For ftm's. Could you go through pregnancy?

Nope. Not only does pregnancy gross me out to the point that I can't look at pregnant women, I absolutely despise children. It's been a desire of mine since mid-teens to not only not have kids, but to be sterile.

 

Like you, I absolutely want to have children. This has never been a question for me. Even if I never find love, I will adopt or use a surrogate. I've wondered, also, if I could go through the process but the answer for me was a resounding 'no.' There's no right or wrong about it but for me it would be emotionally damaging as I cannot have my body treated in a female way. That said, I have considered freezing my eggs so that I could use a surrogate later if I decided to do so... I am still considering this, actually.

I can't tell you what to do with your body but just consider that pregnancy is a long process and that if you get crazy dysphoric at 4 months, you're stuck. If you don't think that would happen or feel that you could get through it, why not? Like I said, there is no right or wrong... except that you are too young.

 

No way I could do it. This is actually the reason me and my bf broke up. He was willing to stay provided we could still have biological children. Pushing aside the huge commitment i would be making to a ton of stuff i wasn't ready for if I had agreed, I could never carry a kid. And he couldn't adopt. So stalemate and we broke up.

I have considered freezing my eggs and surrogate as well. Seems like a good idea. Since my interest is more in guys than girls, and maybe they'll like the choice? Will just have to wait and see how life goes.

 

I won't freeze my eggs. If I decide I want a kid at some point, however unlikely that is, I'll adopt. However, I don't see that happening.

 

I could never go through pregnancy it would be too dysphoric and for what I dont even like kids. Plus the thought of the certain way you have to have sex to procreate doesn't sit well with my comfort level.

 

For me, the path will be determined more so by my relationship status. If I never marry, then I'll probably go the surrogate route as it's less costly and more legally stable for a single parent than adoption (because the child/ren would be mine biologically). If I do marry, then there are a lot of options; my wife could have the kids either with sperm from a bank (not someone we know - no other "father" lurking around -.-) or if by then they've figured out how two bio-females might procreate together, awesome! Adoption would be another option - I love this option, too! And then surrogacy would remain an option if my wife were unable/ unwilling to bear children. If I were to marry a transgender woman who had frozen sperm or something, the surrogacy thing might be the best option - would seem a bit like a cauldron, though, a really weird cauldron in which the guy puts the eggs, the lady puts the sperm and out pops a baby! I bet the surrogate would just be like: wait, what? :lol: Ah, life... so beautiful!

Kids are awesome. I don't really care how I get them other than not having them myself. *sigh*

<<< wants kids desperately.

Yannick, I think that both of us are hearing the 'ticking.' For me, it sounds like a siren at this point but there's nothing that I can do about it for at least 6-7 years.

 

No. Never. It would be too dysphoric.

Luckily, I don't want kids and never have done. Maybe it's because of me being on the autistic spectrum (though not yet officially diagnosed) but I don't believe I have the capacity to love a child, whether it's my own or not. In fact, I don't think I am capable of loving anyone or anything. I am very cold and uncaring. I don't mean to be. It's just the way I am. So when I see other people in relationships or with families and think I am missing out on something, I remind myself of this and it puts my mind at rest.

 

I would never be able to go through a pregnancy. I don't want children right now, but if that changes, I will adopt children.

 

There are trans guys who have given birth. But please think long and hard about the process of pregnancy and any negative emotions that might pop up.

 

I don't think you're too young for kids. My mom had my sister at 26 and me at 27 (that close in proximity is not a good idea, however. She experienced many complications with me).

I really like kids, and my sister plans of having children, so my plan is to be the doting relative that spoils her children rotten. As for my own, giving birth? NO. Surrogacy or adoption? That would depend a large part on my partner, assuming I ever have one, but I wouldn't want to raise any kids by myself.

 

i've always said i'd rather adopt, for reasons besides not wanting to go through pregnancy, but that definitely factors in. i'm going to be the one to spoil all my friends' kids (my siblings have sworn they hate kids and never want them).

i love kids so much. i work as a nanny right now, and i love the two kids to death. but i don't ever need one to come from me

 

I'm 26... :tears::tears:

<<< grad school = no kids soon... :tears::tears:

 

Iiiiii don't think I would want to be pregnant. But that's just me

 

I share Sarcastic Luck's sentiments.

 

Too much dysphoria, so no.

 

Literally exactly what I was going to say thanks.

 

Oh god no.

The idea makes me want to vomit, lol. Now, I say this as a guy who finds pregnant women to be absolutely adorable and glowing. I might have the equipment. But I'm sure as hell not gonna use it. I'd be way too dysphoric and miserable to begin to think about being a parent.

Plus, I kinda have a thing about being on a hospital table with people staring up my gonards. Not gonna do it.

Should my partner and I decide to have a family, we're probably gonna adopt. Or, if they're FAAB and want to carry, then that's fine with me.

 

Ehhhhh, nope.

 

No, the idea makes me really dysphoric. When I was younger I used to have intense nightmares about getting pregnant. I can't even stand to look at pregnant women