12yo period every 3 weeks

[amidawish]

my dd started her periods last June, fairly irregular for a while but settled down this year into a 3 weekly cycle!

so basically she is 7 days on, 14 days off. like clockwork - not that light either.

am tempted to take her to the gp but apart from putting her on the pill is there anything they can do?

My friend's dd had the same but every 2 weeks! GP said to wait 2 years for things to settle down. It's an awful lot for kids to deal with, isn't it? Poor things.

every 2 weeks
ok will give it a bit longer - has only been 6 months in a regular pattern. i do hope it lengthens, seems fairly constant!

Mine have always been three weeks apart, apparently it's on the spectrum of normal.

noooo

Poor thing it's miserable be sure to get her iron checked so she is not getting anemic.

A few possibilities for you, I have a few things which can cause frequent bleeding, i used to have a 14-19 day cycles ever since i was 12.

• Thyroid problems over or under active, get them to check your TSH and anitbodies too very important
• Low progesterone
• PCOS

thanks. will give it til the New Year - if they haven't lengthened will get her checked out.

have googled it - apparently she needs to look at the full moon to regulate her cycle to the moon cycle

VitB6 and magnesium too can lengthen it apparently. can anyone verify that?

I had this. From the time I was 13 when my periods started, to about 15 or so I had a heavy period every 3 weeks. It wasn't much fun but things did settle down. By the time I started 6th Form I had a pretty regular 28-30 day cycle.

hope so...

In my late teens I had a very regular 3 week cycle.

All my life 18-21 days! Probably wore out my poor ovaries. Started at 14 and finished at 47.
No problems getting pregnant though. And the pill sorted out for a while in my 20s.