I am transgender and started my medical transition when my child was 11 months old. I’m a better parent because of it.
I knew I wanted to make a medical transition, but I was putting it off, partly because I was breastfeeding. But after complications related to the insertion of my IUD, I stopped breastfeeding and started my transition. Here’s everything I’ve learned about parenthood — and myself — since then. Loading Something is loading. When I …