Are there other things you want to know about my HRT journey? What have your HRT experiences been in terms of changes you experienced and when? What are your thoughts and feelings about being on HRT in general? 💜💜💜
@pi02r
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, Chloe! I love the the way you explained your journey. But, I wanna know what about the hips growth. I started HRT 7 months ago and I see a change but I want know your change about that area. Greetings! 😊💜
@jedimasteralli8523
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Chloe! This was great! Seriously thinking of looking into HRT soon, and hoping to further my MtF transition. Love your channel and how you go into this and other things. Thank you for all you do!!
@johannab253
3 жыл бұрын
Xmas eve is my 3 month HRT-niversary, and I'm excited to hit the time period a lot of physical changes can begin to be seen. I've also experienced the mood changes, breast budding, and bottom changes too
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Johanna! Happy almost 3 month anniversary! Very exciting 😊💜
@saraannefay2196
3 жыл бұрын
Nicely done! This video is unique and much better and more useful than most of the affects of HRT videos. Thanks for sharing!
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Aww thank you Sara! 😊💜 I have a few more general HRT tips/overview videos, so I thought it was about time to make a more personal one 😊
@lorezyra
Жыл бұрын
Voice training can help voice changes. It's a muscle like every other in the body. With the sufficient training, you can achieve the range, resonance, and pitch you desire in your voice on-demand.
@reedtimbers2748
6 ай бұрын
My voice is naturally high for a man
@annastasijaspellman2536
3 жыл бұрын
Hmm.. my sister and mom have like E/DD.. my moms mom was even bigger... so if I ever get to start HRT... maybe I'll have luck. C or B would be fine with me... anything really..
@twlight76
3 жыл бұрын
How were you able to monitor T and E continuously like that? Is there a home kit I can get? My doc has only ordered panels before and +3 months, I'll be taking panels again but only +12 months next August.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
These were all from blood tests done by my doctors. I went with the time intervals that my doctors recommended and if it had been a while between tests, I sometimes brought up the idea of doing another blood test to them. I’m not actually sure if there’s any sort of home test. That would be an interesting idea!
@Messier77
Жыл бұрын
You speak well (possibly your engineering background) and covered your HRT experience in depth. Thanks for an excellent video.
@MsMalIow
3 жыл бұрын
Super late comment but, I'm glad I came out to my managers and HR at work! I can honor them during the trouble spots I'll have once I start HRT (hopefully next month)
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi McKenzie! Happy to hear you came out at work! I hope the process of coming out at work has been going well 😊💜
@MsMalIow
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheChloeConnection its been slow but thankfully they are eager to have me go to them for any support and help i need! Kinda nervous about some of my coworkers but other then that my management is backing me!
@russellpierce4442
3 жыл бұрын
I believe in God but I look at it like this If God didnot wont us to know how to change our cimical make up we woldent know how to because we do know means God gave us the knowledge to do so how could he condem us for using it If God dident wont us to have transgender or we would go to hell then He needs to go there two because H gave us the knolage please forgive my bad spell I have had a strok hope u can understand and as allways u go girl !!!
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that Russell! 💜
@readmarx420
Жыл бұрын
We both started hormones in April. Just different years. It's also my birth month ironically
@stephenchilingirian5183
8 ай бұрын
Hi Chloe Did you experience any changes to your face and stomach on hrt? I saw a video about changes to your face and belly fat, but they did not go into any detail. I guess im wondering if you noticed any changes. I am so dysphoric about my thin lips, my flat forehead and horrible jutting brows, guy stomach, and non-existent hips. I am 62 and just starting on my m to f transition. Thanks so much! With love and gratitude, Katrina
@marti7343
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Chloe. Very informative. I have been on HRT for 3 months now and really appreciate you sharing what I can expect. I would only add that there are different ways to get estrogen (estradiol). Oral, patches, and injections. Looks like oral administration worked for you. I also am using pills. Recently, I read taking estradiol sublingually (under the tongue) can help improve the amount of estradiol in your system and may be safer because it does not go through the liver. In studies, the change in concentration in the body increases to a good extent if estradiol pills are taken sublingually. Love your content and really appreciate your channel.
@TheChloeConnection
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this! 😊💜
@lilacdoe7945
3 жыл бұрын
You are so brave! I can't believe you went full-time so early into HRT. Thanks for sharing. P.S. I loved your joke about the 666-estrogen reading. It's sadly appropriate.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi LilacDoe! I think I was just impatient and wanted to get on with my life 😅 In retrospect, coming out full after only 7 months on HRT was pretty quick! And I'm glad you appreciated the joke. It made me giggle way back when it originally happened and still makes me laugh 😄
@RestorationGarageElroyWi
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I want to say you are beautiful, I also want to thank you for sharing your life. I have not traveled as far as you have yet but ,I am on the path with resolute. I can believe how mine is similar to your transition in how your thought process changed right first most, and then your body followed. Have a beautiful day, B.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Bridgette! 💜
@lilithgaming5311
3 жыл бұрын
Is pills really needed or is possible to do shots or pallets? plus I hate how heavily religious people are like if god gave me free will to chose who I want to be then I choses to be a trans woman.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Lilith! You don't have to do pills. Shots and patches are also options 🙂 I haven't used either of those so I didn't mention them, but shots are very common (not sure how common patches are but I dod know that it is an option). Pills is usually what doctors recommend to start with because they are easy, cheap, and readily available. And that makes me think of the whole "God made you a certain way" argument, which I can easily respond by saying God made me trans and I'm living my most authentic life!
@lilacdoe7945
3 жыл бұрын
Planned Parenthood uses informed consent so you don't need a therapist referral. I know they, at least the one I'm familiar with, offered the pill or the shot from day 1. Caution: be sure to try and pace your transition with electrolysis. Oh my God that takes forever! 40hrs later and $4,000 later and either you're lucky or there'll still be a ton of hair. Also, my doctor had a completely different opinion of progesterone. Apparently it occurs in men and women, it can cause some side-effects, and there are no long-term benefits. Basically, I was told that you'll end up in the same place, just maybe take longer to get there.
@livenca
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chloe. This video was very imformative. For myself, I’m 48 years old, and almost to 4 months on HRT. I’m pretty surprised at how strongly I’ve responded. Don’t know if this was placebo effect or not, but my mind seemed to calm down with my very first dose of estradiol. I started on E pills, and spironolactone. I quickly dropped the spiro because it made me feel unwell. I also started taking estradiol via injection within about 2 or 3 weeks, as I got a new provider after the spiro reaction. My current regimen is 0.2mg estradiol valerate injection per week, and 200mg micronized progesterone (I just went from 100mg to 200mg this week). This is my own personal experience, but so far, the effects of HRT are: 1. Just reached a B cup breast size, which I’m quite happy with at this point 2. My rear end has developed noticeably more fat, and the shape has become much more rounded and feminine 3. My hips have widened (from fat on the sides) a little bit, but not as much as I’d like 4. My hairline has dropped quite a bit, and the hair in the corners of my forehead is coming in towards my forehead 5. My fingers have become slimmer, as have my hands 6. I have lost a substantial amount of muscle bulk in my upper body, to the point that I am probably down about 2 sizes in clothing 7. My arms are noticeably skinnier 8. I feel more emotional, but not in a bad way, more like I feel an increased sense of presence and involvement with the world 9. I experience sexuality very differently, much more like a cis woman does (from what I’ve read) 10. My arms tend to rest further toward my back, and I have a more feminine posture without trying to emulate it 11. My hips are rotating, making it easier to walk like a cis woman, and again giving me a more feminine posture That’s about it. I hope this helps someone who is considering HRT. Again, this is my personal experience, and yours might be very different. My final thought is that I am so very glad that I began HRT. I feel immeasurably better than before I started, and I strongly desire to continue with this medical intervention for gender dysphoria.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Cassie! I’m glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing all of this! You made me realize that there were a lot of things I forgot to include even with everything I put in the video. It sounds like HRT has really had a wonderfully positive effect for you 💜 I also lost a lot of muscle, my hips are more pronounced, and experience sexuality differently. Walking more femininely comes more naturally too, but not sure how much is hormones and how much resulted from deliberate practice earlier in my transition. And the slimming of hands made me think of how my foot size slightly shrunk during my time on HRT.
@livenca
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheChloeConnection Well, your video was still very informative. I like things in bite sized pieces. It would take a much longer time to describe every change, especially in detail. I’m sure that a lot of people are like me, and prefer videos that are less that 20 or 30 minutes. Longer videos are fine once in a while though 😄. As a fan, I would watch one of your productions no matter what the length was. Thanks again! 🙏
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Aww that’s really sweet of you 😊💜 but you’re absolutely right which is why even a 15 or so minute video feels long for KZitem. I can always do a part 2 later! 😊
@brendaeagles
3 жыл бұрын
I'm 40 and can hopefully strt hrt in a few weeks after some tests, your really informative too Cassie. I love how we can share and be ourselves a little more easily now
@livenca
3 жыл бұрын
@@brendaeagles I’m so happy that you found my comment useful. 😊
@juliannelouiseperling
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Chloe! First off, thanks for doing this and for keeping on doing this. I love listening to your words of information and encouragement. It feels very personal - not personal for you, which it is, but intimate and personal to a viewer like myself. So thank you for that. Secondly, looking at the calendar just now (Dec. 22nd: Christmas is here! and 2020 nearly out of here!) I realize that today is 6 mo. to the day since starting HRT. (Here I would almost be moved to give an autobiographical rundown of me, but I am resisting that out of recognition that time is finite. So instead...) On most days I am confused. I am unsure how this path was meant to help or if I was expecting the impossible, but at the time I started it seemed like the ONLY logical path. But I am not regretting it, oh no. Not even a little! I went through behavioral socialization to becoming who I was, of which I now find myself scrubbing some of it off with what I'd best describe as a putty knife. And on most days I find myself confused about who I am now, as if I have one foot in who I'd like to be and the other foot (dragging behind me) in that man who I let myself believe I was. Make sense? At all? I wish I had not had to make this conscious choice but had had nature and a second X-chromosome make it for me. But it does not do to dwell on a hope of a different past, for we are creatures of both fate and will and must stand on the choices we make at any given time. So I don't know where this tunnel leads to. At the end of it am I happy? I guess that is the question, but I won't know it till I get there. I think I am happy now. I think so. I feel different from that life before 6 months ago. I think I made the right choice. I feel more genuine anyway. Finally, there have been some changes. I love those, even as it still seems irrepressibly to go so slow. I think I have two beautiful B-cups (a band of 77 cm and a bust of 85 cm) and may yet become a C-cup (be still my heart). My skin does feel softer. My thin scalp hair is now full again and the hair is soft. 💜 That is all I've noticed from HRT. I have started epilation to aid in reducing hair growth and decreasing the density of the hair that is there. As for my hips and my waist I hope they fill out more, and at 33½ and 26¾ now I hope, and it would be nice, to have hips of about 35 and to see my waist go down to 25. My dream is to be an hourglass. I can't think of anything more that I'd want than that. Oh, maybe world peace. But I think it would be easier to be an hourglass. Again, thank you for this channel. Julie
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Julie! That's so sweet of you! It makes me happy to hear that my content feels very personal and helpful for you 💜 And thank you for sharing bits of your journey! It's so wonderful to hear all of that. It's definitely a confusing, difficult, and amazing journey. Happy 6 months on HRT and here's to many more months! 💜🙂
@selinaxXxXx
3 жыл бұрын
Blue butterflies and septum, oh my 😍
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
🙂💜
@izziestyx
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I hope trans folks who are starting or about to start HRT are able to find this easily. It's great to know the medical timeline, but hearing about people's personal experiences is so valuable as well. I found a lot of my dysphoria started to subside or become more manageable once I started hormones, and in general my mood was a lot more elevated. I found my breast development started a bit earlier than expected, while it took a few months before I started to notice some of the more significant shifts in how I thought and emotionally experienced the world. Did you have to wait long to get prescribed hormones? Where I live it took me almost a full year to get the script in my hand. And then some hassle to find a pharmacy that would actually fill the script.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi NROWCAT! I’m glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much for the kind words 😊💜 It was probably about 6-7 months from the time I started therapy until when I had the prescriptions in hand. I generally haven’t had any issues getting the prescriptions filled but insurance coverage on them has varied quite a bit between different insurance plans I’ve had over the past nearly 6 years. Overall, I think it helped that my primary care essentially specialized in working with trans people and I lived in a relatively progressive town at the time
@dlynnwilliams4109
3 жыл бұрын
I do not understand at all why professed Bible believing christians do not believe the words of their Lord Jesus Christ and the LORD His Father. I do not fathom why professed christians operate on intersex babies (who are uniquely perfect as they are) for purely cosmetic non health threatening reasons. Neither do I understand professed christian approbation of gaslighting, marginalizing persecuting trans people who are honored in scripture. May I please present information as an individual who identifies as a christian. This is what scripture actually says using what appears to be the scriptural umbrella term "eunuch" to describe intersex and transfolk and others. The Lord Jesus own words: Mat 19:11-12 KJV 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. Isa 56:4-5 KJV 4 For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. These scriptures are beyond profoundly supportive to me and I hope they will be to other sibling intersex and transgender folk. I was personally relieved that I am not required to sacrifice my Christianity because I am a post GCS trans person. Please excuse me because I didn't have these beliefs much sooner! I might have been hugely more supportive Please, please, please don't perpetuate inadvertently the trans person going to hell lies that have never been scripturally accurate? I have not even mentioned the account of the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch in the latter portion of Acts 8. Megan K. DeFranza's rigorous theological discussion in her book Sex Difference in Christian Theology: Male, Female, and Intersex in the Image of God is a magnificent introduction into the endorsement of intersex bodies.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi D Lynn! Thanks for sharing all of this! I knew that this Christians that use the Bible and God’s name to justify discriminatory behavior against trans, intersex, and LGB people weren’t following what the Bible actually says, but I didn’t know the exact pieces of scripture so that is really nice to know. Besides, regardless of religion, any religious beliefs that are used to try to justify discrimination against anyone should be changed. Discriminating against those who are different and/or less fortunate kind of goes against core ideas of many religions
@bekkayya
3 жыл бұрын
i love how open you can be with all this, your videos have really helped me feel like im not totally off course with my own journey. Just wanted to say thanks so much
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Aww thank you! That’s so wonderful to hear and really warms my heart 😊💜
@veganarchistcommunist3051
3 жыл бұрын
I am starting on 2 mg estradiol and 5 mg finasteride. Starting to think 2 mg might be a little low for the estradiol, especially since I'm a very big person.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Lyla! That’s exciting! 2mg might be low but think of it as a starting point. Talk with your doctor if it feels like you need a larger dose in the future 💜
@hannahmich7342
3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have bone density issues while taking estrogen? The reason I ask is that after my testicular / ovarian cancer my bone density became very bad, as a result several broken bones. With medication and time my bones recovered fully. Then about ten years ago my remaining underdeveloped testis basically shutdown or what production of testosterone was being converted to a male form of estrogen. Even the Mayo Clinic is confused on this aspect. The fact is I had two DEXA bone scans done in one year and it shows I have the bone density of a 20-30 year old person and not that of a 70 years old that I really am. Very confusing. There is speculation that my remaining testis is in fact part ovotestis, sort of like the one that became malignant. The testis part of the tissues is slowly being taken over by the ovarian tissue? Does switching between testosterone and estrogen causes fractures ? Has anyone had bone issues? In all I’ve had six DEXA scans over the years. Has anyone else had these tests done.
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Hannah! I’m sorry to hear all of the struggles and confusion you’ve had with your bone density issues. There is always a risk of having bone density issues when hormones are involved, but to my knowledge, the risk is minimally providing that you retain sufficient levels of at least estrogen or testosterone. Issues usually arise when people do things like having SRS (and eliminating the bulk of production of endogenous testosterone) and then also don’t keep up with taking estrogen. In that case, they would have very low levels of both estrogen and testosterone, and that’s when bone issues would gradually show up. So as long as you take HRT as intended and get your hormone levels (and bone density as needed) assessed on regular intervals, I would assume that the bone risks would be relatively low for most people.
@hannahmich7342
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheChloeConnection Oh thank you for the reply. There are so few people with first hand knowledge of these issues. Even though I’m retired I was offered a full time position and am selling electrical parts full time now that requires me to move many parts and equipment around all day long. I’m sure this is keeping me very strong as a result. This the major reason I have retained my bone density besides this mix of hormones my body is producing. My plan was start with a low dose of estrogen and go from there. I realize that I’ll lose body mass in the process but in as much as I don’t need the personally need to touch all the products I market. I’m sure I’ll manage just fine with reduced body mass and just keep having fun selling all sorts of stuff. Not the job I ever thought I would enjoy but if you keep an open mind it has proven to be fun. How a biology major became a paper machine expert and a host of other weird fields has always perplexed me. I tell my spouse that I have a eclectic body and also a eclectic way of providing for my family. I guess it works so I’ll just keep doing what I do as long as I can lol My long term goal is to at last fully become one with this eclectic body of mine and then purchase another sailboat and sail around the world by myself with my spouse flying ahead to each port of call to meet me. I realize time is running out but that always has been a dream of mine that I’ve had most of my life. I wonder how many other trans women have have sailed around the world by themselves in a 36 foot sailboat. I’m a proven survivor of life and will always keep going, so don’t be surprised. Lol
@aaronharnack9411
3 жыл бұрын
I'm looking into doing my first Doctors appointment for Transgender care. I was lucky enough to find a transgender doctor in Saint Louis that offers online appointments! :)
@franklopez9809
3 жыл бұрын
🔥🥵 beautiful
@biancawilloughby9980
3 жыл бұрын
I was totally unprepared for the fact that hormones would have little to no effect. It has been deeply traumatic and devastating.
@Mark-jr7ux
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I just stated HRT!
@niesta8843
3 жыл бұрын
I've been watching a variety of your videos for a little over a year. Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU. You are so, so sweet and helpful, and I consider your information reliable, though not medical advice❤
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Vanessa! I’m so happy to hear to that! 😊
@syndi6664
3 жыл бұрын
😂 I 🖤 the 666 reference , as you can tell by my name. Love your channel, thank you for what you do here beautiful!
@TheChloeConnection
3 жыл бұрын
Aww thanks! I couldn’t resist making a silly joke about it 😂💜
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