Today 20th of July I am officially halfway my real-life experience, which means I’m also 9 months on hormones. Here in the Netherlands the RLE time is 18 months before you can get offical approval for the srs. This approval is given by a team of specialists from the Free University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, also known as the genderteam.
Today I have only 9 months left and 9 months behind me, for a flashback of the past nine months you can read these next posts:
1st month – those first experiences
2nd month – nothing sensational and Christmas is neigh
3rd month – I’m so disappointed and point of no return
4th month – appointments and a truthful opinion
5th month – wild tigers I have known and emotions
6th month – more kissable
7th month – had my hair cut
8th month – the true deal

This last month was much of the same as the 8th month. Socially things are going really well, I have less and less worries about people noticing the transsexual state I’m in, and physically I am doing quite ok.
I did gain a little weight late last month and I’ve been having a few more headaches, which I can deal with.
I certain previous post I also mentioned my breast development even publicizing my breast size, well I’m here to do that again, for the last time I’ll give you the numbers until I arrive at the end of my RLE in April 2009. The bust size measurement at two months HRT was 93.5cm or 36.81inch. This morning my bust size was 98.3cm or 38.7inch, so that’s an increase in bust size of 4.8cm or 1.9inch. So by now I can fill my t-shirt bra’s at least on the left, but the shape is still not that of a fully developed breast, that’s for sure. In the next 9 moths I hope to make some substantial progress, gaining approximately two more inches would be great, but it’s too hard to really predict if that will really happen. Now I’m still a size 38A, even a 85B European size according the site I use to calculate, but I have my doubts about that, owning a number of 85B bra’s which are still out of reach for my little breasts.
Honestly I find it hard to tell what I can expect from these next nine months. I have already achieved a lot in these past 9 months. The only social progress I want to make is succesful flirting, evolving it to having a relationship of course.
On the physical front I expect a little progress on my body figure, currently my figure is already quite pleasing in my opinion, but without gaining much more weight I do hope to get an even more feminine figure. I also need to start doing some exercise to stay in shape of course. This week I’ll also go to have my second haircut this year, this time having it done more rigorous. Yes I’m going for a new look, which is quite exciting if you ask me. I will certainly post a picture at the end of this week.
I will also continue speech training, weekly visiting my speech coach, although my voice isn’t an obstacle anymore I am eager to have some aspects refined.
Concerning physical hurdles which can be dealt with by external interference, like with facial hair (already mentioned that far too often) and my adams apple which is in need of reduction. Other surgeries like my hairline correction won’t be dealt with in these next nine months. What will be dealt with is finding a surgeon and hopefully even getting an indication about the date of my surgery.
Also very important is to have my name changed legally and then have my name on my diploma for my master’s degree. I sure hope to finish university early Spring next year, there’s still a lot of work concerning my graduation research. I will stay positive and will make a change for the better concerning my study motivation, which really needs some intervention to get things done the way and as soon as I want them done.
Nine interesting months have passed, which weren’t an emotional rollercoaster like some experience their hormone treatment, but it was nonetheless very interesting and absolutely very promising for my future.

On a different note, this is my 100th post on this blog, how coincidental don’t you think… time to celebrate the future and up to the 1000th post …hahaha.