[Nikki9]

I was paying @ $100 a month on herbs. $65 gets me 4 months of estrogen injections.

My prescription cost me $0.81 (US) for 1 month of 2mg Estradiol.

yea herbs are definitley expensive theres no joke there. Are they less effective then HRT. Yes.
Do herbs do all over body feminization.  No not in my experience. You need targeted Herbs for special spots. Example Maca for butt Purifica murifica for breasts.
Does your face and other stuff change on herbs / BO.... Not really There is some fat distribution on the butt and some breast growth. I still feel like my breasts where that of a 10 year old girl... small!!! Even if my bra size is 38B Thats what I fill no issues atleast the bra caculator sites I dunno according to them im a 40+C bra size.
Cost for me on HRT 5 dollars blockers / 5 dollars estrogen (no matter the mg) Thanks to my jobs plan I just pay 5 bucks a perscription no matter what.
Cost on herbs reg price $10.99 sale price Swanson $7.99 per bottle of 60 caps.  Depending on your dosage. Mine was Per day, 0 pills 1st week 8 pills second week per day 10 pills third week a day 12 pills 4th week a day rinse and repeat so for a total of 210 pills a day. so 3.5 bottles per month.
I also had reshi Mushroom powder caps (BTW do not consume them for more then 3 weeks have 1 week off then restart They are poisonous the powder caps if taken for more then 4 weeks at a time.)  4.99 for a 60 cap bottle 1 bottle per month as I was taking 2 pills of 600mg each.

So total  for one month supply

BO 31.96 for 4 bottles
Reshi mushroom 4.99 1 bottle

Now I revved up slowly to get to those number of pills and got my body accustom to the pills and dosage I didnt just start at 8 pills and go from there I started at 1 a day for my first month then started adding 1 each month. Till around 4 where I stayed at 4 for a bit. I then revved up when I noticed changes had slowed its up to you to listen to your body.

I do recommend trying BO and some sort of anti androgen Herb. It will let you get your feet wet but dont expect amazing results or expect more makes it happen faster.
Also without a anti androgen blocker in my opinion you wont see much changes unless your Testosterone is already low.
One other thing I thought of is this intermediate step needed to get on HRT in my country.... No canada is not like that anymore. But if your unsure if you want to become a woman think hard before you take BO or some Herb. Because at the end of the day Breasts will not go away, without surgery. Myself I did a lot of soul searching before I began this 3+ year journey. Ive now started on something Ive wanted for a long time. I hope you have thought about it for a long time or seen a councilor or something. Because at the end of the journey your left with a choice either your a man with breasts or a woman. And you can harm yourself and become a depressing mess if you regret your choice.


Now for the good news and bad news....

My good news is today I went and saw the Dr finally.... And I got my Estrogen Perscription....(kinda sucky is im getting 1mg to start but i believe in the rev up formula let your body get use to it) The bad news... I went to my pharmacy and they were not in stock and had to order for tomorrow. Also My Dr computers and printers where all down so I could not get a copy of my 2nd blood work but Ill get one next month when Im there for my next blood test.
Also she doubled my Androcur because my T had not dropped to close to 0 like she wanted Apparently im a 4....
Dunno if thats good or bad but I can tell changes are happening.

I epilated my arms... And yes owwww. My skin is now super soft.... My legs are a lot less muscular... More feminine looking especially when I lie down or sit on my butt with my legs up. Even thou I still do squats alot the muscles just faded.....
I can tell ive lost a bit of muscle mass Thank gawd!
So tomorrow is the big day and I start my E prescription sadly im at work for most of the day... But when im done Im going to come home and take my first step to completeness.
My face has slightly changed as well.
My breasts have done nothing since being on anti androgen alone.... (cant wait for some estrogen)