14 year old on birth control

[Anonymous]

I use the pill for bleeding as an adult.

It depends how bothered she is by the bleeding.

You should get her platelets checked so you know if this is just normal every period bleeding or if it’s heavier because she has low platelets

[Anonymous]

You should take her to an OB gyn

[Anonymous]

There is always a slim possibility your child is sexually active and you don’t know it. I think drs are prepared for that scenario. My child was put on bcp pretty early, she has a pregnancy test and there was a little weight fluctuation but in general I view it as a good thing for multiple reasons.

[Anonymous]

As a nurse 14 isn’t slim for sexually active. Not at all.

Just pee in a cup. Big deal. Get the birth control to help her. And like others have said get continuous pills. You are making it out to be more of a deal than it needs to be. Peds and ER docs give out BCP like candy. And teens can get BC without a parent consent anyway. So do it together.

[Anonymous]

My friend’s daughter has surgery at almost 12 and they said if she was menstruating she’d need a pregnancy test (she wasn’t yet).

I was quite surprised for recent x-rays they didn’t ask my 13 year old if she had her period yet / could be pregnant.

I (47) just had my first X-rays in years where they didn’t ask if I could be pregnant. For a surgery recently I said no (husband has vasectomy) and they still required a pregnancy test. Pregnancy tests are so cheap that doctors err on the side of caution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, very common when girls have ovarian cysts. Don't sweat it. It will keep acne at bay too.

My daughter is on it for this reason. After her first two periods with bursting cysts, it was absolutely necessary. I’ve heard they are more painful than childbirth and my daughter rarely, if ever, cries, she was curled up in the fetal position sobbing. I would pretty much do anything for her to never have to witness that again, it made my heart hurt as there was nothing I could do for her when it was happening. She went on it at 14.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely. I am a dad and if my kid is in pain and there is a medicine that would help with minimal or manageable side effects why wouldn't I allow her to use it????

I would debate the side effects of BC being termed minimal. Minimal for some? But serious for others. And trial and error to get the right one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG--just put her on the pill. Free her from the misery of periods.

+1

Stop making it about you/the idea of sex. This isn’t about sex—it’s about her organs/biological processes causing awful pain.