'Was it really worth jeopardising my well-being just to have a genetic link to my non-guaranteed future child? I decided that I would try,' the author writes.
The author and his wife, Lauren, on their wedding day, July 31, 2021, at Hotel Del Coronado, California.
My wife and I squeezed hands under the table. Our online search had pointed to this same information, but the prospect didn’t feel possible unless it came out of the mouth of an actual health care professional. There was only one obvious caveat ― I would have to come off hormones to bring my necessary body parts out of hibernation.After almost seven years of testosterone, the prospect of deliberately skipping my weekly shot was a terrifying one.
I decided that I would try, or regret the decision for the rest of my life. I could always call it quits if the process became too unbearable. To my surprise, the first few weeks off testosterone were rather uneventful. I felt a slight increase in fatigue, some soreness in my chest, and a welcomed clearing of testosterone-driven acne along my jawline. In unison, my teenage boy appetite completely diminished, and I lost five pounds seemingly overnight.
On the day of the “trigger,” the anxiety of the upcoming egg retrieval became almost impossible to manage.I wouldn’t know until I woke up from the procedure.As I drifted off into anaesthesia bliss, I hoped for the best. This had all gone so well, a stark contrast to what I’d been told from the start. Testosterone was supposed to “ruin” my body, but that hadn’t yet proven true. I felt optimistic that things might continue in the same vein.
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