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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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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
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
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?
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
I have had no periods for 2 years since having my last child. I started my periods at 14 which were so heavy i was put on depo, after stopping I fell pregnant and after several complications i had emergency c section at 32wks. Ithen had 4 consecutive misscarrages in a 3 year period. 2 which were late. I was put on asprin with no +diognsis. I successfully then had 2 normal births with complicated pregnancies. I had ITP AT 18 and a spleenectomy soon follwed could this be related? I have had loads of test still no diagnosis. Ive seen heamatology, gynicology, endocrinology. no one knows whats wrong. anyone have any ideas?
Hi, I'm 19 and I started my period when I was 14. At first my periods were regular, but by the time I was 15 they were very irregular. My last period was in October 2009 and the one before that was in November 2008! I'm really worried that something might be wrong with me! I heard that stress can affect them, but I don't get stressed very often. Please help me and should I be really worried??
Hi I'm 18 years old and as long as I can remember my periods have been seriously irregular. I can go 6-9 months without a period, I am not sexually active and this is partly due to that. My periods can last from a month to two months. They can be very very light, or extremely heavy, so much that I go through a very strong tampon within an hour, other times I bleed for a day randomly and just stop. I am really worried, I have been tested for hormones in a general blood sample but nothing came back. I have also never grown hair underneath my arms, is this a hormone issue? I started my periods when I was 11, surely I should have developed by now? Please help me.
