Learning To Live Life With New Breasts

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

Oh yeah!

That's what the nipples do first...that's how mine started...

"We have ignition!"

LOVE

Donna Jean

Yep a week or so afte starting the new regimen my breast have been sore full time and OMG the itch. Now the nipple and areola have both expanded and it sure looks like Im moving along on the Tanner scale. Mine, the last time I measured them, were +3" over band size in nearly 5 months I have not measured them since but I can tell by the way my bras are getting tight with my forms on that they are doing exactly what they are supposed to. I guess Im 51 going on 15 or maybe 16. Not interested in boys

[Guest sarah f]

Yes, Viv. You and me and a few other newbies to HRT. Something to look forward to, and at the same

time feel a little nervous about. Honestly, I think I feel like a 12 year old girl feels when she knows puberty is right around the corner. Its so strange, and so wonderful.

Carolyn, I feel the same way as you do. I feel like a young girl that is just discovering herself for the first time and can't wait to see what comes next.

Love,

Sarah F

[Guest angie]

But I love halter tops I must find another one..... that is in my size though >_>

I love halter tops and dresses,they just look sooo pretty!

And have three dresses and four tops,one polka dot top that is flat gorgeous.

First time I wore it to church,the folks were all checking out the girls,seeing for

the first time that what I got is real.(grin) I mean it isn't hard to see,when talking

to man or woman,and their eye's drop to chest level and bug out.lol

Angie

[Sally]

I have always (well for the last 38 years) been rather obese and had the man boobs but with my almost non-existent T levels my nipples had been a little pouffy and just a bit sensitive to the touch so I assumed that things would change very slowly and assumed that not much would change about the nipples - WRONG!

They became super sensitive almost from day one - within the third week and now they have begun to expand - where I used to look like a fat man without my shirt I now look like a flabby woman who could stand to shave that little bit of body hair remaining.

I haven't hit them on anything after that first time which was a real eye opener!

Overall I have been pretty lucky with limited itching and not too much pain from hitting them but it has only been 6 months so I have lots of time to forget and bang them into something.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest NatalieRene]

Oh yeah!

That's what the nipples do first...that's how mine started...

"We have ignition!"

LOVE

Donna Jean

Oh cool They don't seem to have grown a all though. Does that happen later if at all or am I stuck with quarter sized? Although they don't hurt or feel sore. Does that come later?

My first hrt check up appointment was today and my doctor did a visual inspection to note any progress and mentioned the same thing although not quite like you put it. It turns out my starting testosterone level was 314 and my doctor is going to have some blood-work done to check and see how effective the baseline starting dosage of estrogen has been for me and depending on the results my dosage will be adjusted either by doubling or one and a quarter times what I'm taking now. I guess on Monday I'll know. I wonder how much the increased dosage will hasten things.

[Guest MarciPA]

A lot of folks have been mentioning the itching factor but I can't say that I have noticed that much. One or 2 days right at the beginning but now for me its just the nipple pain. As a side note, I think I need to remove my dog's front legs as she got me once again. She is so used to jumping up on me (and I like that) that I forget now to protect myself.

Also, as someone noted above, yes, the puffy nipples were the first stage for me, but within a week I could feel the bud behind the nipple. I as some others always had low T Levels and had a bit of gynecomastia pre HRT.

M~

[Guest nymphblossom]

NatalieRene wrote:

I wonder how much the increased dosage will hasten things.

Estrogen dosage is a critical balance. The body can only use so much and the rest is turned into testosterone which will have a counteracting effect on the remaining estrogen. I think this is why many doctors take a slow and steady approach.

Blossom

[Guest NatalieRene]

NatalieRene wrote:

I wonder how much the increased dosage will hasten things.

Estrogen dosage is a critical balance. The body can only use so much and the rest is turned into testosterone which will have a counteracting effect on the remaining estrogen. I think this is why many doctors take a slow and steady approach.

Blossom

Yeah my doctor told me that. I've been taking it as directed. I'll find out on Monday hopefully what the new testosterone level is from the last 33 days of my initial dosage of estrogen is and based on that and his experience he is going to increase the dosage. Even with the increase though I'm still probably at low to medium sized dosage because my doctor wants to gauge how my body is handling the dosage before continuing to ramp it up.

[Guest nymphblossom]

Unseely Gin wrote:

My wife doesn't remember it being all that bad (or at least as bad as I describe it)...Has anyone else heard from gg's that they don't remember their breasts being nearly as sensitive during development?

This is quite common in natal female adoscelents:

http://www.teengrowth.com/index.cfm?action=info_article&ID_article=1320

I started a thread with the answers to many common questions about breast development at:

http://www.lauras-playground.com/forums/in...ic=15808&hl=

Blossom

[Guest maddi]

i cant wait for thoes things to happen to me! i havent started any medications yet because im under 18 and havent told my parents but i really think im going to love that sutff

Maddie