OK, one final sample with a lower pitch. I promise I’m done now :3

Thanks! Yeah, I saw that article (and I know my doctor reads that site too!), so I’ve been pushing back a bit.

That’s a good point about blood tests. I don’t think I’ve yet had more than one test for any particular dose, so I can’t say for sure how stable my levels are. I can tell when things start to get out of whack (especially when T goes up) from my experience with injections, and I’m pretty sure that my T is consistently suppressed on patches, at least.

I’m currently on 2 x 0.72mg / 2 days and 50mg spiro / day, which last test had me at 268 pg/mL E2 and 58 ng/dL T. I’m pretty happy with that, at least until I can get a few things chopped off.

Hello again! Thanks for sharing <3 The difference between the first two samples is huge!

Your voice is cute. There’s a bit more weight and chest resonance than I’d expect in an average female voice (almost the opposite of my problem, I think), and I’m not a big fan of creak, but at worst it’s androgynous. Keep up the good work!

Ask and ye shall receive! This is me talking normally.

https://voca.ro/1f1OSzCBlULV

This one sounds kind of hollow and “trans voice” to me. (Yeah, yeah, drop the pitch, tighter resonance, I know…)

I’ve not yet had one come off in the shower, and I’m not particularly careful. The adhesive gets a little loose, but it goes back to normal pretty quickly once you dry off. Having tried gel, injections and patches I have to say patches easily beat everything else for me! That’s assuming you don’t get irritation from them, of course.

Can confirm: I was able to get T down into cisfem ranges with monotherapy using 3 x 0.72mg patches every two days. That gave me about 400pg/mL E2 though, which was a bit high, so I’m on spiro as well now.

Thanks! I promise I’m not trying to push the pitch up :3 But yeah, it’s higher than it needs to be, maybe because I’m reading rather than talking normally.

I should really record myself interacting with real people.

Thanks! I’m originally from the UK of course, but I don’t live there now. I’ve spent a lot of time with various people from around the world, so it’s become pretty eclectic.

Great idea! I was definitely in performance mode. I’ll record a conversational clip next time I’m at my PC. I’d love to hear more people’s voices, too :3

Yay, thanks for the clip. I don’t think you were being mean at all!

I also use Japanese all day in and out of work. I should try that next time!

Holy shit, voice goals right here! You sound 100% female to me–maybe someone in her 30s or so?

I try to listen to myself as I speak at work, so it’s definitely a gradual process of tweaking things here and there. Thanks for the feedback!

BTW, the text is from this Reddit post.

Goodness that must have been tough. Well done!

Sounds like a lot of shock and denial from your mother, but as you say, I’m sure she’ll get over it in time,

You should be very proud of yourself <3

You go girl! Well done <3

Remember how good it feels and it’ll be easier next time. You got this!

Nice post, and congrats on starting HRT <3

Case closed! Good sleuthing 👍

Hmm yes, pinafore dress looks about right (I don’t really know all the styles yet).

You might have luck checking out UK-based shops: it looks very similar to the kind of dress you’d see as school uniform there, which is probably where a lot of the anime designs ultimately come from.

A quick search on Rakuten turned up items like this one, which is a bit different but perhaps close to the style you’re going for?

(Actually I kind of want one now…)

I mean… it is a bit weeby, but that’s no reason not to wear one. Have you tried searching for “adult size navy school dress” or something like that? Short of a cosplay store you probably won’t find anything exactly the same, but there are plenty of similar items out there.

People who in theory know me quite well have failed to recognize me (at first, at least), and I’ll go along with re-meeting them. I think that’s fine: I’m a totally different person now from who I was in the past, notwithstanding that we have a shared history. I don’t think you owe it to anyone to “come clean” about having met them before: there’s nothing wrong with starting fresh, and if challenged later on you can say exactly the same thing: you’re a different person now.

Yes! Things that take a long time (roughly in descending order) are:

1. Growing your hair out (although wigs and extensions can help in the meantime)
2. Hair removal (laser; electrolysis takes more time)
3. Voice training (it really is training: the techniques are pretty easy to get the hang of; you just need to keep working at it to make it second nature)
4. Getting enough time on hormones to start reading as feminine