Would you be cautious?Birth Control for 13yo with nausea, cramps, heavy 7 day cycles? (Family history of endometriosis)

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I was on b/c for over a decade before having kid (15-32) and got pregnant on the first try. Same for kid #2. If I could ease my kids pain, and help get their cycles regular, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Ask for the low hormone pill (that's what my teen is on). They just have to remember to take it at the same time each day

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Anonymous wrote:My 13yr old went on it for PMDD and she skips placebo weeks as instructed by her pediatrician. I wish I had this as a teen. No more periods, no more hormonal fluctuations, no more buying tampons/pads. It’s been 8 months no issues. No weight increase either. I hate that misconception

Seriously. Imagine not having to have periods as a teen.

I want so badly for my daughter to get a Mirena. Mine has been literally life altering. I think my career actually took off around the time I stopped losing three functional days a month. But I worry a lot about the trauma around insertion, and whether she could tolerate the hormones.

My GYN told me (when I, a woman in my 40s was getting an IUD) that she has put teenagers under for Mirena insertion (this is a doc at Capital Women’s care in Silver Spring on Georgia).

+1 look into it. They also make smaller IUDs (kyleena) for young women. Mine changed my life.

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Anonymous wrote:My 13yr old went on it for PMDD and she skips placebo weeks as instructed by her pediatrician. I wish I had this as a teen. No more periods, no more hormonal fluctuations, no more buying tampons/pads. It’s been 8 months no issues. No weight increase either. I hate that misconception

Seriously. Imagine not having to have periods as a teen.

I want so badly for my daughter to get a Mirena. Mine has been literally life altering. I think my career actually took off around the time I stopped losing three functional days a month. But I worry a lot about the trauma around insertion, and whether she could tolerate the hormones.

Many BCP that no longer have placebo weeks or you skip the week. Life changing

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Anonymous wrote:My 13yr old went on it for PMDD and she skips placebo weeks as instructed by her pediatrician. I wish I had this as a teen. No more periods, no more hormonal fluctuations, no more buying tampons/pads. It’s been 8 months no issues. No weight increase either. I hate that misconception

Seriously. Imagine not having to have periods as a teen.

I want so badly for my daughter to get a Mirena. Mine has been literally life altering. I think my career actually took off around the time I stopped losing three functional days a month. But I worry a lot about the trauma around insertion, and whether she could tolerate the hormones.

Many BCP that no longer have placebo weeks or you skip the week. Life changing

You aren't kidding. I am 51 and still haven't touched menopause and I am the only one in the house with periods. LOL. My 14 and out of the house 22yr no longer have them and they are so happy and honestly, their moods and behaviors drastically changed.

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Omg please put her on the pill. There’s no reason she has to suffer like this.

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Another huuuugee plus 1 to a mirena. Only 30% of women lose their period entirely, and I was one of them. Life changing. But BCP as prescribed by the doctor sound like a great alternative if she isnt comfortable with the insertion.

It really sounds like the actual benefits will outweigh the potential future side effects. I would not hesitate any longer. Really, the longer you hem and haw the more pain your daughter is suffering through.

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Anonymous wrote:Omg please put her on the pill. There’s no reason she has to suffer like this.

+1 I look back and get angry about my parents letting me physically suffer rather than putting me on birth control when I was young.

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PP w 11 yr old here. I am going to ask her pediatrician if she can keep taking and skip placebo. Although I wonder if they want to see what her period is like now that she is on the pill. Thoughts?

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Anonymous wrote:My 13yr old went on it for PMDD and she skips placebo weeks as instructed by her pediatrician. I wish I had this as a teen. No more periods, no more hormonal fluctuations, no more buying tampons/pads. It’s been 8 months no issues. No weight increase either. I hate that misconception

Seriously. Imagine not having to have periods as a teen.

I want so badly for my daughter to get a Mirena. Mine has been literally life altering. I think my career actually took off around the time I stopped losing three functional days a month. But I worry a lot about the trauma around insertion, and whether she could tolerate the hormones.

Many BCP that no longer have placebo weeks or you skip the week. Life changing

You aren't kidding. I am 51 and still haven't touched menopause and I am the only one in the house with periods. LOL. My 14 and out of the house 22yr no longer have them and they are so happy and honestly, their moods and behaviors drastically changed.

Same here. 18 and 48.

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Anonymous wrote:PP w 11 yr old here. I am going to ask her pediatrician if she can keep taking and skip placebo. Although I wonder if they want to see what her period is like now that she is on the pill. Thoughts?

My dd pediatrician prescribed hers specifically for skipping. If she wanted the placebo week, she was going to prescribe a different one. Her script says skip it. So if yours doesn’t, talk to your doctor.

I also want to add that there are so many various BCP. It took about 2 months of various spotting and headaches/nausea to now no side effects. She missed a pill one time and spotted lightly and got a few cramps. So she now knows better.

I would have been fine with changing to a different one. So don’t just try one and give up.

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Absolutely try birth control; I hope it will help her! It didn’t make a difference for my absolutely horrible periods, but my from teen years until I got pregnant at 31 I took a massive prescription dose of naproxen sodium (Aleve) to control my period pain. If hormonal birth control didn’t move the needle for your DD, as about stronger pain killers.

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I started at 14 for irregular periods.

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Anonymous wrote:PP w 11 yr old here. I am going to ask her pediatrician if she can keep taking and skip placebo. Although I wonder if they want to see what her period is like now that she is on the pill. Thoughts?

My dd pediatrician prescribed hers specifically for skipping. If she wanted the placebo week, she was going to prescribe a different one. Her script says skip it. So if yours doesn’t, talk to your doctor.

I also want to add that there are so many various BCP. It took about 2 months of various spotting and headaches/nausea to now no side effects. She missed a pill one time and spotted lightly and got a few cramps. So she now knows better.

I would have been fine with changing to a different one. So don’t just try one and give up.

Thank you! I am going to call her on Monday.

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I just want to chime in and say ibuprofen while fine in moderation can really wreck your stomach so it’s best to avoid taking large doses

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Anonymous wrote:PP w 11 yr old here. I am going to ask her pediatrician if she can keep taking and skip placebo. Although I wonder if they want to see what her period is like now that she is on the pill. Thoughts?

No, period on the pill is not a real period.