Estrogen Monotherapy will suppress T once the dosage is right. The fluid being clear is an indication of low T I believe.

Yeah that's perfectly normal, I've been on mono for w while and this is normal for me, as long as the pre is clear and not white, it means T is suppressed :)

Totally normal sis. My libido fluctuates a lot with my hormone injection cycle. The clear fluid is a change but you get used to it. Your cowper glands secrete pre-seminal fluid in a similar way to Bartholin's glands do for people with vulvas.

Ive never really confirmed it but my understanding was that Bartholin's glands produce more fluid than Cowper glands do to fully lubricate the vagina. So now that youre on E your body increases the production of the fluid from your cowper glands.

You can more or less think of it as getting wet.

I'm no expert, can only repeat what I was told... that E do not work without getting rid of T. As having T nullify E, that's why transmasc do not need any blockers of their natural E, they just get T, and the T override E, job done. Maybe with enough amount of E, natural amount of T wouldn't do the thing? But that big amount of E wouldn't be risky on other aspects? My source on that is only rumoured. Personally, Quick research points that mono E have weaker/partial effects only, if that's what You want, then maybe? I wouldn't risk it without asking the doc first.

For now, lets hug, much. <HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG>

To be fair, I have lower T than most cis women.

And there is no panties of mine left without leakage 🤭 Even if I'm probably less horny than you (but any sexual stimulation I feel it sooo much)

I kinda understood that the leakage part was, in fact, expected throughout the transition ?

Sorry, HRT I'm not still there yet … but I think it's okay girl and you should be fine.

Please dear people roaming here, catch me if I am wrong here, I just try to comfort my sister T_T

From my experience: EV monotherapy suppressed T just fine, for years. My libido was pretty much always higher on injection day, and my levels were never in danger of “ruining” things.

I did progesterone for probably 5 years, the last 3.5 were oral because I was sick of administering it after a while. Stopping it didn’t really seem to undo much by then.

I take 4mg of EV once per week, and at 3.5 days post injection I just tested 296 pg/mL. My T is 26 ng/dL.

I've been on EV monotherapy (I do also take progesterone) for about 3 years, and I've been EV injections for ~6 years, with pills for about a year before that. I was on spironolactone for my T blocker up until I switched to monotherapy.

I get similar leakage to what you've described, though I was getting that while on my tblocker as well. The only thing that really changed for me after switching to monotherapy was no more side effects from the spiro (mainly, I'm not always thirsty while also needing to pee all the time).

Get your levels checked. Test at trough to ensure your T levels are never getting too high. And even then, always remember the golden rule of HRT: YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY.

Monotherapy works for some people; for others it doesn't. Some girls will just keep producing unacceptably high levels of testosterone regardless of how much E they take. It's exceedingly rare for girls to not experience any reduction in T after having E injections, but for some that reduction is just never enough to get T levels down into the cis female range. Or sometimes E alone can sufficiently suppress T production but not other androgens. There's a reason many girls experience a second wave of feminization after orchi.

But reality check. A surge in libido, changes in bodily fluids, increased erections, these are clear indications of raising testosterone levels. Whether they're enough to be significant in terms of your overall body and physical transition? Unfortunately that's something that would take years to answer. But it's certainly possible; it's definitely not helping.

Also, even if your levels are fine, don't be afraid to just go back on cypro if you can. Regardless of your levels, if monotherapy is making you feel subjectively worse than being on a blocker, then stay on a blocker. Now, if you're planning on never getting an orchi or SRS, at that point I might start worrying about the long-term effects of cypro use.

If you're planning on needing to suppress testosterone forever, then suffering for a few months to iron out monotherapy is probably worth it. If you're planning on permanently nuking your testosterone production sometime in the next few years, then no reason to not just keep taking cypro until you get the snip.