About Me:
My name is Nathan and I am 19-years-old. I am a pre-op Female-to-Male Transsexual. I have been after Hormone Replacement Therapy for quite some time now. However, I am not a particularly fertile person and having Testosterone makes you temporarily infertile. It is possible to stop taking T for a while in order to get pregnant. However, living in the UK I would get absolutely zero support with this. No Doctor on the NHS would support such a decision, they would immediately label you a woman.
My name and title are legally male and I live as male to the best of my ability, I simply have not undergone any medical treatment.
I am firmly of the belief that to want a child is not a female desire but a universal one. It is because of this that I plan to prolong medical treatment for my transsexuality in order to have a child.
Why not wait until after T?
I would simply receive no support for this in England, and I presently cannot afford to get treatment privately.
Won't you be turned down treatment after having a baby?
To be honest, I'm really not sure. This is a possibility. If I am rejected by the NHS to have treatment after my baby is old enough to handle it (that is, after nursing and whatnot), then I shall wait until I can afford private treatment. It is not uncommon for transsexuals to transition after starting a family - it was once almost a cliche for Male-to-Female transsexuals to be husbands and Fathers before being wives and Mothers.
Why not adopt?
Don't get me wrong, I am very pro-adoption. I would actually love to adopt a child later in my life as a sibling for my future existing child. However, for reasons unknown I simply have a desperate urge to produce a child that is part of me and part of my fiance. It is one of those biological urges that simply cannot be ignored. It is my right as a human being to have a baby.
Does this make you a woman?
Not in the slightest! I desperately wish to be a Father! I simply do not wish to have a woman carrying my child for me, I wish to carry my (male) partner's child. If anything I think that it is a test of my manhood. I will live as male to the best of my ability whilst pregnant. Yes, to the outside world I shall look like just another pregnant lady, but that means nothing to me.
What's important is how comfortable I am in myself. I am 100% sure of my identity and incredibly stable in myself and who I am. I also plan to breastfeed my baby if I am able, because I want what is best for them - and breast milk is the best thing that your baby can get.
Won't this 'mess your child up'?
I would like to think that, no, it won't. I will do my best to provide my child with a stable, safe, loving home enviroment. I shall be my child's Father, and if anything they are more likely to deal with the issues that come with having two Fathers (my fiance and I.) But I am sure that we will both battle to protect our child and give them the best possible life.
How long are you prolonging treatment for?
However long it takes. My fiance originally wanted to wait for about seven years until we looked into adopting, however now we may try to conceive earlier. I can honestly say that this is more important to me than medical treatment for my transsexuality. Why? Because I know who I am, and no hormones can ever change that.
In an ideal world, we will be trying to conceive in the next 2-3 years, when we are in a stable enough situation.
How are you going to conceive?
Well I am biologically female so I can do it like any other biological female. However, my partner and I do not engage in vaginal intercourse so we shall be using "DIY artificial insemnation." That is, basically, an oral syringe and a lot of luck.
Please feel free to ask me any questions about this.
My name is Nathan and I am 19-years-old. I am a pre-op Female-to-Male Transsexual. I have been after Hormone Replacement Therapy for quite some time now. However, I am not a particularly fertile person and having Testosterone makes you temporarily infertile. It is possible to stop taking T for a while in order to get pregnant. However, living in the UK I would get absolutely zero support with this. No Doctor on the NHS would support such a decision, they would immediately label you a woman.
My name and title are legally male and I live as male to the best of my ability, I simply have not undergone any medical treatment.
I am firmly of the belief that to want a child is not a female desire but a universal one. It is because of this that I plan to prolong medical treatment for my transsexuality in order to have a child.
Why not wait until after T?
I would simply receive no support for this in England, and I presently cannot afford to get treatment privately.
Won't you be turned down treatment after having a baby?
To be honest, I'm really not sure. This is a possibility. If I am rejected by the NHS to have treatment after my baby is old enough to handle it (that is, after nursing and whatnot), then I shall wait until I can afford private treatment. It is not uncommon for transsexuals to transition after starting a family - it was once almost a cliche for Male-to-Female transsexuals to be husbands and Fathers before being wives and Mothers.
Why not adopt?
Don't get me wrong, I am very pro-adoption. I would actually love to adopt a child later in my life as a sibling for my future existing child. However, for reasons unknown I simply have a desperate urge to produce a child that is part of me and part of my fiance. It is one of those biological urges that simply cannot be ignored. It is my right as a human being to have a baby.
Does this make you a woman?
Not in the slightest! I desperately wish to be a Father! I simply do not wish to have a woman carrying my child for me, I wish to carry my (male) partner's child. If anything I think that it is a test of my manhood. I will live as male to the best of my ability whilst pregnant. Yes, to the outside world I shall look like just another pregnant lady, but that means nothing to me.
What's important is how comfortable I am in myself. I am 100% sure of my identity and incredibly stable in myself and who I am. I also plan to breastfeed my baby if I am able, because I want what is best for them - and breast milk is the best thing that your baby can get.
Won't this 'mess your child up'?
I would like to think that, no, it won't. I will do my best to provide my child with a stable, safe, loving home enviroment. I shall be my child's Father, and if anything they are more likely to deal with the issues that come with having two Fathers (my fiance and I.) But I am sure that we will both battle to protect our child and give them the best possible life.
How long are you prolonging treatment for?
However long it takes. My fiance originally wanted to wait for about seven years until we looked into adopting, however now we may try to conceive earlier. I can honestly say that this is more important to me than medical treatment for my transsexuality. Why? Because I know who I am, and no hormones can ever change that.
In an ideal world, we will be trying to conceive in the next 2-3 years, when we are in a stable enough situation.
How are you going to conceive?
Well I am biologically female so I can do it like any other biological female. However, my partner and I do not engage in vaginal intercourse so we shall be using "DIY artificial insemnation." That is, basically, an oral syringe and a lot of luck.
Please feel free to ask me any questions about this.
Why 'Florence Jessica'?
Florence Jessica is the name that my partner and I came up with ages ago for a potential future daughter. We have looked into many different male and female names recently, and I just suddenly stumbled across and remembered this name. It seemed a perfect label for my highly clucky LJ. It helps that 'Florence' is a unisex name.
Florence - "From the masculine Roman name Florentius which was derived from Latin florens "prosperous, flourishing". The name can also be given in reference to the city in Italy, as in the case of Florence Nightingale. She was a nurse in British hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the founder of modern nursing."
Jessica - "This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice', where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. Shakespeare probably based it on the biblical name ISCAH which would have been spelled Jesca in his time. Jessica is also sometimes used as a feminine form of JESSE."
Florence Jessica is the name that my partner and I came up with ages ago for a potential future daughter. We have looked into many different male and female names recently, and I just suddenly stumbled across and remembered this name. It seemed a perfect label for my highly clucky LJ. It helps that 'Florence' is a unisex name.
Florence - "From the masculine Roman name Florentius which was derived from Latin florens "prosperous, flourishing". The name can also be given in reference to the city in Italy, as in the case of Florence Nightingale. She was a nurse in British hospitals during the Crimean War and is usually considered the founder of modern nursing."
Jessica - "This name was first used in this form by Shakespeare in his play 'The Merchant of Venice', where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock. Shakespeare probably based it on the biblical name ISCAH which would have been spelled Jesca in his time. Jessica is also sometimes used as a feminine form of JESSE."
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