My girlfriend proof reading this post: "Well that's a lie"

Heh, super cute! Glad you two have a great relationship, and best wishes!

Sorry for the weird way I’m responding (I’m kinda an old man when it comes to Reddit/technology) I’m a trans man who’s been on hormones for a little over 2 years. But, what you described as your orgasm sounds exactly like the orgasms I’d have before I was on T. Cis female orgasms, I guess is how you’d say it. (I’m trying to be politically correct without being offensive i’ve got quite a lot of learning to do coming from a transphobic and homophobic family even though all their kids are lgbtq+) but yeah, your vagina looks great and healthy and I’m super excited and happy for you that you are able to achieve good orgasms and have a beautiful vagina!

Yeah, Bélanger has really good recovery. I never had to take the narcotics they gave me either. By the time the ketamine and tap wore off after surgery, I never needed anything stronger than acetaminophen; and I've heard a couple of my friends who had her say the same thing.

Thanks! The orgasm itself post-op and pre-op are essentially the same tbh. The only real difference is that the technique for achieving it is a lot more natural, feels a lot more right, and requires far fewer hands (basically there used to be two places that needed stimulation, and those two places have now been beautifully merged into one single vaginal cavity that does it all).

The real difference has actually been HRT, which basically flipped everything on its head. Pre-HRT was really a lot more straightforward. I had a lot more of a sex drive, which could be activated by visual stimulation. And when I'd have sex or masturbate, it's kind of like everything was there to build up to this final moment of climax. It was also very easy for me to get myself off. In fact, it was much harder to abstain for too many days in a row.

After HRT though is completely different. I really need to be in the mood for anything to work at all, and especially now, there's not a lot I can do without a partner. I can easily go for months without even thinking about sex (the clinic does ask for a bit of celibacy before and after surgery). Achieving orgasm is a lot more of a challenge, and it definitely had its learning curves (both in the first year of HRT, as well as now post surgery), but I think the orgasms are better in a lot of ways. It's a lot more of a full body experience, and in fact for it to work, my entire body really needs to be stimulated (hence my comments about neck kisses in my post, and part of why I need a partner). My vagina and my breasts and my neck etcetera feel a lot more inextricably connected if that makes sense. There also isn't the same big moment of climax. Like blueballs aren't really a thing anymore. Orgasms come on a lot more gradually; they last a lot longer; and rather than "finishing", they just sort of start to become too much after a little while. It's definitely more powerful. I can't really help but moan and whatnot. And afterwards, there's kind of this lingering state for a few moments, where I can barely move from exhaustion, and yet touching me anywhere on my body makes like all of my muscles contract.

Aw man, what a coincidence. I wonder if we ever bumped into each other at the Asclépiade. Were you there for that random really cold night? I'm glad you're recovery is going well too! Bélanger seems to have pretty consistently good results from everyone I've talked to. But then again I suppose that could be that there isn't the sample size yet.