im almost 17 and i still haven't started my period yet. What's wrong. i hate telling my friends that i haven't started yet, because that just makes me feel like a child next to them.
2007-07-23 07:13:45 · 17 answers · asked by Bailey B 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Have you discussed this with your doctor? Girls should have started their periods by 16. You should check to make sure everything is functioning normally.
2007-07-23 07:17:23 · answer #1 · answered by Live life. 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i was 16 and still hadn't gotten my period, so my family starting worrying. they wanted to make sure that i wasn't infertile, so they took me to a hormonal specialist who ran a whole bunch of tests to make sure that my hormone levels and everything were ok. i also had an ultrasound to make sure that my internal reproductive system was alright. they said that they could put me on birth control to induce my period, but there really wasn't any point to that since evrerything was ok with my reproductive system and i didn't particualarly want my period. i ended up getting my period on my own a few months later, and it's always been somewhat irregular, i didn't get it every month. i think the main reason that i was so late is that i was (and still am) really skinny, and i was also just a late bloomer. so the moral of the story is, it could be nothing, or there might actually be something wrong with you. you could just wait, but you might want to get everything checked out.
i rarely told my friends that i didn't have it just because it never came up. and if i did, they would just say it was because i was so skinny. you won't have your period if you have to little body fat, which can be either from being skinny or being really athletic.
2007-07-23 08:06:22 · answer #2 · answered by april fools 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some women do start later, I didn't get my first period until I was 17, and I don't have one every month, I have gone to doctors about it and they say it's normal. I probably get a period once every 5 months... so go to a doctor just to make sure, but it can be normal.
2007-07-23 07:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Girls get it at all diffrent ages. It would be a little abnormal by not getting it by seventeen, but I have known people like that. If I was you I would just wait, it will come up soon. But if you are that worried contact your doctor, just to make sure there is nothing wrong, I highly doubt there is but if you want to make sure, that is what I would do.
2007-07-23 07:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by Skye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
complicated this entire era element... how annoying to get the 1st one in simple terms till now christmas! its terrible yet your physique messes around you something poor. Your physique is in simple terms adjusting, you ought to have a discharge because of the fact your physique is attempting to have its 2d era - if it maintains, then according to risk you wil ought to talk to somebody approximately it, have you ever spoken on your mum? The fainting element isn't so stable, it must be low blood stress - I incredibly have this and used to bypass out in each single place, as you have a era it ought to experience worse as you're dropping blood, according to risk your additionally a sprint anaemic? i might advise you save a diary of ways you experience, the issues / the sensation faint and the pungent discharge - you could locate that a trend seems, after which you're in a position to even artwork out your cycle, or a minimum of have something to teach your mum/wellbeing care professional Sounds to me like your mum has lived by this till now, so why no longer have a stable chat along with her approximately it!
2016-09-30 12:45:47 · answer #5 · answered by gavilanes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mom was 17 she was a swimmer and a gymnist that sometimes prolongs it but usually if you havent gotten it by 16 you should see a doctor just to be on the safe side good luck!!!
2007-07-23 07:25:01 · answer #6 · answered by TT5621 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You may just be a late bloomer.If you are really worried about it or don't start soon,you may want to see a doctor about it.It's better to be safe than sorry.As far as being embarrassed don't.Everyone starts their periods at different times.
2007-07-23 07:21:02 · answer #7 · answered by Tiff R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's a bit uncommon, but it still can be normal, your period can start from the age 9-17, i think you should talk to your doctor just in case anything serious is wrong.
2007-07-23 07:18:06 · answer #8 · answered by U make me smile! 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably nothing is wrong. but it is recommended that girls who don't start by the time they are 16 go to a doctor. You need to make sure that nothing is wrong.
2007-07-23 07:50:51 · answer #9 · answered by catsmeowjrk2000 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone is different. Seriously. You might want to ask a doctor, though, anyway. But honestly, if you're a very stressed-out or athletic person, you may not get it until later!
2007-07-23 07:17:31 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋