What it's Like Growing Breasts When You're Transgender

I'm MTF transgender, and I thought I'd take a couple of minutes to relate what it's been like to acquire breasts, get a rack, grow some knockers....

What it's like growing breasts when you're transgender

First off, what really surprised me about having breasts is how natural and downright normal it feels. Sure, I like them and having them was something I looked forward to about being a woman, but the biggest feeling I have about them now is "this is how my body is supposed to feel". In retrospect, I guess I should have expected that (you know, that whole "wrong body" thing?), but somehow I didn't. It's interesting how easily one's mind can change its definition of what's normal- now I can't imagine not having them.

As my bosom was blossoming, I at first had an almost clinical detachment to the the process- internally, I though of the slowly growing mounds on my chest as merely "breast tissue". Yeah, it was kind of boring for a while, I guess. But then one day, something clicked, I realized "holy crap, I've got breasts!", and a shiver ran down my spine. I guess it was a major milestone in my life, but at the time it was merely a pleasant shock.

Now for part that will probably both satisfy guys' curiosity and make them envious- the erotic feelings of breasts. The first thought that pops into my mind as I write this is "holy crap, I love having boobs" because, well, breasts can feel just so, so, good. Compared to my penis (which will be going away soon, thank God), I'd describe the sensual feelings I get from my breasts as both more delicate and more intense, and in total, much, much, more pleasurable. Even just a light brush with my fingers on the side of a breast can make me shudder with pleasure.

The bra issue: before I had my breasts, I thought I'd hate having to wear a bra, that it would be constricting and uncomfortable. For the most part, it's not. Nevertheless, at the end of the day it's nice to take one off....

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  • It's a little disappointing looking at all these negative comments. Not because they're right or wrong, but because you don't need to ever pay attention to them. They just end up being whiny and powerless.

    This mytake has been an eye opener to how a transsexual actually FEELS about their old body compared to their new body. Nobody can deny you feel much happier after.

    • Ummm yeah people can deny it. Just look at the post op suicide rate. When you spend a lot of money on a new car you are going to talk it up no matter if it's shitty or amazing. Who's to say what a person actually feels from a fking post on some website? Maybe they feel terrible and are hoping for people to encourage them more so they can be assured they are making the right decision. AND BECAUSE OF VIRTUE SIGNALING MORONS LIKE YOU, THEY ARE FINDING THAT ENCOURAGEMENT!!! You are essentially encouraging a person to jump off a cliff, think about that next time you talk about something you know NOTHING about. Do some research from the anti operation side of this argument and find out all the reasons why it's an abomination and a terrible idea

    • @Goochbreaker whoa there. Non sequiteur AND slippery slope fallacies detected. Also, read your own damn post. "Who's to say what a person actually feels from a fking post"? The person themself, and beyond that really nobody else.

    • So the person themself is reacting to their own post? I think you missed what I'm trying to say or lack the language skills to convey your opinion. Detect fallacies all you want but until you specify them and explain why, your accusations are baseless. Only one person tried to claim what this person feels from their post, and that was you. "Nobody can deny you feel much happier after" Please read your own damn post, s'il vois plait, monsuer

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  • Wouldn't one just ask a girl what it was like growing breasts in adolescence?

    I fail to see what being transgender has anything to do with the experience of growing breasts. Half of the human population have had this experience.

    • It's magical to finally feel comfortable in your own body <3 especially when you on thought it was impossible. Especially after you start the wrong puberty and you start to watch your friends get to grow into women while your body becomes disgusting. If I didn't start hormones when I was 15 I don't think I'd be here. by the way I don't think men are disgusting of course I find them hot but being a girl with a male body feels absolutely disgusting and humiliating.

    • I think the difference is how prepared for it the body is. Someone born biologically female, her body knows its coming and it happens much more gradually. Whereas for M to F is very sudden. And while they start off with small horomone doses, theu can increase quickly. You have this totally unprepared body thats fairly developed as a male and suddenly its like "wait, hold up!" Going through puberty, i very rarely had breast tenderness. But every M TO F individual I've heard have all had very very painful breast growth.

    • @ElizaPam You did not "start the wrong puberty". You started the right puberty. Your body did everything it was supposed to do, as determined by your genes and chromosomes. If you're born with XY chromosomes, those genes told your body to grow into a male - and with it, all the developmental features that come along with being a male. The opposite is true if you were born with XX chromosomes and became a female. If your mind thinks that you are something else, that doesn't make it true. Pumping shit loads of estrogen into a biological male, with a penis and XY chromosomes (or a man getting breast and vagina implants) is somehow less disgusting that growing up as your natural self?

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  • Good ass thread in my opinion

  • Interesting to hear it from the other side... thanks for letting us know... would have just preferred that you posted as yourself. seems like you aren't very comfy with this change yet.
    Its ok, these things take time.
    (oh, and the reason why its not so bad, is because you were born male, slightly thicker skin... doesn't hurt as much)
    but i don't hate... I wish you the best... in my research, being with a trans M2F is awesome because they know it all... can't say I've had the experience.

    • I don't hate either and I don't have a problem with how anyone wants to live their life.

    • @edgyfox me neither... its their life.

  • So much hate in the comments... Thank you so much or sharing this, my friend will find this very helpful during her own transition. She's already been approved for surgery, and had started the gender reassignment hormone therapy last year, but then lost her job due to cutbacks. She was just able to get them again last month. She just told me last night that she can finally feel breasts startling to grow noticeably, and she's very happy.

  • Are you gonna go through with the vagina surgery? I heard its super painful.

    • of course he's not. It's a fad.

    • @J-Rock I'm not OP but I've been living as a girl since 2009 and taking hormones since 2010 so I hate when people sayit's a fad it's not a fucking fad omg

    • @ElizaPam And 3yrs ago someone told me the exact same thing about pansexual and where the F is that now? Every 5th girl what one. It's not a fad. Funny thing. Every third tv show didn't have transvestites in them. Hell, it's so popular there has been a transvestite in almost every new reality show there is. American idol, that dance show crap, hell even survivor had one. You gonna tell me that there always had been 1 transvestite out of 20 people the whole time of my life. It's a fad. If it wasn't then it wouldn't be thrown all over the place like a plague.

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  • Interesting. I don't feel anything with my boobs, there are just there like my nose is and tbh I don't understand why so many guys are obsessed with women's boobs either, as most women don't really have such sensitive boobs that touching them would give them immense pleasure or something. In my opinion they can be quite bothersome. It's difficult to run without proper support and button down shirts were definitely not meant to be worn by busty women.
    This is a real struggle :
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    • Biologically speaking heterosexual men are attracted to feminine women. Features like boobs, wide hips, curves etc. is feminine features. Why men likes it is because it's a sign of fertility and has something to do with the reproduction. Big boobs means milk to the baby and wide hips means it's space enough to give birth.

    • Of course you don't understand why us men are obsessed with boobs; you are a woman. And this, precisely, is the underlying issue with people claiming to be of the opposite sex... mentally (or whatever). Isn't it wonderful to explore our mental and bodliy differences? I, for one, get expecially excited concerning physical differences. Anyway, sorry if that went to far.

  • Huh... what I find interesting is that you feel that much pleasure in your breasts...
    I've never felt that, to be honest... Not heard any woman say they did...
    But I guess it's possible - probably because of the hormones and the imbalance there... I think it'll diminish a lot once you get stabilized.

  • With tender breasts I'd definitely suggest wearing a bra. I'm not sure how far into transition that breasts are extremely tender.
    After that point i highly encourage you to be apart of that free the titty life. Its healthier in the long run.

  • Do whatever makes you happy. But just a question I guess being a man is an amazing thing why would you want to give it away? Men are stronger more respected in our society. Dont need to deal with females destructive behavior of competing with each others and putting each others down. Men are more kind from my experience not catty or bitchy. I am a girl but if I was born a guy I would never change it for anything. You won a lot by being born male dont give it away :(

    • I don't understand why People would want to change their gender. It confuses me. But each to their own. Unfortunately though it is logically impossible for them.

  • Maybe I'm the only one, but i honestly don't feel any pleasure from just touching my boobs...

    • Not even during sex or feeling a big strong hand on them?

    • You aren't the only one. Try having your partner bite them lightly.

    • @ElizaPam Well I'm a virgin and i don't have a boyfriend so none of that stuff, my boobs are kind of just extra skin and tissue to me, i don't get any pleasure from massaging them or anything, even during "me time" it just doesn't do anything for me lol

  • This is a fascinating myTake. I had some of the same feelings when I was like twelve or thirteen. Thanks for sharing.

  • What size bra do you wear? i find this take very odd... they're just boobs. Like yeah, I enjoy them when I'm feeling sexual but mostly, they're just in the way.

  • Cool, good for you🙂

    I've always wondered if I needed to do FTM transition. Like you said I can only imagine feeling like my body is actually mine, but I really don't have the money yet to even think about it. Glad you did it and enjoy your results.

    • ummm YOU DEFINITELY FUCKING DON'T GET YOUR HEAD SCREWED ON STRAIGHT even the people that are 100% sure they need it should not get it and you aren't even that. Do not fuck with nature or she will fuck with you back.

    • Studies show that people not following their urge to "become the other gender" are extremely happy after some time passes.

  • Do they feel sore at all? Did they feel sore at any point during their growth? Will you get implants if they aren't big enough? How long were you on hormones before you noticed a change? What cup size are you?

    • No soreness. Can't remember exactly how long I was on hormones before I noticed a difference.

  • Envious?
    Nah Bro. You are not making your body the next wave of evolution. In your dreams there bud.

    • Bro?

    • @Ambassador_from_Mars whatever...

    • He wasn't trying to make anyone envious. Jeez.

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  • Im guessing each extra inflated volume of boobage is like a moment to cheer... huge cheers lol
    rock on...

  • I remember when I first started growing boobs they were so sore I accidentally hit one with the fridge door and nearly fell to the floor in pain :p You're newly transitioning it seems? I started transition back in 2010 and omg you're right about how normal they feel I wish people realized how normal it feels for us trans women to have women's bodies and how unnatural our natural bodies feel.

    • so i take it you are trans then

    • @grace9876 What is the purpose of this comment?

    • @BaileyisDarcy sorry i was just wondering really there is nothing wrong with being trans just wonder really

  • It definitely seems to fit in with your feelings and your journey to being a woman - Best of luck and safe journey

  • THANKS FOr your take as a man experiencing breasts for the first time. I think your take does have value for that reason.

    I was wondering if you could elaborate on the sensual pleasure of having breasts compared to having a penis. Is a penis more pleasure? I am confused when you say that a breast is more pleasurable. I would be curious to wonder what a former man would say about orgasm as a woman.

    • I still (unfortunately, but not forever) have a penis. What I meant is that the raw physical sensations I can get from my breasts are better. As for orgasms, let's see... first off, they're harder for me to get since I've been on hormones. I have to be in the right frame of mind, I no longer have the what I would call, with tongue only slightly in cheek, "any place, any time" ability of a guy. I. e. don't underestimate the value of foreplay to your partner! The orgasms feel different; I guess the word I would use for them would be "smoother".

  • This must've been difficult

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