Unscientific poll-how many inches did your dd grow after her first period?
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Anonymous
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About 2.5". She was like 5'3 1/2" now she is close to 5'6".
I didn't grow another inch after I got my period. I think in some cases girls take after their father's side of the family. My daughter is physically very similar to my husband and his mom. |
Anonymous
| Average is 1-2 inches. |
Anonymous
Same for me, late bloomer went from 5'6" at age of period and ended up about 5'9". |
Anonymous
| I got my period at 12 when I was around 5'2" and sort of pudgy. A year later had a growth spurt when I was 13 and grew 2 or 3 inches over the summer, I lost my baby fat and went back to school slim. I had teachers asking me "what I had done" - it was awesome. |
Anonymous
| Period at 11, she is 15 now and still growing. 5'5 at least. |
Anonymous
| 1-2.5 inches. So not much more |
Anonymous
| My dd started at 13 years old and 5'2". She is now14 and 5'5.5" and no sign of slowing down. |
Anonymous
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Got period right at 10 and grew about 2 inches after that, is now 5'2"
Interestingly she was much taller than her peers from 10-12 (back row center for photos) and is now one of the tiny girls sorority squatting in the front |
Anonymous
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Drs say 2 inches is the average after start of menstruation, and growth normally ends 2 years after the start.
My daughter was always very tall - 99% percentile on the chart. I am 5'8, husband 6'4" but she got period early (10) and seems to have stopped growing at 5'6". Not a bad height, but with two tall parents we all thought she would end up being taller. |
Anonymous
| About 1 inch. Got her period at 14 |
Anonymous
| I got my period at age 12 and grew about 5 more inches. |
Anonymous
Did you have constitutional growth delay pp? I'm asking because that is what my Dd's ped says she has - she is 5 but her bone age is 3.5 and her hormone is normal. She says DD will grow slower but for longer, and that puberty probably will be late too.... |
Anonymous
I've never heard of this before but just read about it. My daughter may have this. Not sure I need to get her tested, though. |
Anonymous
Can I ask how tall your DD was at 10? My DD is 10 1/2 and 5'2", she just got her first period. Her father is 6'3", I am 5'4" and she definitely has the big feet from his side. I have always expected her to be taller than me but maybe not. |
Anonymous
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I panicked after reading these responses and found one tiny bit of reassurance online: one review found that on ave girls grow 3 inches after starting to menstruate. Girls who start at 10 grow more on ave (4 in); girls who start at 15 grow less (2 in).
Myths and variations in normal pubertal development http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1070801/ |