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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn't really sound like you need to aggressively treat her with HGH shots at this point.  I would wait and see and discuss with your doctor.[/quote]

This is not good advice for an 11 year old girl who is only 4'1".[/quote]

Is this OP with your DD's height and age? If I am reading this right she is around 10 percentile in height or [b]am I wrong[/b]? How much bone delay does she have? Our DS's endo decided that he didn't need growth hormone when he was 13 and below 1 percentile in height and weight, as his hormone levels came back ok and he had over 2 year bone age delay. He grew around 16 year old. So, I think as you have a good endo probably, that Dr will do the best course of action given your and your DH's being tall.[/quote]

Yes. 4'1" = 49 inches. The third percentile on the CDC growth charts for a girl at age 11 is about 51 inches. The 10th percentile is 53 inches.[/quote]

I think you need to listen to endo in that case once results come back. If my DS's levels were not ok, we would have definitely started HGH. You don't want to wait till her growth plates are closed, nothing will help then and HGH will help so much before. Though once you start it our endo told us plates might close faster than they normally would, so make sure you discuss it at length. FYI, DS grew to over 5'10". Girls have a different growth pattern as I am sure you know. DS just grew half an inch at 19. I think you are more knowledgeable than me about shorter growth window for girls than boys as your are clearly doing everything you can. Our endo told us that HGH is their last resort, so if it was recommended I know it would have not been lightly. Good luck![/quote]

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