dd aged 14 has periods every 2 weeks

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Is this a problem that the GP needs to know about?They are quite heavy and last 5 days and are just too frequent.She only started 8 months ago and have been heavy since the beginning.
I'm a bit worried, what do you think?

I suppose it could be hormones settling down but she sounds like she could do with at least taking an iron suppliment. It wouldn't hurt for her to see a GP or perhaps the school has a nurse she can speak to?

having just come back form the gp with my 10 yr old who is having period difficulty, and having googled this subject extensively i would say go.

It's interfering with her life, and they will prob suggest her going on the pill to regulate them. I was sort of hoping for this today, but we have agreed to wait it out. It will also moderate the flow it being a withdrawal bleed and not a proper one.

It's a hormone answer to a hormone problem. Yet if you aren't happy with the thought, then i guess time will be your friend, to see if they get more infrequent.

yes, i agree, i have been and bought some spatone iron liquid today, 3 4 2 at Tesco. It can only help, becuase my dd is so tired.

Go to the doctors, I suffered terribly with periods at that age but my mum never took me and I was too embarrassed to go alone, going on the pill to regulate them would be an option

id go to the doctors with her
most commonly they will put her on the pill as a way to control her periods
may make life easier for everyone, especially her!

Have rang docs and the nice female gp is there on monday so I'll take her then if I can convince her to come! she is very private.
Thanks to you all

I bleed and bleed for the first year of mine and was given norethisterone to control them. She'll be fine, it's just a case of hitting on the right treatment.

Thanks hidden-I'll check out norethisterone so I'm prepared on monday.

Anyone else with similar experience?

Awww poor girl how awful.

It must also be affecting her at school as well with swimming and showers and I expect she may well be getting (or if not soon will be) interrogation from the sceptical PE staff who think she may be avoiding showers or swimming. A friends DD had similar and was mortified and embarrassed at the rather unsympathetic grilling. So do make sure you cover that angle at school as well.

I think friends DD ended up on the pill or implant.

Hope you get it sorted for he soon.

My 13 yo DD has just started on the pill. She was getting her period every 20 days and they were very heavy and totally draining her. She is very sporty and it was affecting her performance quite significantly. The doctor said that getting a period every 20 days meant that she wasn't ovulating correctly. I do feel she is quite young for the pill, so we tried starflower oil and vitamin B6 along with mefenamic acid (ponstan) for the bleeding, but it didn't really help - so she started on the pill last week.

My (female) GP was very understanding and made my DD feel very at ease - though DD was mortified when she asked her if she smoked or there was any possibility she could be pregnant! She also checked that DD wasn't anaemic.

Good luck, I hope you get her sorted!

Yes Thanks queen. It's the every two week bit that's bothers her the most because she is not expecting it( even though she should by now!!) and then , this happened yesterday, she floods at school with no warning and only 1 emergency towel in her bag.
Poor thing.

I would go to the GP in this case.

Would also suggest that you try and determine the underlying cause rather than just treat the symptoms.

Everygood- that's similar. Thanks for that. X post btw.

Attila -I did wonder if they will bother looking for the cause. I do like answers for everything do we will see.
Thanks again.