Thinking about your goals will help you communicate more effectively with your medical provider as you work together to map out your care plan.

This is furthered by the book’s interdisciplinary approach, containing chapters dedicated to archaeology, literature, music, and visual culture, as well as texts and manuscripts. If injections are used, it should be at a low dose and with an understanding that there may be uncomfortable side effects, and that switching off of injections to other forms may cause mood swings or hot flashes. Though your testicles will shrink to less than half their original size, most experts agree that the amount of scrotal skin available for future genital surgery won’t be affected.On the flip side, because feminizing hormone therapy does not always lower sperm count , If you are sexually active with someone who is able to become pregnant, you should always continue to use a birth control method to prevent unwanted pregnancy. You may become more prone to bruising or cuts and in the first few weeks you’ll notice that the odors of your sweat and urine will change. Soon after beginning hormone treatment, you will notice a decrease in the number of erections you have; and when you do have one, you may lose the ability to penetrate, because it won’t be as firm or last as long. These medications work at your pituitary gland, and cause it to shut down the signals being sent to your testicles that tell them to make testosterone. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

While it is possible to make adjustments in medications and dosing to achieve certain specific goals, in large part the way your body changes in response to hormones is more dependent on genetics and the age at which you start, rather than the specific dose, route, frequency, or types of medications you are taking. This book covers a wide range of topics, including the magical texts which circulated in medieval Europe, the attitudes of intellectuals and churchmen to magic, the ways in which magic intersected with other aspects of medieval culture, and the early witch trials of the fifteenth century. Some trans women have encountered difficulties obtaining a consistent supply of injected estrogen due to ongoing problems with the supplier. I encourage you to take the time to learn new things about yourself, and sit with new or unfamiliar feelings and emotions while you explore and familiarize yourself with them. For people with no history of kidney disease or high potassium levels, there is no need to reduce the amount of potassium in your diet when taking spironolactone.The risk of breast cancer may increase slightly, but will still be at less of a risk than a non-transgender female.

Don’t be afraid to explore and experiment with your new sexuality through masturbation and with sex toys such dildos and vibrators.

As with all other women, the breasts of transgender women vary in size and shape and will sometimes be uneven with each other. Because of this, testosterone levels in the body remain high, and measuring blood testosterone level is not useful for tailoring treatment.