Reply to S/o tween and teen pads, tampons - anyone have dd on pill to avoid periods?

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "S/o tween and teen pads, tampons - anyone have dd on pill to avoid periods?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I do not have particularly strong feelings about this.  I had a hysterectomy at 32, after having 2kids, and love not having periods. But, I also take the law of unintended consequences seriously.

My DD is 14, very low body fat (always has been, not an eating disorder), and is developing on the late side. And no period yet. He pediatrician says given her body type, she is very much in the range of normal, and it may be another year or two.  Once she gets her period, and learns how to deal with it, and gets used to it, I would have no real problem with continuous birth control pills, in theory.

BUT... and this is a huge but... she would need to go to a gynecologist who specializes in young adults, and talk to her doctor— and me while she is a minor— about whether this is a good, healthy, safe option.  What the science says about this, what the risks are, and if the long term risk/ benefit analysis has been done.

I would not let my DD make a decision that could impact her health and fertility based on what DCUM says her body was designed to do. Not what DCUM says should should or should not have to deal with. Not DCUM antidotes about taking birth control with a week off for periods in your 30s. What an actual, practical, good at what she does MD my DD and I trust says.

There is certainly conflicting info on DCUM.  If the answer is that this is safe, it would be DD’s call. And turns out to be that the data isn’t there, or there may be a link to cancer, or it may worsen mood disorders, which run in our family, then I would not okay it for a minor, unless the benefits outweighed the risks— like debilitating periods or the PP with an autistic niece. Once she turns 18?  Her call.

But I would teach her to make better medical decisions than why my small town gyn said 25 years ago when I went on BC, but paused and got my period each month. Not random antidotes on the internet.

When my DD turns [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics