Also, besides what some of the other comments said estradiol taken orally can increase blood clots/thromboses. It's really up to preference though. I started with patches, but switched to injections because despite some of the annoyances, the upside of only needing do an injection once a week instead of changing patches 2-4 times a week was very welcome, and needing to have a bunch of patches (and the residue they'd leave) on my skin was getting a bit annoying. But at the end of the day whatever works best for someone is the best method to use!
WrittenInRed
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I also went on those "baby name by year" sites for my birth year, but I purposefully went to the 100-200ish range since I wanted a name that wouldn't stick out too much, but also wouldn't be so common I'd know or meet a bunch of other people that shared it.
I also had a few other things that would be nice but not necessary that I wanted the name to have, so when reading down the list I had a smaller number of names to consider. One just jumped out at me though, so I tried it out for a bit and ended up sticking with it.
Yeah, honestly that was the thought that finally pushed me over the edge into accepting I was a trans girl instead of nonbinary or genderfluid or something. Like, I wanted so badly to be a girl at that point that my fear when starting HRT wasn't "what if I'm making a mistake', it was "what if I don't get to be a girl", which was so obviously trans that it was enough even for me lol.
A lot of mine are the same as ones that were listed, so here are the most stupidly obvious ones I somehow missed (or ignored) for like a decade.
- I hoped my future partner would be bisexual "just in case"
- Always being weirdly interested in watching trans youtubers and learning about HRT "as an ally"
- And also weirdly envious of lesbian relationships, yet finding it hard to imagine myself in a relationship as a guy
- Whenever I'd see a transition timeline, my immediate thought for transmasc ones was "good for them!", but for transfem ones it was "dang, that's goals" followed by "wait I'm cis, where did that come from"
- I "knew" I wasn't trans, but kinda wished I could be
- Just before finally fully admitting I was trans I started HRT so I'd "know for sure", and was worried that after starting I would realize I wasn't trans and not be able to keep transitioning lol
I can also recommend the "how to figure out if you're trans" stainedglasswoman article. It's not perfect because no test will every be able to perfectly capture your gender identity, but when I was trying to figure out whether I was trans or not it was way more helpful than any of the gender quizzes I tried.
(Side note: I hate how many of the "am I trans" quizzes have questions like "Do you consider your gender identity to be different than your assigned gender" and similar. Like, if I knew the answer I wouldn't have been doing quizzes like that in the first place lol)