Am i ever gonna start puberty?

Question

I'm 12 and1/2 and i have only experienced the bad parts of puberty. My pubic hair is really corse, black and they are all like 1 inch long each. I have been getting horrible acne on my face, stomach, and ***. I smell so bad that deoderent has no effect on me, and i should be probably taking 2 showers a day it is so bad. I am flat chested, i have no need of a bra, or a training bra for that matter. I am only 5 feet tall and have had no growth spurt, i checked my baby book and i usually grow 3 inches a year, but in the last couple of years this has been slowing down to 2 inches, than to 1. My period has not started, and for like the last month i have been getting this sticky, smelly, discharge all over my pubic hair and the inside of my labia. Am i ever gonna grow and develop, and what is the average hight for my age, breast size, and at my age how developed is the pubic hair?

no, my doctor measured me like 5 months ago, and i measured myself recently and appeared to have grown 1/2 an inch, making me 5 foot

my mom does not know the answers, she was always tall when she was a kid, she told me, and she has like a size B or C cup, plus she told me she had her period when she was like 10 or 11.

i started growing my pubic hair at like 8 or something

I am freaking out because of my family genetics, though my mom and dad are tall, my mom's side of the family has very short women, my cousin, aunt, grandmother, great grandmothers, and great-great- aunt's final heights were all 5 feet and under.

Answer 1

Puberty is not fun, periods will only make it worse. I wondered too, when I would start my period. I even worried about it once. I was about your age when mine started, maybe closer to 13. But I was the first one with boobs too. I got teased relentlessly for it. I had to wear a bra in the fourth grade! I didn't start having my period until I was in the 7th grade, by then I was a c-cup, and teased horribly for it.

As for the smelly part, if you're more comfortable taking two showers go for it! Ask mom for scented soap. I grew up on carress, and it smells wonderful! Get extra strength deoderant, and keep a little roll on deoderant in your purse. If your pubic hair is bothering you, trim it. I don't recommend shaving it, that's really irritating and I honestly don't know why girls bother. Trimming it will help keep it clean. The discharge is gross, but perfectly normal. Kotex came out with some pretty scented panty liners that you might like. For the acne, try Phizoderm (sp?) body wash. It's made for body acne. Don't worry about your period, it will come. Some girls don't get theirs until closer to 16. I think they're pretty lucky.

I've also added the growth chart for kids and teens. You'll be able to scroll down and click on the one that applies to you. You could print it out if out if you like. It should let you know where you stand among your peers.

Good luck, I promise you won't be this hormonal forever, or at least until you grow up and start having babies!

Answer 2

Okay.... here are your answers, plain and true:
1. You have already started puberty. You just haven't started menstruating (getting your period).
2. Pubic hair almost always comes before boobs. I was the same, I got my pubic hair early and my breasts started to grow later, when I was around your age.
3. Get your mum to take you to a dermatologist, so your skin can get sorted out with the right products for not only your facial acne but your body acne too.Take it from me, I know how horrible acne feels. You shouldn't have to deal with it. Whatever you do don't try ProActiv. It's like using bleach on your face.
4. Are you using an ANTI-PERSPIRANT deoderant? Deoderant that doesn't contain anti-perspirants will only cover the smell, not actually stop it. You can find extra-strong deoderants at the chemist/drugstore.
5. As far as being flat chested is concerned, when I was your age I was in a training bra. 6 months later I wore a proper underwire bra and this year I've grown nearly three sizes (I'm a 12C). Your breasts will come, and they're really not a blessing, so don't worry about it.
6. You'll get your growth spurt right before you start your period... that's what happened to me. You're already getting discharge (use Kotex or Libra panty liners for the wetness in your pants), that's a sign you can expect your period to arrive anywhere from 6 months to a year, give or take a few months.
7. You don't want your period, it's a nightmare! It's messy, smelly, stinky, difficult, annoying... and that's WITHOUT the mood swings, cramps, depression or tearfulness, angry outbursts, more pimples... it's no fun at all, so be thankful!
8. I got my period soon after I turned 13. My mum didn't get her period until she was 15. There's really no saying how fast you should be developing because every one is different. There are girls who get their period at 8, and there are girls who don't get theirs until they're 18. We all grow and develop at different rates, but don't worry, it will happen. It's all a matter of time, so be happy with what you've got and make the most of not having your period :)

Happy Holidays

Answer 3

I started wearing a trainging bra in 5th grade. Not because I needed one, but because some kid went to snap my bra and yelled to everyone in the hall that I wasn't wearing one. I started my period the summer before my freshman year. I didn't really get boobs till I was 17. I am 5'5. I wear a 34 D. I got a ghetto booty and I weight the same as I did in high school (137). Now granted my 25 year old 137 doesn't look the same as my 16, 137. I just had a baby 7 months. My advice to you is be happy with what you look like now, when your 17, when your 20, 25, 30, 40,50. Someday you are going to be fifty, have kids, maybe grandkids, and when you your body is the "worst" you are going to be the most comfortable with it. Because in your 50 years of life you are going to realize that no matter what size you are you will never be perfect, there will always be something you would change, something you would like to get rid of, something you would like to add. One day you are going to realize it doesn't matter what you do with your life is what matters.

Answer 4

Well I went threw puberty at the age of 13, it takes time to grow up.
And heck I wish I didn't get my period yet, wish it could have waited till I was like 15 or 16 lol
And your breasts will grow in time as well. Some girls go threw puberty later then others, and 5 ft isn't that short, I went threw my big growth spurt at the age of 13,14 probably closer to 14.
Just take care of your body and stay active and just relax, be a kid, no need to grow up so fast!

Don't worry it will happen eventually.

Answer 5

holy shiznits! your 12! i started getting my period when i was 14! a few months ago..... just wash your face every night with ceteaphil...no need to use all that hardore proactive and stuff...the perfumes made my face break out more that was in the proactive......my bobs grew 2 sizes in 3 months! i was an A and went to a C! it will come fast! is the sticky stuff clear or white? my mommy said thats normal... i dont know the names of everything so i have no clue what the word labia means... you alot more mature then me ill tell ya that! i had a really big and rare growth spurt! i was 4'10 and went to 5'3... say its impossible but so true! i dont think i am going to get any taller so i guess im a lil short but hey all the girls in my grade are 5'8 (GIANTS) compared to me! you will grow and start going more into puberty when your body is ready... hell my mom dident get her period untill she was 16!!!! i get my period every 5 months and i dont take pills! everyones body is diffrent just take everthing that comes at you and dont worry about it before hand! good luck and happy new years! well almost new years!

Answer 6

ok as far as your period its not so great its painful messy and grose some times it smells bad too as for your discharge thats normal i get it too just keep the area clean and wipe a bit more than normal when you go to the bathroom
as for as the acne try not to touch it dont pop them and keep your face as clean as you can when you touch your face the oil from your hands clogs your pores try some soap that takes the oil out of your face and never ever touch your face if you can help it
and the smell should calm down in a few years but untill then try deoderiseing soaps make sure you get every where wash your self first in the shower then your hair then wash again if you feel the need the brand secret makes deoderant and body spray that smell good together so you might try those
dont worry about your breasts comeing in you are only 12 they will come dont worry if your worried about every one around you already makeing it further than you have dont worry they are just as miserable as you are if not more bras are a pain in the butt you have to find the rite size and then you have to remeber to rear one every day then you have to figure out how in the heck you get those dumb straps so they quit slipping off and so they dont hurt
your hieght is fine its writen into your genetic makeup how tall youll be there isnt much you can do to fix that but being short isnt a bad thing
pubic hair can come at any time i rmeber haveing to shave long before i got my period and trust me thats a pain too like if you have areally cool new tank top dress you want to wear and you put it on then realise half way to school that you forgot to shave annd you have to cover it with a coat of leave your arms down all day so honey your doing just fine and and its not all its cracked up to be so dont worry

Answer 7

i am 13 i got my first period a month or so before my 12th b-day. some of my friends are 13 and haven't started their period so u are ok but i think u are going to get ur period soon cuz of that discharge and i had that for a year and a half and then i got my period. ur brest size is normal u will start to develope later

Answer 8

Would you calm down? Your gonna get it. Trust me, not like you want your period anyway. It's no pot of gold. You get cramps, not to mention blood all over your underwear if you leak. There is no average height for 12 year olds. I already had my growth spurt and I'm only 5' 1" so I'd say you're not in bad shape. Oh, and I think you're paranoid for checking your baby book. Who does that?

Answer 9

well it doesnt matter when your mom started er period!

heres an example. I got mine when i was 14 and she had the have hers "medically assisted" (birth control pills) she didnt get her first period till she was 20! lol

but you are still young. those are the beginning stages of puberty. dont worry. everyone grows at different rates! trust me!

it doenst matter if you slowed growing. you usually do as you get older. so dont worry.


everyone one grows at different rates so there reall is no "average" for anything. just be paitient and things will hapen on thier own

Answer 10

you will start when your body is ready.... sounds like you are getting closer... i would give it maybe 2 years or so before you get your period.... i didnt get mine until i was about 14 1/2.... im 16 and im still not finished developing. dont be in such a hurry... having your period really sucks, and its a pain in the as$...enjoy your time while you still have it

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