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I am a 19 yr old girl. My major conern, my period. To get straight to the point. It comes when it wants, sometimes it will skip a month, or two. I am overallly concerned. This has been happening since i was probably.. 16-17 of age. I finally went to get a pap smear at age 18 (in Feb of 08) and I have another apt. scheduled for this Feb. of 09 and my last apt in 08 they said nothing was wrong and everything was completely normal and i had nothing to worry about. Although i had just gotten my period 3 weeks before i went in there so i thought it was regulating.. My mother says its because I have been off and on and off and on again and now off birth control so its got everything all funky.. my questions..
1) Shouldn't i be regulating?
2) Should I be worried?
-If so, what could it be?
3) Do I have to bring it to their attention, I will this time, in order for them to know if something is wrong or not? Or would they (tests) recognize something was wrong with or without me telling them that my period is irregular?
4) Anybody else or know somebody with a similiar situation?
5) Could I still have kids?!
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I have the same problem. I have not been on Birth Control, but I have had friends with this problem that actually were prescribed Birth Control to solve the problem.
My doctors also told me "its nothing to worry about". But I know its a huge inconvenience. I fully recommend you bringing it back up with your doctors. Explain how annoying it can be and you really want to make sure its nothing to worry about. Don't let them blow it off.
I can't answer all your questions,
but I hope I helped a little bit.
Most likely you can still have kids,
but I am no doctor.
Good luck
Kymmy :)
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1.) Not really, some women never do.
2.) Not as worried as you are, no.
3.) Yes, you should always talk to your doctor about things that are worrying you. They might not know what to look for unless you do.
4.) Yep, me. My period didn't regulate until I was almost 22 (AND that was because I started to take hormonal birth control, when I went off it, my period became a bit random agian). There is nothing wrong with me and I'm perfectly healthy, but I do live a life with strange cycles of sleep, diet, exercise and work, and that probably plays a part in it.
5.) Ask your doctor. But there is no reason to think you couldn't.
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1. No, everyone is differnt. It's totally normal, it's just the way it cycles for you. Trust me, you're not the only one, some people don't get it for like 4 months & then finally do get it, my friend is like that, & her doctor said it was normal. So yeah..
2. You shouldn't worry 1 bit. It's toally normal, I promise you that.
3. I mean you can, but there really isn't a reason since it's normal. But if you just want to be more sure, go ahead and ask that.
4. Yes, one of my best friends goes through the same thing. She gets it like every four months. But when she does get it, it's very heavy. She used to be concered as well, but then she talked to her doctor, and she just has a different cycle, & he told her how she had nothing to worry about.
5. Yes, it doesn't effect anything.
Hope I helped.
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If you do not bring it to your doctors attention they will not know what to test you for. A pap smear tests for atypical cells. If you tell them what is wrong then maybe they can test you for something else. I agree with your mother, being off and on of birth control does effect your regularity. As of if you can get pregnant you need to do a fertility test to know. Don't be worried, it will cause you stress and that will result in more irregularity in your period. Just relax and take it day by day, tell your doctor everything, even if it doesnt seem like its wrong, if you think its irregular tell your doctor. When my period was ireegular they switched my BC to a higher dose of hormones. Hope I helped and Good Luck.
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