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Hello, my name is Allison. I am 14 years old and I am 48 days late on my period. I am so confused. I have all the pas symptoms. I am bloaty, I have acne mostly on my back and a little on my face, and I'm cramping in the lower area. I have had sex before. I feel like I'm not pregnant but what could be the problem here? I have been stressed a lot and worried. That my be why but. I am wishing someone could explain this all to me. Thank you!
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Lori_Raptor
How about a little less judgement and a little more answer the question if you have anything to say? All the judgmental attitudes make it very uncomfortable for young girls to ask the questions they need to know answers to. We don't have to agree with their decisions. Sometimes, we need to put our opinions aside and help. A culture of judging and shaming is not going to keep young women healthy. If they are just afraid everyone is going to jump all over them, they won't ask questions and may seriously jeopardize their health. We don't have to agree with their decisions, but we can provide a safe environment for them to voice their concerns and get answers. We don't have to agree with their decisions, but this is the reality, so chastising them isn't helpful.
No. No. It's okay. I understand why you would be concerned. I wished I didn't open up my legs to someone as young as I am but god knows I can't go back in time and change it. Thank you so much for your answers. I. Appreciate it.
Thank you so much!
Thank you kindly. I am 48 days late on my period. I'm sure you saw from where I posted it. I am having clear discharge and before I was having clear I had a brown discharge. I have been stressed lately and I just need answers. Could you help me understand why this is happening. I am also having cramping in my lower area.
If you are also active, as in playing sports our exercising that will also cause you to miss your cycle. I use to pay basketball growing up and I was always irregular. That could be part of your problem. But for goodness sake don't scare yourself at such a young age, be careful, you don't want to become a young mom. I speak from experience.
I think that, given your age, your period is still irregular and will be for a while. It takes time for your period to stabilize into a regular pattern. Sometimes it can take until you are in your late teens for it to get s normal schedule. Also, stressing about it can cause you to be late or can even cause you to skip. Please continue to be careful and I'm sorry if I came off as judging. It's hard for me to bite my tongue when something bothers me.
I know. It's bad but my mom does know. I do use protection. I just want to know why it's taking forever...
It's not judgement, I'm just truly stumped about why young kids 12, 13, 14 years old are in such a hurry to do things that rob them of their childhood. I am trying to understand their motivation. I majored in Sociology in undergrad and this particular issue was not as widespread back in the early 90s, so it wasn't a topic in class. But it has grown to become an epidemic problem all across the country and no one is doing anything to get these kids to stop and think about the consequences. It stinks and someone needs to say something to get these kids to make them understand what is at stake. It's something that really bothers me and it's hard for me to stay silent when I see it happening. Sorry if you see that as judgement but my intention is to understand why and what can be done to stop it from continuing. If even just one girl sits back and says, Yea that's true, I don't want to miss the fun of being a kid, Then that's one less kid that ends up a statistic. And that is a positive outcome.
Really? You're only 14 and already having sex? How does a 14 year old even know what that is? And why would you want to, being that you're not even old enough to drive? I don't get it. I had crushes on boys at 14 but I never even thought about having sex with them. It was the mid 80s and we were too busy playing with our friends and doing KID stuff at that age. Why not take advantage of the time to be a kid while you can, now, because having responsibility really stinks. You'll never have another time in your life when you have zero responsibility like right now, so if you waste it, you're going to have major regrets when you get older. You probably think I'm full of it but you'll see. In about 15 to 20 years you'll see what I mean, but by then it will be way too late for you to do anything about it.
Lori_Raptor
It is possible your cycle just isn't stable at such a young age. Mine was never regular, but since you mentioned you are sexually active I recommend buying a pregnancy test and checking. I do agree that if you are going to be sexually active that you should be taking birth control and using condoms if you aren't already. It is way too easy to get a disease that lasts a lifetime or have a child when you aren't ready.
I don't think you should be having sex at 14 not judging you just saying.. It bothers me because i wouldn't want my daughter having sex at 14 and your parents are probably unaware of it. Just be safe use protection and if you are goingto have sex get on birth control or better yet don't do it at all.
I meant to say pms *
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