last growth spurt for girls

[Anonymous]

My 14 year old has only grown 1 inch in last 3 years. is this it? or will she hit a growth spurt? I think I grew the most at 15 but my friends say girls are done by 13?

[Anonymous]

Typically once a girl gets her period, there is another 1.5 years of steady growth. Some girls get a small spurt a little later.

[Anonymous]

I was done by 13, but I got my period at 11. I'm petite though so there wasn't much growing anyways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Typically once a girl gets her period, there is another 1.5 years of steady growth. Some girls get a small spurt a little later.

This. I hit my adult height at 14, and I think that's pretty typical for girls.

[Anonymous]

It all depends on when she gets her period. If she hasn't had it or just got it, the spurt will come. If not, she is probably done.

[Anonymous]

I grew 4 inches after I got my period (at 14). I know that my growth plates closed abnormally late.

[Anonymous]

Period at 15, but grew almost an inch at 18.

[Anonymous]

I grew a 1/2 inch in college.

[Anonymous]

I grew an inch during my AMA pregnancy. So weird. Doc said it was hormones.

[Anonymous]

Period in 5th grade and don't think I grew very much after. I was always "tall" for my age, told I would be tall when I was older but then everyone caught up with me. I'm still secretly peeved about this and feel I should 6ft+.

[Anonymous]

I'm really short. Stopped growing after 14 or so. Except after first semester of college, I grew 1/2"!! I was super excited about that 1/2"

[Anonymous]

My daughter got her period at age 12 and has grown 8 inches in the past 2 years. Her doctor said she might grow an inch or so more, but that she could be done.

[Anonymous]

My daughter's pediatrician said there would be little to no more growing 3 years after her period started.

[Anonymous]

I got my period at 11 at that point I was 5' 3". I didn't reach my full adult height of 5'7" until 18.

[Anonymous]

There's obviously a lot of variation - my Dd got her period in 6th grade and grew maybe another 2 inches before the end of middle school (all the way to 5'2.5")