Pill for teenage DD

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My 15 year old DD suffers from very heavy and painful periods. She's doing GCSEs this summer. Has anyone's daughter gone on the pill just for a few months during the exams?

Why for only a few months?

She might find it’s useful and stays on longer. Means she won’t need to worry about periods during the summer or A Levels.

My DD went on the Pill a few years ago at 12yo for painful heavy periods. Now they’re an annoyance and painless instead of an ordeal of days of pain and medication.

I would definitely give her the choice to take it, and to take it for as long as she wants. You might find that it improves her period so much that she’ll decide to stay on it.

I suppose because I don't like the idea or risk of her putting artificial hormones in her body at such a young age...
I'd be OK with progestogen (sp?) only, but that won't necessarily regulate her periods in time

This is true...planning our summer holiday last year was a logistical nightmare...especially as my husband/her dad can be quite obtuse 😂Kept suggesting dates that were a big NO!!

Mine has been on it from age 15 and now 18 it is continuous suspected endometriosis. Tried painkiller first and then transfemic menafamic acid type things - they worked for 2 cycles and then didn’t. So she takes it continuously now. Get the GP to write a letter for the exams officer.

When I started the progesterone only my periods stopped immediately

If her periods are disrupting her life so much, I'd say it would be a good idea to stay on them longer term. She'll have more exams at college, plus the added benefit of contraception being sorted.

Have you been to the doctor to investigate why her periods are so painful? That could be another option; getting to the root cause. Women and girls shouldn't accept being told that extremely heavy and painful periods are normal.

I had dreadful periods 40 years ago! My lovely, but Catholic, mother would not let me have The Pill. I had to give up swimming so competitively, and it feels like pretty much flooded my way through every exam I've ever taken. If her periods are disrupting her life, let her have the pill!

It's different for everyone, my periods have never stopped on the POP.

OP I know what you mean, my daughter occasionally gets migraines which I think are hormonal and I'm reluctant to put her on the pill for it. But if they are that bad, maybe try one and see. It could change her life!

They're not worryingly painful, but day two is heavy and she has cramps, not ideal for an exam environment

Yeah honestly the pill was the best thing for me as a teen!

I found that the pill gave me nausea when I went on it again in my 40s, but I can't recall that this was the case in my 20s. Did any of your daughters suffer from this side effect?

No nausea for my DD. She takes one of the newer progesterone only Pills. She’d tried an older one but it didn’t agree with her body with continual bleeding and spotting for a whole month. This newer one is great. No spotting, no pain, lighter periods and reduced/no pimples.