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[briony.livejournal.com]

so my friend was complaining about her period and the
conversation turned over to me not having mine since
I first got it in June. I never really thought that
it was a big deal since they're supposed to not really
have a cycle or whatever for a few years, but she
said that i could have a disease and should see a doctor.


sooo, my questions are:
is it really unhealthy that i haven't had it in so long?
&is it possible that i somehow cuz the inside of my vagina
so that it bled for two days and hasn't since then?
&i checked the memories and it said parsley tea could
induce your period, but is there anything else i could
eat or drink so that it will make me get it?

sorry, i should probably already know this stuff on my
own but since i didn't i figured i could hopefully
get some answers from you knowledgable people.

Comments

[briony.livejournal.com]

[ladieophilia.livejournal.com]

Women get thier period when they reach a certain fat percentage. So girls that have less then about 13% body fat either have really long passes between, or don't get them at all (mind that at <11% really bad stuff can go wrong if the female is going through puberty...*thinks of heart and grimaces*). This is also one of the reasons that women don't get fully regular until later on in thier life, because their bodies have the fat stored (aka thighs, butt, waist, hips, and boobs). It is what gives us curves and not angles, so we shouldn't be too anoyed with it (*looks at 'curves' and grimaces...*)
Regardless...My point is that it is normal for younger girls, whose bodies are still finding balance between fat and muscel, should not be too worried about period fluctuations until sexual acts occur.
Meanwhile, be happy you don't get it, but keep something tucked just in case (especially on days of wearing light-coloured clothes).

[briony.livejournal.com]

[emilime.livejournal.com]

unless you have been sexually active i would not worry. if you have been sexually active you might want to go to a gyn anyway, and talk to them about what's going on.

it is perfectly normal for a teenager to start her period and then not have it return for months. it takes your body a few months, even years, to get used to things like that.

about the parsley tea, that is for inducing late periods. because you do not have a regular period that would likely not work.

anyway... there's likely nothing wrong but if you are really worried going to a doctor about it wouldn't hurt.

[briony.livejournal.com]

[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

She's probably just got a parent who trained her to worry & go to the doctor at the first sign of weirdness from a sniffle to a missed period. Don't worry about diseases or disorders (as long as you're not having sex) unless you are getting severe bleeding (soaking thru a super pad/tampon in an hour or less) or very severe cramps.

[briony.livejournal.com]

[kuangning]

I got my first period when I was twelve and didn't have another till I was almost fourteen. Even after that, I was irregular (swings between 15 days and sometimes as much as 43), and there's absolutely nothing abnormal about that. Parsley tea won't hurt you, but I don't expect it will induce your period either.

[briony.livejournal.com]

[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming you're rather young... I would go as many as 6 months without one from when I was 14 until I was about 17. Then they were more frequent but still weren't regular until I started taking birth control at 19.

[briony.livejournal.com]