Does your teen take any vitamins to regulate her cycle?

Elfrida

Yesterday at 7:09 pm

amother Dill wrote:

So who should?
Many girls start menstruating from as young as nine! They are children. The same mom who educates and cares for them in every other area is responsible to help make sure they are developing in a healthy manner. Obviously this needs to be done in a respectful tznius manner helping rhe young woman grow into a healthy and independent adult.
Many girls bwgin preparing for marriage at 18 it is important to makecsure their bodies are as gealthy and consistent as possible and if they arebt seek the underlying cause. No reason a girl should eait until after marriage to find she has pcos or other conditions

The OP's daughter is a teenager, mot a nine year old. Very different in terms of bodily authority. It also doesn't sound like she's eighteen. If she was eighteen, it would be inappropriate for her mother to intervene unless the daughter had asked her advice.

Granted that PCOS is a syndrome which affects much more than fertility, what would be the value of diagnosis as a teenager? Other than inducing anxiety, and questions about whether it needs to be revealed during shidduchim? Irregular menstruation as a teenager is not part of the diagnostic criteria.

amother OP wrote:

Because cycle is really haywire and I would like it to be a bit more regulated.

Would she like it to be more regulated? I think the most you can do is explain to her that there may be options to help regulate it, and if she is interested, you could go to a doctor about it. She's not an adult, but she's not a child any more, either. Don't treat her like one.

mathbrain

Yesterday at 7:22 pm

Ever since I started with my period at 13, my cycles can be anywhere from 30-45 days. And I never got my period in camp. Had my first 10 months after my wedding 🤷‍♀️
I remember my mother asking my pediatrician about it, because the first year I was only getting it every three months or so. I just remember her reaction. She was like it’s normal normal normal!