I can’t wait for my surgery. It sucks when you’re passing, feeling super euphoric, but the second you need to do anything with your genitalia it all comes to a halt.
You two are both strong women and very brave I find you both very inspiring I have been watching you Stephanie quite a lot because you reminded me when I came out as trans-but now I live non-binary because I wanted children but I recently came out at work as I was in a situation that wasn’t very nice which I do a woman is the only job technically which the company I work for he is all women It is easier when you’re out even now I’m not currently living as a woman Due to the children But that doesn’t stop me transitioning in the future to play in the
I'm sure you know women need to have testosterone to be healthy and our ovaries help produce what we need. For a trans person how does your body produce enough testosterone?
So this is a really interesting question. Yes the cis-gendered female body does require some level of testosterone which is as you say produced in part by the ovaries. It’s important to know not all testosterone in men is produced via the testicles, but also by adrenal glands. So essentially in the case of a cis-gendered male the adrenal glands produce less than 5% of total testosterone in a healthy biological male. There is zero testicular production following sex-reassignment as the testicles are removed. Testosterone levels may actually be lower in post-op trans women than in cisgender women. Luckily the testosterone level my adrenal glands produce is enough for me to live without testosterone supplements! I hope this helps!
