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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went on BC when I was 14 and it helped me so much.  I missed at least one day of school a month.

[b]Another option is to start an anti-inflammatory drug like Motrin a couple of days before her period is supposed to start.[/b]  My OBGYN made that suggestion when I went off the pill.  
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See the bold. This is what our ob/gyn suggested for teen DD and it was a huge help. If the periods are very, very irregular it's harder to do this, but otherwise, it can really help and it's a solution you don't have to remember every single day, day in and day out, indefinitely.

I agree with another PP who said: Why are the period cramps so severe only certain months and not every time? I'd look at what other factors may be part of this before starting BC. You and she and the doctor may be able to track down what's going on if there is something besides menstruation in play. Yes, absolutely and totally, BC can regulate periods and reduce or stop problems like cramps and I'm not denying that at all; however, BC does pump hormones into the body daily for years on end, and though the low-dose pills now in use are indeed much less than the older, high-dose pills, it's still giving a developing body a lot of very long-term hormones. Our ob/gyn says this -- it's not just me. I'm not anti-pill at all and was on them for decades but would not just put my DD on them unless the bleeding was severe and/or the pain debilitating and clearly tied to periods. Your DD's is clearly related to periods, but I'd still want to see if there were something else going on in conjunction with that.[/quote]

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