Advice for an Awkward Late Bloomer?

[Kkori]

Well, the FAQs already answer questions like whether you can make them bigger and things like that, so I'm not going to ask that again. I'm going to be fourteen in three months, and I still can barely fit into a training bra. Most people, when they guess my age, come up with around ten or eleven.

It is a bit depressing sometimes, though. When family members or family friends come to visit they're always hovering around my sister or my brother about them having shot up and so on (one of them [a mother] actually pointed at me and yelled "HA!" [but I guess that's just her], and I once overheard someone remarking on how my sister and I are so different in stature. I was mulling over that for quite some time). I know that at this age it's completely normal, but it's hard convincing your heart even though you know it in your head. During health checkups the nurses said if I don't get my menarche by fourteen I'll have to go to a gynecologist and I certainly don't want that to happen. But I guess it can't be avoided if it turns out that way.

So, any advice for an awkward late bloomer? Particularly for not brooding endlessly over it? Thanks a lot

Hugs,
Kkori

[raiders rule]

I have only 1 piece of advice, give it time, we all develope in the end.:)

[Rutherford The Brave]

Be proud of your body. So what if your a late bloomer you are still just as great as everyone else. Just wait and things will come.

[Yasmine]

i know how annoying that is. i hate the remarks from family members about "oh, you got so tall!" it's annoying. i think it's just rude, actually. people are always comparing me to my brother, and it pisses me off, because i'm nothing like him, and i never will be. family members always seem to pull that garbage.

this whole teenager thing makes me feel like a circus clown.

[Fiending_the_freedom]

dont worry. you're body might be taking a little longer to develope than everyone eles, but it WILL happen!
just keep waiting

[ShatteredWings]

14 and no period isn't odd... wtf?

anyways, 'fraid your kinda stuck here. Actually, be glad your not an early. being 13 and having people think your 18 is annoying too

[homerallii1]

I'm a guy and 13... late bloomer too... It is annoying but ppl reassure me that it just takes time. Dont worry about it... and the person who remarked, "HA!" is just jealous of ur beauty ;)

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[Zan0ra]

Give everything time. There is no cure for anything really. A gynecologist is nothing to be afraid of anyway. Just put it behind you and stop worrying about your body.

[Kkori]

girl;337883']14 and no period isn't odd... wtf?
Try telling that to the Ministry of Health. >< I think so too.

Thanks for all the advice :D

[ShatteredWings]

yes do try... i was told 16 is late

[BeautifulSilence]

girl;339766']yes do try... i was told 16 is late

I was told that if you've developed puibc hair and breasts but haven't had a period by 16 then you should get checked out. I know someone who didn't start puberty {at all} until she was 15!

[Yasmine]

there's girls who even don't get their periods until 18.

[Close102]

the reason they want you to get checked is to make sure there isnt a more serious problem. for example your body just might not be making enough estrogen and you jjust might have to take a pill. but dont worry everything should sort itself out. but if reletives do annoy you then tell them how it feels.