were you an early bloomer or a late bloomer?

Val, I'm proud of you for talking to your mom. You are a womyn, you are brave. No one likes to go to the Gyno, but it's often part of what we need to do. A female gyno or maybe even a midwife who specializes in womyn's health might be best for you.

To be honest, I don't even think about "being naked" in a doctor's office anymore. I used to, when I was young, but you have to realize they see LOTS of womyn and don't think anything of it. They are looking at you like a pateint, not as someone in just a paper dress. I know my OBGYN will give womyn that paper dress, AND a sheet, and be VERY discreet, and there is always a nurse in the room when he does his exam. At his office, you are alone when you dress and undress, and he only talks to you about the exam, after you have gotten dressed and are less vulnerable feeling.

Doctors see people every day. The human body is like a machine to them, they won't think anything bad about you, nor do they get excited. Good docs and good midwives will just do their jobs and not think twice about it.

Most of the hormone tests they do, if any, are done by blood work, when you are completely dressed.

You are BRAVE. It will be OK.

I know you can do it.

 

Thanks. i do feel better about going in now. My appointment with the doc is set up for sometime after the start of the new year. I hope everything turns out okay.

 

I Do Not Have much Recollection...Of When I began Puberty...

I Started my Period at 15 and a Half...Something...

Not Sure About Bras...my mother Just Bought me a Pair One Day...

 

i have no idea i think im a late bloomer or just average..

 

I was such an early bloomer. I had my period in 4th grade, I really didn't have a carefree childhood because my periods were crippling from about the fourth one. I was really embarrassed to let anyone know because I was so young and I didn't even know what my period was when I first got it. As for pubic hair, I can't even remember not having it. I shaved it off sometimes because I just wasn't comfortable looking at it.

I had a woman's body by the time I was 11. I started wearing a bra in 4th grade, was a B in 6th grade and a C in 7th. I had curves in 6th grade and I got teased behind my back a lot. My boobs have just gotten bigger.

 

Just a quick update... for anybody who has been wondering i guess. i went in for my doctors appointment today. it wasn't nearly as bad as i thought it would be. don't get me wrong it was still awkward! Anyways, my doc said he believes i am just a late bloomer since i have pubic hair and some signs of breast development. However, he said to see him again if i hit 16 and still have not started my period. That is not until October though.

 

i was about average i guess. i never envied the girls who got their periods at age 9! the longer you dont have it the better. i remember in year 6 i didnt have boobs and the girls who did would tease us boobless ones.. but you know what, i have a pretty small frame but i did get boobs eventually, not huge ones but a good size for myself, and now when i look at all my early bloomer friends i see that their tits are already sagging and im glad that i got mine later and they still sit up on their own

edit: and another thing - having no boobs isnt so bad - my boyfriends mum and his sister are both flat chested but they never have to wear a bra because of it, which is quite convienient.

 

Hey there, I'm glad things went well for you If anything changes be sure to let us know!

 

you're so freakishly beautiful that i can't imagine you having problems anyway. btw, my tits are perkier than they were when i was a teenager. i did pectoral exercises. but i agree, small breasts are SO AWESOME. *sigh* beautiful.

 

hmm... right now according to the poll the responses are nearly even with late bloomers and average bloomers. but i wonder what is considered "average" anyways? i've always thought it was around 5th or 6th grade...

mynameiskc: It makes me glad to hear that small breasts are awesome!

 

I was an early bloomer, just like my mom. I got my period in 5th grade (I was only 10!), and my boobs have pretty much stayed the same size since then (they've rounded out a bit and are no longer pointy, but they're still the same A cup). I was one of two girls in my grade who got their period so early, and, of course, I had it on the big 5th grade camping trip... it was quite an experience. I don't mind having gone through it so early; I was able to answer questions for my friends who matured later, so it was beneficial.

 

I got my period quite young, at 11, but the rest of me still looked like a child until my late teens. In fact I think i'm still developing, yes, at the 'tender' age of 23. My breasts never grew until recently, when i started birth control.

 

ill be 16 in august and i got my first period in 7th grade the day before my birthday..i got my boobs shortly after that and now im a DD cup and believe me it isnt everything..seriously you shoudl be sooo happy that you still havent gotten your period..and i know that you just wanna be like everyone else and get one..i know that when i was in like 5th grade i couldnt wait to get it but there sucha pain! i mean..mine arent really all that bad now but at first they were..god i hated themm..anyways yess..youll get everything in good time..for now just be happy with what you have =)

 

Another early one here - got my period at 11, then boobs right after that. By 13 I was a D - DD cup - and the harrasment was pretty major. Early developing sucks, your body is way more mature than you can handle - having old men talk to your boobs and not your face is never fun, but especially when you are still a child. And the younger you are the more people seem to think they are in the right to point out your boobs to everyone in the vicinity.

Love what you've got - beauty, sex appeal, all that - it's about confidence. If you know inside that you are a beautiful woman just as you are, then that's what the people that matter will see. Anyone who says otherwise isn't worth your time.

 

I would be considered by society to be a late bloomer, although it was the right time for my body so I don't consider it that It didn't really affect my life drastically- my friends were all jealous I didn't have to deal with periods until I was 15, and I felt jealous that they had boobs but kind of happy I didn't have to wear a bra

 

I am a late bloomer. But I won't go into details, as that would be kind of embarrassing.
There is a good side to being a late bloomer: longer youth. So I am now coming close to 24 years old, but I look 10 years younger.
When people tell me I look younger - and that has been since I was 14 - I think it's a compliment.
When I went to a German course, the teacher asked me what grade I was. Of course I told her I was actually an M.A. student. There were many high-school kids there and I didn't look any older than them.

 

I was an early bloomer and I always felt too mature for other girls.
I had tits and hips since I was in 6th grade.
I was getting drunk and
making out with high school boys and girls in 7th grade.
People always treated me older...
But I wouldn't trade my experiences for the world,
they helped make me who I am. ^_^

 

Most of my friends are dealing with your situation. like im 13 right now i would consider myself an early bloomer because when i was 11 i got my period and i was in the sixth grade and i started before school started. My cousin is 9 months older than me and everbody thinks im older. i was 11 with a period and wearing a 38 B in bra size,my cousin always said "i wish i was younger". she would say that all the time. But having your period isn't all that fun. i dred it when i get mine But remeber everyone start early and some late.

 

im 13 and alot of boys want to have sex with me even cute guys but i say no. and girls say why wont you do IT WITH HIM I SAID IM TOOOOOO YOUNG. and i could get pregnant.even 18 year old guys want 2 have sex with me

 

Enjoy your body as it is, its yours, and comparing it to others is always detrimental to your selfasteem, I was a really early bloomer, had my periods by 10 and was in E cup bras by 13, which for a trampolinist was a very unpleasant experience! I had hell at school with mean, jealous girls and overly hormonal horny teen boys, I would have given anything at the time not to have been so well developed! and its taken me years to accept myself just the way I am!