I was flicking through the TV channels late one night and came to Virgin 1. They were showing a programme showing huge breasts. These had been surgically enhanced and looked like two footballs stuck on their chests. They looked so unnatural and one of the women said they weigh about 45 pounds. I thought that they were horrible.

Nothing wrong with large breasts but they should be soft and malleable, attractive to men and men would want to hold and caress them but not two rock hard melons, which they must have felt like.

I saw a picture of Jordan, or Katie Price as she now prefers to be known, in the paper the following morning and even though she has had large implants, hers still look fairly natural and you cannot see the outline of the implants. On katie, they looked quite good. Interestingly, she has since had them reduced.

Apparently that is the secret behind how a good surgeon does breast augmentation is that he chooses an implant that will give good enhancement but can be hidden by the breast tissue.

My surgeon was able to give me 450cc cohesive gel implants that took me from a 40A/B, up to a 40D. A couple of years later, I had lost a couple of stone but with the continuing action of my oestrogen/ progesterone I had grown to a 38F cup.

They are quite large but soft and on my 5’ 3”, 140 odd pound frame look very natural and in proportion. I believe that they do add to my ability to pass 100%.

Mind you, men do tend to talk to my boobs.

But nice breasts are so important to women. They are one sign of our sexuality and attraction to men and we do want to be attractive to men don’t we? 

Now what about Hormones for breast development?

Pre-op. at one point, I was taking 12mg per day and this was giving me, at one blood test 3640pmol/L of oestrodiol. My normal oestrodiol range is 1200- 1460pmol/L. on 6mg zumenon.

Not a problem because young girls going through their puberty their hormone levels often go through the roof. This is to kick start their breast development. This will also involve high levels of progesterone also essential for full breast development. During feminisation, are we that much different? We are going through a second puberty.

During the normal female cycle, their oestrodiol levels go up to about 1960pmol/L and progesterone 59nmol/L.

Girls going through early puberty 3000+ is not that unusual.

I aim for about 66% of those levels, hence my 1200-1400pmol/L and 40nmol/L. oestrogen/ progesterone. Obviously, we do not need to cycle as we do not have periods. (worst luck).

We are all born with hormone receptors, except our oestrodiol, progesterone receptors are just kept ticking over with low levels of hormones. Like all body cells these are regularly renewed, I believe it is over a 7 year cycle. So being bombarded with high levels of female hormones our bodies do feminise and the male hormones give up to the unequal task. They are completely overwhelmed. The main difference is nature looks after their hormones, whereas chemists look after ours.

Do try to get prescribed adequate levels of oestrogen and progesterone. I do not think that 8mg oestrogen and 200mg progesterone, pre-op. is unreasonable. 6mg oestrogen and 200mg progesterone is a fair post op. regime. Pre-op. an anti-androgen is useful and aids the female hormones. In most cases 200mg spiro. is adequate.

I believe that this should be maintained for a total of at least 7- 10 years. Breast development lasts about 5 years. In the UK, girls are not allowed breast augmentation until the age of 18, because they are still developing.

The above is only a guide and should be adjusted to suit yourself but is probably a good starting point.

Your prescriber should not be allowed to greatly reduce your hormones at 2 years or post op. because you will only achieve partial feminisation.

What happens if you have been on an incomplete or inadequate regime for many years, certainly more than 5 years?

This is often the case when attending an NHS Clinic or several Private Clinics. Many will only prescribe fairly low levels of oestrogen, perhaps 100mcg patches, changed twice a week. This can almost be compared with a post menopausal female dose. Most will not prescribe progesterone but at least now will prescribe an anti-androgen. I consider these inadequate and incomplete.

I have heard that some post ops. and other pre-ops. who have been on hormones for a long time and have managed to get an increase and progesterone as well, have restarted feminising. Is this true? Could be, their feminising could have been held dormant, just as ours was pre. cross sex hormones.