TenguOvulation and the menstrual cycle not being consider for transgender women is strange.
Your knee-jerk reaction might be something like: "What? I don't have any eggs inside of me!"
It's not about the egg cells.
We're interested in the hormonal changes, that come with the menstrual cycle.
Right now it seems everyone got their own idea of where your hormone levels should be at.
Some use the numbers from menopausal cis women, others get them from the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, some might even take an average of the entire menstrual cycle and say that's good enough.
It makes everything very confusing and hard to digest.
Which numbers are right? Might be tricky to answer.
One could assume that taking a single large monotherapy dose, once a month would be enough.
But if one doesn't have ovaries or a uterus, would this make sense?
Simulating a menstrual cycle when one cannot menstruate.
There are cis women without ovaries and uterus, maybe they have the right levels for us? However, they too would be subject to similar issues, regarding where hormone levels should be at.
Women's bodies aren't this hyper complicated thing but women's health is often an afterthought and more research would be appreciated.
#trans #transfem #transdiy #hrt #TransMeds
Your knee-jerk reaction might be something like: "What? I don't have any eggs inside of me!"
It's not about the egg cells.
We're interested in the hormonal changes, that come with the menstrual cycle.
Right now it seems everyone got their own idea of where your hormone levels should be at.
Some use the numbers from menopausal cis women, others get them from the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, some might even take an average of the entire menstrual cycle and say that's good enough.
It makes everything very confusing and hard to digest.
Which numbers are right? Might be tricky to answer.
One could assume that taking a single large monotherapy dose, once a month would be enough.
But if one doesn't have ovaries or a uterus, would this make sense?
Simulating a menstrual cycle when one cannot menstruate.
There are cis women without ovaries and uterus, maybe they have the right levels for us? However, they too would be subject to similar issues, regarding where hormone levels should be at.
Women's bodies aren't this hyper complicated thing but women's health is often an afterthought and more research would be appreciated.
#trans #transfem #transdiy #hrt #TransMeds
Shijikori