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Doctor Responses: Periods
Doctor Pixie answers your most frequently asked questions about periods such as: When do girls get their periods? How much blood is lost during a period? Can you have sex while on your period?
With thanks to the Baker Street Medical Centre
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Hello, I haven't had a period for about a year now. I'm 17 years of age and it's worrying me. I have never taken the contaceptive pill or anything like that. Its just my periods do not show and i'm just a little worried but the thing is i'm too embarrest to go see my GP about it, i also have boils down below. they really do hurt i went to my GP about the boils they were on my boobs though at that time and i was sent for tests and the results came back or normal! i just want to know what is going on because there is no reason why i'm not having periods, Could you please help.
I'm 15 years old and last year i had the rod implant inserted in my arm, now when i get my periods they can last up to 2 months and then dont come back for 1-2 months later, is this normal ? please help xxx
Hey, I have the implant, the first 4 months i was on my period constantly. i went to the doctors and they prescibed me the pill as well as the implant, i took them for 3 months, my periods went back to normal.
okay i am a 16 year old girl and my periods were going pretty steady finally happening every month but since last november i haven't had a single period since but i have the signs that that its coming the discharge, sore breast, emotional changes. i was wondering if this was okay????
I've had that too, i dont know what it is either. I think im going to see the doctor!!
since giving birth to my daughter i started taking conceptive pills for 3 years and now i have stopped cause we are trying for another baby but my periods are irregular i miss 1 -2 month than start again,this has never happened to be before. i always had regular period since i started. need help
em.. i was the same if i were you i would go straight to your G.P. because i was un able to have a child untile i went to my doctor
heys, i'm 13 almost 14 now and i still havent gotten my period. My boobs have grown and everything else...but i stil dont have it. Almost every1 i hang around with have their period. It's making me feel kind worried. My friends say there's something wrong with me? They are correct? Please help me xoxo
There isnt anything wrong with you, i was exactly the same. Just be patient, and when the time comes, the time comes. Just enjoy not having a period XD
I'm a 25 year old female and I started menstrating at the age of sixteen but it has always been heavy and prolonged up to three months none stop. I was later diagnosed with PCOS and placed on dianet which some times seize my period for months which worries me. I read that PCOS could be as a result excessive androgen production in women. I have an apple body shape which means my body deposits fat in the wrong places. Is they a hormone suppliment that can correct or improve this?
hi im concerned about my health right now as i havent had a period for 3yrs now im worried about this is it something to worry about. thankyou please can you help.
hi, i got my periods on the 24th of august last year the week before i went on holiday, and ive never had them since then. so i made an appointment with my gp and he took blood to check if i was pregnant or had over/under active thyroid but everything came back fine, so i dont no what is causeing it? i was recently on the pill aswell microgynon 30 and came off it suddenly due to weight gain, could this be the cause or something more serious? thanks if you can help.
I am nearly 14 and I haven't started my period yet what shall I do because all of my friends have already started?
Don't worry. Everyone starts at different times: girls start their periods at different ages. I started mine when I was 12-13. I still have a friend who is 14 and she hasn't started hers yet. It will start when it's ready :) x
Hey, im 14 and i havent started my period, but ive been having heavy discharge like 5-7 or even more times aday and somtimes it goes all hard and crusty. and i know everyone always says ohh you should be glad you havent started and its perfectly normal and stuff, but i just really want to start so i can be normal everyone else in my year has and im not under weight or anything so whats up with me? x
