I have a couple questions about general womanly stuff...?

Question

(I was going to ask my doctor before I got my cycles, but we missed scheduling my annual app.) 1. Can you get cervical cancer before you get your periods?
2. I got my 1st cycle in April. I didn't have another one til July. I should be having one as of yesterday, but I don't. What gives?
3. When does a woman/girl have to start going to ob/gyn?
4. What about breast cancer? When should I start breast exams, mmamograms, etc?

Thank you very much for your answers!!!!

Answer 1

You don't get cervical cancer before you start your periods. Your periods will be very irregular for at least the first year or so meaning things are normal right now for you. YOu NEVER have to see a GYN doc. Your regular doc can do pap smears and other GYN things and unless something is wrong that he can't handle you do not HAVE to see a GYN doc. You should start having pap smears every year when you turn 18 or become sexually active which ever comes first. Breast exams are something you do monthly at home and the doc will do those in the office with your yearly physical exam. Mammograms start at age 40 unless you have a high family history of breast problems or breast cancer. If you are unsure how to do a monthly self breast exam just do a web search for self breast exam and the instructions will pop up for you.

Answer 2

1. I can't answer your first question...though I have never heard of a case of cervical cancer in the preadolescent years.
2. Your first period was in April? It can take up to a year for your periods to regulate, so this is normal. Give it time.
3. Until you have become sexually active, going to an OB/GYN is probably not the best thing to do because he/she tends to perform a Pap test and this cannot be done if you are a virgin. I didn't see an OB/GYN until after I had gotten married. Now, if you want to begin birth control, you can go to an OB/GYN and not have a Pap done. My oldest daughter has been on BC for ovarian cysts since she was 13 - she was not sexually active at that time and no Pap was done.
4. Start your breast exams as you go through puberty. Mammograms typically don't need to be done until you reach your 40's, before that if your doctor detects a mass.

Answer 3

1. I'm not really sure, you can check on Yahoo! Health or just call your doctor up and ask them.

2. Since you haven't had your period for very long, it can take up to a year to regulate and come every month. As long as you're not sexually active, you don't have to worry about it not coming every month, because you know that your body is just going through changes and needs to get it's self together. You'll be fine, just give it time.

3. You should start going to an ob-gyn when you become sexually active, no matter what age. However, if you're not sexually active by the time you're 18, you should start going anyway.

4. You can start breast exams when you first develop breasts. Every couple of months is a good time to do it, make sure to read up on how to do it properly so that if you do notice something different, you can tell whether it's a lump or something less serious like a cyst [many women get cysts in their breasts and it's natural. They're not malignious [sp?] and they don't usually harm you.] As for mammograms, when you're about 40 is when you go to get them.

Answer 4

1. Cancer can happen at any age, being sexually active or not or having regular cycles or not give you pre-disposition but if you don't have or do those things you can still get cancer
2. fact is, you may be one of those girls who are never regular but you are just starting so give it at least a year or so(and maybe a lifetime) of on again off again periods.....of course if you are sexually active, that's a whole different story...
3.. OB/GYN's are specialists and it's important to establish a relationship with one so you find one you trust and like and communicate with. yes your regular doctor can so all those things as well so if you are going to see a regular doctor for your possible future pregnancies than great but if not, then it's important for you and your health to find an OBGYN that you like and trust, you only see them once a year so it takes a long time to get to that truly trustworthy state not just for you but for the doctor as well to get to know you and how your body functions because while we all may have the same basic parts they dont' all function the same basic way and if you can establish a sense of "normal" for you with your doctor it will be easier for them to help when things get "abnormal"
4. Breast exams every month at the same time starting now. The best time is about a week after your period ends, your hormones are on a more regular level then and you should be less tender; mammograms start when you are 35 ( you can wait til you are 40 but that's 5 less years worth of information the radiologists have in order for the best interpretation for your mammograms so why wait?) and earlier if you have any history in your family. If you have a strong family history you can ask for the BRCA blood test to see if you are a carrier of the gene but it's expensive and not always covered by insurance so if your family history is minimal, than that may not be necessary

Answer 5

1. I am sure you can...not likely though

2. How old are you?? If you aren't having sex, try not to worry about your cycle being off track, it WILL regulate

3. when you start having sex! OR 18 regardless if you are having sex or not

4. they do a breast exam when you go to the OBGYN, you should start getting mammograms at 35 (it used to be 40) unless you feel a lump before your 35

Answer 6

considering which you're so youthful, your era maximum possibly would be very atypical for it sluggish. some women folk by no ability get their era on a typical schedule. as quickly as I first began it replaced into on the comparable time each month for possibly 3 months, then it may sometimes come two times a month and a few it does no longer are available in any respect. that's known. so a techniques as "the place the hollow is" you easily have 3 holes. one which you pee out of (urethera) and the hollow which you have intercourse or use a tampon, your vagina, and then your butt. Your urethra is closest to your abdomen button, then your vagina is a tiny bit below that. you ought to continually get a diagram on line to work out a image. beginning administration has particularly some solid and undesirable traits. often solid although. it is going to help with zits, temper swings, it could alter or lighten your era. If that's some thing it incredibly is recommended to do i could inform you to analyze all the various varieties on line and locate the form that should greater wholesome you and your physique form the main suitable. you may continually attempt a health center, maximum of them do no longer require parental consent to be on beginning administration. shortly when you initiate your era you have an examination as quickly as a 12 months. that's no longer basically for women folk who're sexually lively. they are going to be checking for any infections, maximum cancers, lumps, cysts, and so on. it incredibly is on your maximum suitable activity so you might have an examination as quickly as a 12 months. it incredibly is rapid and can sometimes make you squirm, yet for the main section it incredibly is painless. additionally, you will could have an examination in the previous you're positioned on beginning administration. it incredibly is a shame which you would be able to no longer communicate to your mom approximately all of this openly, yet I wish you the better of success.

Answer 7

1. I don't think so.
2. It takes several years to regulate. You are completely normal.
3. 21 or about 2 years after she starts having sex. (or so all the experts say).
4. 40 for mamograms. (earlier if you have a family history) You should start doing self-exams, so that you know what they feel like.
Breast self exam instructions: http://cms.komen.org/komen/AboutBreastCancer/EarlyDetectionScreening/BreastSelf-Exam/index.htm?ssSourceNodeId=313&ssSourceSiteId=Komen
http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/testing/self_exam/bse_steps.jsp

Answer 8

1. I don't think so
2. Your period takes up to two years to regulate itself, that's totally normal.
3. When you're 18 or when you begin having sex.
4. 40 years of age.

Answer 9

1. Idk
2. It takes two years to become regular
3. 18
4. 40 years old or if you notice a lump