Is it normal for a teenage girl to have 10 day periods?!


Question: Is it normal for a teenage girl to have 10 day periods!?
I just got my first period last August, 3 days after my 15th birthday!. I'm now almost 16 and there is no change in flow!. I am 5'6'' and 115 pounds, and I have VERY VERY heavy periods!. I am sometimes not done even after 10 days!. My mom says it is normal, but I think I need to go to the gynecologist!. Am I abnormal!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
When it comes to periods - there is no 'normal'!. You hear that the average lasts for 5 days or whatever and comes every 4 weeks; well in reality everybody is crazily different!.

The first few years of having your period are even crazier; sometimes it just decides not to come, other times it comes twice a month!.!.!.and this is all normal! And as for duration - all through your life it will be different; sometimes 1-2 days, sometimes 2 weeks (yes, it's happened to me)!.

The reason for this is that your periods depend on hormone levels in the blood, which are affected by the slightest thing; exam stress always causes me to have a pregnancy panic cos I'm usually 2 weeks late, antibiotics gives me a REALLY heavy flow, a diet makes me a week early!.!.!.

I'd say don't worry about it!!
About the heavy period bit you could try taking iron supplements as sometimes really heavy periods can make you anaemic!.
But if you're still really worried you might as well go to a gynae to put your mind at ease!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I started mine about the same time in life!. I was having mine for months at a time and then it would stop for a few days and start back up again!. I was NOT sexually active but I was put on birth control to help regulate my period it may work for you also!. But when I got off the BC!. I became pregnant and I bled my whole pregnancy but when I returned to the BC it was regulated again!. So try it maybe it will work for youWww@Answer-Health@Com

I know it's annoying - I had the same problem!.!.!. but it's your body, dear, it's just the way it is, nothing wrong with it!.

But I know how bothersome it can be, talk to your mother and explain how you feel - she'll probably say that when she was your age, she had to put up with it too and couldn't complain, but try to be reasonable and make her understand!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

yes i have a friend called yemma gapp and she is norweigen !.!.!.and she must have like atleast 17 a dai

we quite litrally need bukets and mops and on top of that it smells like dead fish

but im afraid i cant help u !.!.!.i just felt like embarsin herWww@Answer-Health@Com

No, its normal!.
Your period usually acts wierd in the first two years!.
And the heavy periods, it may be because you're stressed!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

i went through the same thing until i went to my gyno!. i was put on like three different types of birth control til mine got normal!. Are u on bc cuz it helps a lot with that kinda thing!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

most periods last bewteen 3-10 days!.!.!.!.the AVERAGE is 7!.!.!.!.so there isnt a specfic number!.!.!.its just your bodyWww@Answer-Health@Com

same here plz tell me if u get any answers i hate peroidsWww@Answer-Health@Com





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