What is your opinion of my 2 teenage daughters being put on birth control pills?!
Question: i am a mom of two teenage girls who get their periods so severe that their dr. and i put them on birth control to lessen the severity of cramps,flow,blood clots and regulating their cycles.my girls are 11 and 12,they have NOT had SEX and they have been made aware of the fact that this is not a tool used for contreception.
Answers: i am a mom of two teenage girls who get their periods so severe that their dr. and i put them on birth control to lessen the severity of cramps,flow,blood clots and regulating their cycles.my girls are 11 and 12,they have NOT had SEX and they have been made aware of the fact that this is not a tool used for contreception.
i went on the pill at 16 to regulate my cycles. It took my mum and my doctor ages to believe me that that was the real reason i wanted it. They even sent me for an ultra sound to make sure i wasn't pregnant!!!
I think that this is a wonderful opportunity for you to start talking to your daughters about their bodies, and things that can go wrong if they engage in naughty activities. You can teach them respect for themselves, and their bodies. You're very lucky that you have the chance to open the lines of communication about sex with your daughters. Of course, you don't need graphic detail at this age, but this sets the platform for you all to be open and honest with each other.
It's a shame that they can't just be 'little girls' anymore, but nature has seen fit to turn them into women, and that comes with responsibilities.
I think its okay, it's to help them deal with being a women.
I was put on BC at 14 due to severe cramping (ovarian cysts). I did not have sex until 19 (despite having one 3 year long relationship and then an older boyfriend). I met my husband when I was 19. My mother made it very clear from the beginning that BC was not a green flag for sex, and that there were still tons of risks with BC. She put the fear in me ;)
I guess it depends on your daughters and your relationship with them. Are they responsible? Do they talk to you about their lives? If they were engaged in sexual activity (or were to BEGIN to do so) would you know them and their friends well enough to know?
I have no problem with it. My daughter used birth control pills for her acne for a while but it didn't really work. She is not sexually active either. I wish some people would realize that there are serious medical conditions that can be helped with birth control pills and they are not encouraging the girls to go out and have sex.
yea thats fine since their periods are bad
actually, I think its good. Now when it comes the time that they will experience sex, it be a routine to use birth control.
Just make sure they know that most preteens dont use birth control, and they may not want to spread this fact around school.
Right on mom. My sister had trouble with her peiods growing up. It's better to teach them now that birth control medications are prescribed for different reasons other than the obvious one. Also an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure in the future.
Hmm, i would be so scared to do that. Hopefully they have been brought up well enough to be smart and responsible, but i personally would be afraid that, maybe not now, but in a year or two that they would use it as contraception.
But it depends on how they are, if you have a close relationship with them, then i would trust them and think that they would be the same back and respect & obey what you tell them
If it alleviates you kids' pain and discomfort (and presumably a doctor agreed that this was the way to go) then of course it's the right thing.
Trust your instincts - you know them best and you are the best person to talk to them about all of the issues around birth control, other contraceptives and sexuality in general.
Good luck - I'm sure everything will be fine.
I think it's fine. Although, frankly, other people's opinions about how your choose to help your girls shouldn't matter to you. You are the one who knows them best, and if I had had periods that bad when I was younger, I would have PRAYED my mom would do that for me. You are also really lucky to have a good trusting relationship with your girls. Not eveyone has that these days. Hope next month is smoother for them....
Honestly, im no women, but i can tell you about my moms experances.
Now, for a while because of the birthcontrol pills her hormones and stuff started to go out of wack, she started getting pains all the time, gaining weight for a while, having delyed periods.
Now, just never give the a birth control shot -.o thats nasty.
Mom got one of those and had a year long period, no joke.
It depends though what the reason is, if its because there having sex buy them condoms for there boyfriends.
They will get emberessed, and maybe pissed off, but in the long run they will use them.
But if its to gain control over period issues, like my girlfriend.
I would suggect something called progesterone cream.
Why would anything be wrong with that?
There is nothing wrong with wanting to help your children who are in pain while on their cycle.
Just explain to them that the pill is to control their periods and the inability to get pregnant while taking it is just a side effect.
That is great!
I'm thirteen and have fairly heavy periods. You're a great mom to let them do that.
Sounds like it is medically necessary. I would remind them that this is not license to have sex, nor if they do have sex will it prevent them from disease. Remind them that the best birth control, other than abstinence, is a "barrier" method, specifically a father with a 12 gauge.
It's understandable that the doctor put them on these pills. And it's good that you've made it clear that doesn't give them permission to be promiscuous.