to have breasts the rest of your life before and after you take estrogen in any form.

[KristaFairchild]

She she,
I expect I might consider low dose E at some stage to see how I feel.

Something to consider if you intend to stop at some stage, what are you going to do.if one breast responds more than the other and you're lopsided?

Do you stop then or keep growing past the size you intended?

I'm thinking along the same lines "see how I feel". I'm not concerned about breast growth which I expect to be minimal based on all the research I can find. If it happens, I'll be a surprised happy woman! 

But the how I feel aspect is well supported. Even low dose can affect that, often in positive ways. It's worth a run at it for me. 

[Alana Ashleigh]

I'm thinking along the same lines "see how I feel". I'm not concerned about breast growth which I expect to be minimal based on all the research I can find. If it happens, I'll be a surprised happy woman!

But the how I feel aspect is well supported. Even low dose can affect that, often in positive ways. It's worth a run at it for me.

Next Monday, I'll be on hrt a year. I've been on a low dose by my own choice. Being on a low dosage has had a positive effect on me. I've had breast growth. Not a ton, but enough that's made me happy.

Alana

[noleen111]

What if you find that your life improves on HRT and living without HRT is something you don't want to go back to?

I don't think what you have proposed is realistic and could be unsafe. HRT is not a toy to be played with. Starting and then stopping could have negative mental health effects. I would not start HRT unless you're ready, willing, and able to stick with it indefinitely and deal with the relational and social results.

I agree

HRT effects are not always reversible if you change your mind. Remember you cant always control the effects, how you body reacts often is due to generics.

For example if you grow breast buds, those are not reversible and you getting some form of breasts whether you want it or not, and buds will start pushing your nipples outward. So changing your mind may require surgery. 

Just be careful, as i was told, you cant grow breasts for the weekend and take them off on a Monday morning. Once you have them on your chest they are there for life.  If you want weekend breasts, get breast forms.

But I get you, I remember when I started out, I was so excited when breast growth started. I grew to a B cup within 6 months, then after that things slowed down

[noleen111]

sorry me again

She she, one thing I never expected when i started HRT, first some background

I was 21 when i started hormones, had bottom surgery at 24..

Anyways, a demonstration to how powerful female hormones are, as I approached 30 years old, I found myself getting broody. It was heart breaking to me, that I could not bear a child for my husband and I so wanted to be a mother. In the end, we did adopt (now a mother to 3 kids) and I really love been a mother and this was a way for me to be a mother. Deep down, I still would love to be pregnant.

This was something, not in my wildest dreams,did I think I would feel when I started hormones.   

[Stottie Girl]

sorry me again

She she, one thing I never expected when i started HRT, first some background

I was 21 when i started hormones, had bottom surgery at 24..

Anyways, a demonstration to how powerful female hormones are, as I approached 30 years old, I found myself getting broody. It was heart breaking to me, that I could not bear a child for my husband and I so wanted to be a mother. In the end, we did adopt (now a mother to 3 kids) and I really love been a mother and this was a way for me to be a mother. Deep down, I still would love to be pregnant.

This was something, not in my wildest dreams,did I think I would feel when I started hormones.   

That's very interesting Noleen. As a rule I am uncomfortable around children but lately I have been looking at young mothers with babies, particularly breast feeding mothers and it makes me feel sad and melancholy that it will never be me. Of course, once the baby starts shrieking the bubble is burst!

I have never, up to this point, wanted children. Is this feeling broody? I'm assuming so. As you said, an unexpected change.

For me, that ship has sailed. Adopting a baby at 50 wouldn't be fair on the child as by the time they are in their teens I will be in retirement. Plus I'm fairly sure they wouldn't allow adoption to a single trans woman in the UK anyway.