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[quote=Anonymous]DD is 16 and has had her period for 2.5 years. She has always had a hard time with it. In the last year, her cramps are worse. She also gets sharp abdominal pains and feels very nauseous in the first two days.

Two weeks ago, I took her to the pediatrician and explained all of this. Ped asked a lot of questions and concluded that this was normal, though unfortunate. The ped did not think we needed further evaluation.

So this morning, she was having these symptoms and they were a little worse than usual. And I strongly encouraged her to go to school based on the pediatrician's conclusions. I basically told her that some women have really tough periods and we have to learn to push through them. She was able to eat a few bites of cereal in order to take two Advil.

She called me husband just now to pick her up since he WFH.

Has anyone's DD been through this and is this normal? Or should I push on the pediatrician to get a referral or some tests?

The reason I encouraged her to go to school is that she is the kind of kid who needs to be pushed sometimes. She has a tendency to give up easily and has a lazy streak. It can be hard to know what to do sometimes in a situation like this with her. I certainly don't want to push her if she is really ill.[/quote]

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