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As others have said, you're not going to notice anything right away. Why not start taking it regularly and let it cook while you focus on other things? A month or so down the road you'll probably realize you feel better than you ever have and don't want to stop.
I wanted to freeze my sperm before starting properly:/ I know it's not 100% likely but I really worry about infertility because I want to have kids someday
it's smart to worry about infertility and to freeze sperm - I agree with panathea, get on that quick!
however, you should know not only is it not 100% you will be infertile while on estrogen, there's a good chance you will regain fertility if you pause HRT:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9873819/
sample sizes are small and we can't generalize from such a small group - but it at least falsifies the common belief that HRT will make you permanently infertile, it seems like the opposite is true - that fertility is regained in the majority of observed trans women when they pause HRT.
Yes, get on that!