This blog is here to help me get my thoughts and feelings out as I go through the process of transition from female to male, as well as (possible) pregnancy and parenthood. It's going to be an intense time and I think this will help me both process and educate others as well.
The basics: I am 27 years old, and have been identifying and living on limited basis as a trans man for 7 years. I have put off medically transitioning so that I can have a child of my own. But the time has come for me to move forward and take those scary steps fully out of the closet and start living my authentic life.
When I'm not busy being transgender, I work as a pediatric RN, have a great cat and enjoy going to church, gaming, yoga, and reading.
My first step is coming up the day after tomorrow, seeing my primary care provider Dr. F. This is just my usual 3-month followup, but I plan to come out to her as trans and talk about plans to transition and get pregnant. I have been up to this point not out to any of my medical providers, preferring to keep the complexities of that out of any physical issues I may need my doctor for. But Dr. F has been warm, kind, and considerate. She has helped me be correctly diagnosed with PTSD and adequately treated, which has made a huge difference in my overall quality of life. So I think she's a good place to start. My local teaching hospital has a clinic for LGBTQ parents that I would like to be referred to in order to try getting pregnant via donor in about a year.
In the meantime, time to get finances in order, do some reading, get some facts straight, and start mentally preparing!
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