• GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              9·
              3 个月前

              It’s not an accessibility issue, it’s an immediate circumstance issue. My wife just wants me to hold off until we get pregnant with one more kid. Appreciate it, though!

                • GalacticSushi@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                  4·
                  3 个月前

                  Technically yes, but it’s not as simple as going to the doctor and having them put a baby into a womb.

                  It is insanely expensive. It also requires weeks or months of daily injections (sometimes multiple daily, sometimes subq sometimes IM) for my wife, a lot of discomfort as her hormones are altered to unnatural levels to force her ovaries to swell up and overproduce eggs, a surgical procedure to extract eggs. All of that brings no guarantee for a successful extraction, viable embryo, or successful transfer/implementation; so, we may have to do it all again meaning I still would probably be putting HRT off until we get a successful result.

                  Last time we did it we only got a handful of eggs and only one of those produced a viable embryo. I wouldn’t want to put all my remaining eggs (sperm?) into that basket.

                  My wife accepts me for who I am, she’s sticking with me, and she’s on board with HRT. I think her request is more than reasonable considering how so many other spouses react to their partner coming out. I’m happy to wait a bit longer if that means she can avoid taking on all that additional discomfort and financial stress. This is what we’ve agreed to and I’m good with it.

          • gegil@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            5·
            3 个月前

            I feel myself comfortable even without hrt, though i might get it some day because i am balding.

            • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              1·
              3 个月前

              Word of advice beforehand, go to your GP for advice, not from internet strangers.

              That said, for most of the baldness in testosterone-predominant bodies, it’s oxidative stress, scalp microbiome, genetics, and dihydrotestosterone that cause it.

              There are various treatments for that that don’t require HRT. You can have a hair transplant, but if you do take HRT, finasteride and dutasteride could be possibilities.

          • SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            3·
            3 个月前

            True!

            And some of us are just naturally horny.

            But I will say that a lot of the hornyposting here seems to be transfem in origin (although that might just be selection bias on my part 😅)