What age do dd`s start periods on average

[mooshy]

Probably nothing to worry about i hope.DD is 14 and all her friends have started their periods.She has developed elsewhere and seems less hormonal than she was a couple of years ago.I have reassurred her that her period will prob. start in the next couple of years ?? I shouldn`t be concerned should i ?

[DumbledoresGirl]

I just googled for you and it said they usually start between 10 and 14 with the average age being 12 ( - a year younger than when I was a teenager). Anyway, so your dd is still within the normal range. I wouldn't imagine a doctor would be concerned yet.

[PeachyClair]

I wouldn't woory, and unless it's changed they used to say no need for a GP until they're at least 16. I was 16.5 when I started my periods, yet it menat nothing bad.... Mum always said I might not have kids but I conceived each of my three in six weeks LOL!

[yorkshirelass79]

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[FawkesBride]

Yorkshirelass is correct - Robert Winston did a docu a few years back and stated that a female body needs to be about 7 stone in order to carry & birth a baby.

I started quite late, 15, but only weighed 4 stone when I began secondary education, so no surprise really.

It is awful being the last of a bunch of girls to reach 'womanhood'. I didn't have boobs either and I was teased a lot.

However, I've since worked at the boat show wearing a bikini - and you know what those gals look like! (Why didn't I put that on the 'worse jobs' thread?)

[fortyplus]

I'm tall - 5'10" - and fairly solid but didn't start till I was 14.5 I was already 5'9" and plenty more than 7 stone - in fact I was about 8 stone at 12 and 5'2".

I literally conceived first time with both of mine - I've been told that some forms of cancer are rarer if you start your periods later - don't know if that's true.

Several of my friends were about the same age as me - one skinny one didn't start till 16.

Please don't worry

[redsky]

Dd is 14 (August) and she has recently had her first period. BTW she's not slim.

[Skribble]

Mooshy, all her freinds might not have started, not unknown to pretend to keep up with pals, so DD might not be the only one.

[deste]

My dd started to develop at 9 and started her periods at 10. She is now 20 5'2" and size 8-10

[mooshy]

Thanks everyone.
Shes about 7 1/2 stone i think.
I wont worry now for at least another 18 months.She was on anti epileptic med. for years and i suppose i ought to check that hasn`t interferred with anything.
Have been telling all my friends what a lovely and delightful teenager i have -does that mean she will change into the horror everyone keeps telling me to expect when periods do start.Shes very emotional now i suppose-but in a nice way really .

[frogs]

I think that 7 stone thing must be a minimum weight for menstruation, rather than a trigger point iyswim.
My dd1 is 11, tall and muscly, certainly not skinny. She must weigh over 7 stone, but is barely beginning to develop -- the merest beginnings of boobs and no pubic hair. I can't see her starting her periods for a good year or two. Whereas her best friend who is a similar height and build needed a bra from the beginning of Y6 and started her periods at 10.5.

I think genetic influence is an important factor.

[Nicola63]

I only started when nearly 17. I have not heard the 7 stone thing before, but that would be about right for me, I was very little and would have reached 7 stone around that age.

[youngpinkanfluffy]

i started at 10

[rustybear]

Don't think 7 stone can be a minimum, as I didn't get to that till after I'd had DS! I started at 14, DD at 11 - she's much the same build as me - or rather as I WAS - sadly I'm now rather plumper!

[Tutter]

i didn't start til i was 14 (only 2 months off 15 actually)

was a very normal size

[motherofsix]

my dd was almost 14 she is very small and slim though.

[avegetablecumfruit]

I was 16.

[Nemoinapeartree]

mine was 12th birthday, DS1 who is very thin was around 14/15 and DS2 was 13. Think they say dont be concerned until reach 16 or so then maybe speak to gp..but I could be imagining that.

[izzybiz]

My mum started at 9, but she was also wearing a bra and had pubic hair at that age too.

I was much later at 15, i started wearing a bra and gettiing hair at about 14.

I read recently that menstruation usually occors a little while after the hair and boobs.

[IdrisTheDragon]

I was 14 and a few months. My mum was about 12. Not sure when my sister's periods started.

All three of us were thin - I'm not sure if my mum has ever weighed as much as 7 stone (apaer from when pregnant)

[Rummum]

apparently once your periods start, you only grow another inch or so...

[jalopy]

I was 14. My sister was 17.

[expatinscotland]

I thought 17 was considered normal range, too.

[fairyjay]

Dd started the day before her 13th birthday, but I know that many of her friends - some are 14 - haven't started yet.

Interesting what you say Rummum about not growing much after periods start. Fortunately dd is already taller than me!

[MoreTeaVicar]

My beautiful DD has the figure of a model and stands at 5ft 4". She is 11 and started at 10 poor baby was not ready to grow up. It sometimes makes me feel so sad but then I remind myself she was 11wks premature and I feel so overwhelmingly grateful to have such a strong and healthy child. Yes and I have to REMIND myself that despite all the physical attributes she is only a child. Its hard.