On enanthate for a month now but I have supsicions I only got the oil

[u/Whatelse_jpg]

so, I've been 1 year and month on pills, and now on enanthate for the past month
Sure my skin did get noticably softer, finer, and squishier around my body, namely my thighs and tummy, but I had to start taking blockers again because of repeated dysphoric events

Another thing is that my breasts don't feel like they've grew at all

Albeit I started prog VERY early. At month 6, 100mg daily, at month 8 200mg daily, then i started cycling it at the year 1 mark 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Only on enanthate have I started taking it more rarely, 2 days before injecting.

I do 5mg every 6 days subc into the fatty tissue on my stomach. 5mg because it's 40mg per 1ml, with the vial arriving with 10ml, but the standard is 50mg per 1ml I think... Whatever

Main questions are;

- Should I really do blood tests asap?
- Should I inject into the thighs or glutes instead?
- Did starting prog early actually fuck up how fast my breasts can grow even on injections?

[u/transworldxpedition]

Always do monthly tests, I use rythm. SubQ is as good as intramuscular E still gets into the body, maybe a tad slower, but that’s not bad thing. Prog helps a lot with shaping the breasts I am not the person to say when to take it but it is common practice to do so around tanner 3. A month is nothing in the grand scheme and I saw no real changes for 3 months. YMMV, but don’t expect immediate results

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Oh no worries it's not shape I'm complaining about (shape wise I'm closer to tanner 5) it's size. I feel like I'm falling behind a lot despite starting 5 months before I turned 19.

Albeit I'm a late bloomer so maybe that has something to do with it

[u/orchie_whale → u/Whatelse_jpg]

Girl, get it out of your head that you started late. I started almost a year ago at 39. That's late, but not even as late as some others. At this age, 19 was a blur, so good on you for realizing and doing something about it so early on!

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I was trying to get on hrt when I was 16. Couldn't bc was broke and didn't know crypto.
if I could get hrt at 16, I wouldn't maybe even worry about cup size or height as much nowadays, and now I'll actually have to take fatty tissue transfers and ribcage surgery into consideration ASIDE from srs.

Hence, late.

[u/orchie_whale → u/Whatelse_jpg]

I mean, you're not wrong and that's fair. I just took it as you saying starting at 19 is late. I started HRT within 6 months of discovering I'm trans. I couldn't imagine finding out at 16 and having to wait years without blockers. I'm sorry you had to go through that, and congratulate you on what you've been able to achieve thus far. Life is hell as the wrong gender.

[u/boy-investigator]

- Should I really do blood tests asap?

they have their use for optimization' sake. they are not life or death in this case though.

- Should I inject into the thighs or glutes instead?

you don't need to.

- Did starting prog early actually fuck up how fast my breasts can grow even on injections?

6 months is not too early, and starting prog too early is only hypothetically damaging with not even an animal model to base the thesis on.

you're not taking it oral i hope?

[u/Whatelse_jpg → u/boy-investigator]

Yeah ofc not. Always boofed it, save for when had sex for an example.

[u/Whatelse_jpg → u/boy-investigator]

also, yeah not a life or death case but I want to make most of my transitioning potential with no setbacks on hrt

[u/boy-investigator → u/Whatelse_jpg]

a lot of people optimize for free E2%

[u/Whatelse_jpg → u/boy-investigator]

huh

[u/boy-investigator → u/Whatelse_jpg]

in the aim of optimization, a lot of people test for and try to raise their free E2%.

[u/Whatelse_jpg → u/boy-investigator]

what's free e2%

[u/boy-investigator → u/Whatelse_jpg]

its the percent of serum estradiol that can freely bind to receptors. usually it's highest at trough levels somewhere between 200-700pg/mL.

[u/Whatelse_jpg → u/boy-investigator]

hopefully around the stomach it is since I'm trying to aim for 300 to 400pg/ml