Under 16s receiving contraceptive hormones without parental consent

[daisysam]

As a mother of a 5 year old girl I find it very worrying that when she is 13, a doctor could, without my knowledge, prescribe a hormone implant or pill. As a sufferer of PMDD (severe form of PMS) I understand more than most the delicate balance of female hormones. Messing about with this delicate balance, with hormones that are not bioidentical and especially during puberty is really worrying. This is a poorly understood, under researched area of medicine.
If the law remains unchanged when my daughter reaches puberty I will be writing to my GP to expressly request that my daughter is not prescribed hormonal contraception.

is it not better they can get these types of treatment rather than come home saying they are pregnant .. my DD had the implant fitted at 15, i know if she hadnt she would of been pregnant by now.

There's already a massive thread on this.

How about you just explain to your daughter about your medical condition and let her make up her own mind? Even if your GP did follow your wishes, she could just as easily go to a GUM clinic and get one there.

this can't be a new thing tho? i remember being 14 (am now 28) and getting a letter from my gp asking me to go and see them about the pill

My DD is 15 and would much rather she had access to contraception than bringing home a baby.
I went on the pill at 15; my mum insisted on it.

" as the mother of a 5yr old" explains your comment!

Firstly bring your daughter up baby step by baby step to understand your medical concerns and her own contraceptive requirements (and of course the power to say no..) and she will make sensible choices about when she wishes to become sexually active and what to do about not getting pregnant.

FWIW all this "delicate balance" of hormones stuff is a bit crap TBH. Abolishing the menstrual cycle by use the combined pill, progesterone only pill, injectable contraception or implant will effectively treat PMT in a lot of women (and yes maybe make it worse in some but I don't think you can predict either way)