OldEggNewTricks

joined 1 year ago

I was chatting about names with my wife and she suggested it. Tried it out, it fit, and now I'm legally stuck with it :3

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!

[–] OldEggNewTricks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] OldEggNewTricks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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!

[–] OldEggNewTricks@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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!

 

Three months on and I've definitely improved since last time. This was the best of several takes, and although I was trying a bit harder than usual it's not too far from my usual zero-effort voice. I just need to remember to keep the resonance tight and stay bright.

I'd give this a C- "almost satisfactory", so let it rip!

 

I always wanted to be a lesbian. (astronaut, gun).

 

I don't mean I used them to fix... look, you know what I mean, OK?

/lifetime goal achieved

 

So I got home and was taking off my makeup. In the mirror I saw a girl taking off her makeup, and I thought, I wish that was me.

That is all.

 

Bank person: Can I see some ID please?
Me: (Hands over driver's license with old photo)
Bank person: (Checks)
Bank person: Err.
Bank person: (Checks some more)
Bank person: Is this your husband?


I'm going to be grinning about this all week :3

 
 

She acknowledged that I did talk to her about it beforehand, but hasn't been able to properly process it yet.

We're OK, I'm just venting.

 

I read Rain this week. I'm sure you all know this comic already. Sorry! Anyway, I really liked it and ordered the print copies too (hope v7 comes out soon!). It's about a trans girl, Rain.

I'd come across it before, a few years ago, when I was still an egg. I didn't get in to it then. At the time, I'd have said it made me feel "kind of uncomfortable, idk", or made some excuse. (Hey, who are you anyway? How did you get in here?). But now I realize I was feeling a lot of dysphoria and envy (thanks, ContraPoints!) to see someone I unconsciously identified so closely with just being herself. This time I just kept bawling my eyes out, so I guess the hormones are working, at least :3

Anyway, something in that story made me snap. I don't want to hide any more. I mean, I'm out to quite a few people already, but I'm done keeping quiet. The whole world can know who I am, and to hell with what anybody thinks. (That said, this is still my alt, so no selfies, sorry!)

 

I'm sorry. I don't know why this appeared in my head.

 

HRT is wild, y'all. Is it weird to be attracted to my own body odor?

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I bought a bra. Help! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by OldEggNewTricks@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/mtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

Um. So. I've been wearing a lot of tight sweaters recently and starting to show a bit too much nipple, so I bought some bras. Why just now? I guess I felt I didn't really "deserve" one, or I'd be "dressing up", or something, and wanted to wait for a good reason. Or two :3

Anyway, it's super comfortable, the padding really helps with sensitivity, and I looove what it does for my silhouette. BUT. I've been dressing somewhat androgynous up till now to give my hair / face time to catch up, and to me at least this is a big step into "this person is obviously dressing fem (wearing a bra)" territory. Which is kind of scary.

I'm not really sure what I'm asking here, sorry. I like presenting fem; I want to be perceived as fem; but I guess I'm kind of scared I look like a man in drag? Is anybody actually going to notice?

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