I came out to my sister Kate today

[ohka15.livejournal.com]

I came out to my friend Will about a week ago (seen here http://transgender.livejournal.com/2477423.html#cutid1). I knew it was a matter of time till I told my family. My parents and siblings except my sister Kate left to go to Florida for like 8 days to visit some family. Kate (who is 20 years old) came into town this afternoon to help watch the animals at their home.

While we watched some TV, I simply asked her if she thought that she could trust me since we are siblings. She was weirded out by my questions, but said "Yeah, I guess." Then I asked her if I could trust her with a something in turn. She said that I could trust her and that she would not tell our parents.

For the next 2 hours, we talked and probably had our most meaningful conversation that we had in a long time. Here are some highlights of it:

• She was pretty cool with it. She was surprised and didn't see it coming at all, but she seemed accepting of it. She already knew a little bit about transgender people because she likes and owns the movie "Transamerica".
• She opened up some to me and told me that she figured out that she is a pansexual and has not told many about it yet. She dated some guys in the past. She has had crushes on girls before but has not gotten in a relationship with any girls yet.
• I told her how I was jealous of her big boobs because I wish I had boobs like her, lol. She basically said that she is glad that I like them but she doesn't like her big boobs. She probably would give them to me if she was able to give them to me (like they say, the grass is always greener on the other side).
• We talked a lot about our parents. She thinks that our parents will accept me at some point and won't disown me or anything. She said that they will probably be disappointed at first, but they will probably accept it in time. She agreed with me though that some of our extended family probably won't accept me.
• I spent a lot of time just telling her about how I grew up wanting to be a girl, how that I am on hormones, etc.

There was more we talked about It was a good chat that we had. I think we grew a little closer and trust each other more now after sharing these secrets with each other.

Late Breast Growth

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OK, some background. Started HRT in January 2006, SRS in January 2007. Breasts grew to 34C and stopped sometime in 2008. Since then they have been quiescent. No tenderness, no hardness, just perfectly well behaved breasts kinda sitting there and minding their own business.

2 months ago I went to get my regular repeat prescription - 2mg Progynova (estradiol valerate) pills, to be taken twice daily. The pharmacy didn't have them in stock and gave me Zumenon instead (estradiol hemihydrate).

Towards the end of that month, my breasts became tender. I also started to gain weight. Fast forward to now - I'm back on my usual drug, but my nipples are as tender as they were at the height of transition and the characteristic hard discs are there behind them. They are also definitely bigger.

But I've been on HRT for five and a half years, and I thought they'd finished. Now it's like I'm back in 2006, only starting from a C cup instead of a flat chest. While having cleavage (which now seems likely if they don't stop soon) will be nice, I'm slightly worried about where they might end up! I like my spine in working order!

Anyway, has anyone else experienced anything like this? Sudden unexpected breast growth years post transition and post op, after a prolonged period of them being completely static?

Oh, I should also mention that back in 2008 I deliberately induced lactation for a while. That made me gain a cup size temporarily, but I lost it again when I stopped. It does mean I have developed milk ducts though.