can you guys make a psa about how HRT doesn’t count as birth control? I’ve seen so many trans dudes who were surprised to learn they can still get pregnant… often by getting pregnant, unfortunately

sundavr:

tmitransitioning:

This is a good point and I super want to emphasize it because it’s not intuitive at all—you think, logically, that if T stops you from ovulating you can’t get pregnant. That’s not true and you can still get pregnant on testosterone. It’s happened to people before and it’s not fully understood why.

Additionally, no form of HRT protects you from STDs, and you should be using protection of some kind anyways!

– Mod Wolf

yup, reminder and heads up to trans folks on T
even if it looks like your period has stopped
even if its been AGES since your last one

You can still be silently ovulating, not shedding the lining and end up pregnant!

CONDOMS ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND