Height growth after first period?
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Anonymous
MY DD (12 almost 13) is about 4'9 on a good day and has all the signs she is about to get hers. I hope she reaches 5'2"! |
Anonymous
This is my daughter's experience as well. |
Anonymous
well my daughter grew 4 inches so and my pediatrician said 2-4 is typical. it depends but they will be shorter MOST likely if they get it early signed--dealing with early puberty in 2-hopefully not 3 daughters |
Anonymous
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https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/set2clinical/cj41c072.pdf
Average age of menarche is 12.4, looking at 50th height percentile, the average girl gains about 3.5 inches after age 12.4. |
Anonymous
thank you for finally setting str8--although is mean or median? |
Anonymous
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My oldest shot up 5.5 inches leading up to getting her first period (at age 12). She was a gymnast at the time and the growth spurt along with her foot growth caused big issues for her. She lost so many skills and had to relearn a bunch more. After her period, she grew maybe a total of another 1/2". She ended up being 5'5" and is the shortest in our family.
My youngest got her period at around 11.5 and grew afterward. She never had a huge growth spurt like her sister - it was all very gradual. Her Ped said she was probably done growing and then she grew another 1/2" by the time she went for her next checkup. She's 14 now and she's now had two consecutive appointments with no growth, so the doctor considers her finished. She's 5'8.5". |
Anonymous
Thanks for looking this up! It's good to have an idea at the population level. Important to also remember that: 1) Few people are truly "average." Although it does seem like the changes for the different percentiles are similar, individual kids may hit growth spurts at different ages. 2) Age at menarche is only indirectly considered here. A given girl may or may not have already hit menarche at age 12.4. We've already seen a bunch of this variation described here - in conclusion, no one can know exactly, but this kind of growth chart + the parents' percentiles are probably the best predictors. I'm not aware of a growth chart that includes age at menarche, but I'd guess that even with it, parents' height percentiles matter more (I say "height percentiles" because my husband is taller than me, for instance, but he's 15th percentile for men and I'm 60th for women. Son trending after me and daughter after him.) And again, this is **average**... gaining 1 inch, gaining 3 inches, gaining 5 inches... none of this is "abnormal" unless there are other things going on. (Like some clear hormonal issue.) |
Anonymous
| Mine grew exactly 2 inches in the two years after her period (she is now 5'2). Her friend on the other hand got her period at the age of 10 and has grown 6 inches (is now 13) which is nuts and not the norm. So I guess you never know. |
Anonymous
| Different people grow differently. If you are 5’7 and your husband is 6-4, it’s super unlikely your daughter will be 5’4” unless she is malnourished. Probably at least your height. You can also look to where she was on the growth chart from age 2 to 8 or so. If she was consistently at a specific percentile she’s likely to land there as an adult. The puberty ages are all wacky so the growth charts are worthless. |
Anonymous
| I posted previously about dd growing 4 inches after period at almost 11....so she is 3 inches shorter than parents predicted height andnwhat she was as a child...my second daughter as well...with this early period they will be 5 3 or 5 4 when as children they were looking at 5 6 or 5 7 ...so yeah |
Anonymous
| I think it mostly depends on who the child takes after, not age of period. |