Transfem

I worked with a supportive group of folk, and I told them that I'll be voice training, and that I'll sound ridiculous for a while, and that I'm super self conscious about it, and so whilst we're all good to stir each other a bit as we have always done, I asked them to not use my voice as a target.

They were cool with that, and so I was able to just train it by using it every day.

Ultimately, I ended up getting VFS too, but my training before that was still helpful, because vocal surgery is a way of getting more for less with your training, more than a way of avoiding training altogether.

Pitch actually doesn't matter too much. Like others in this thread have said, resonance is way more important.

For example, it's actually really difficult for me to talk in my old voice, because I haven't used it in such a long time. While I can get the pitch down if I try hard enough, I can't do the same for my resonance, so my voice still sounds somewhat feminine even when I'm talking in a low pitched voice.

I never practiced for a set amount of time. I'd just do it kind of randomly whenever I felt like it. Usually I would practice at night when I was having trouble sleeping, but I'd sometimes do it while driving as well.

Also random hot tip: Have a word that you can say really well in your feminine voice that can be worked into any sentence, such as um or like, because then you can use it to recalibrate when you feel your feminine voice starting to falter.

I practiced in the shower and in the car when I did it - I wasn't out and didn't have many safe spaces.

Are you focusing on resonance at all? It's generally more important than pitch. Focus on raising your resonance, and pitch will follow.

Also, if anyone is interested in starting a discord to practice voice training, please invite me!

I've been reading a random Wikipedia article aloud to warm up my voice before my first meeting.

Personally just decided to 'practice' all day everyday at school without coming out to people. Had to keep a water bottle with me all the time to keep my throat from drying out. I've found that speaking brighter sounds more feminine but takes more air, which causes dryout.