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future breast size
im in 8th grade. im really tall and skinny. I believe I am 5 "7". both my parents are super tall. im flat chested. but all the females on my mom's side have large breast. including my sis. she is like a C or D. my dad has medium to big breasts. So... everyone in my grade has bigger breasts than me. and I haven't gotten my period yet. should I be worried? will my breasts grow?
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This is totally normal and totally okay because this is something that you can't help. It's telling me a lot that you have not received your period because when you get your period, you'll find yourself to start maturing in specific body parts. You said this runs in your family so don't worry because you'll eventually get boobs one day. If they are not as big as the girls in your grade or in your family then it's okay, no one is perfect and I'm sure you are beautiful just the way you are.
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You shouldn't Worry at all because you haven't had your period yet. A period is a step into becoming a women and with that your breasts will grow. Your still young you just got to give it time. No worries
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Hello,
I was a late bloomer and eventually my breast grew however honey you are in the 8th grade, your body still has so many changes that it has to go through so be patient for the time being. As long as you stay healthy keep a positive mind and spirit I promise you will love the results once your older give it some time....
Blessings to you....
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You are in the 8th grade that would make you 12 or 13 years of age depending on what age you started school. Puberty, which is what causes you to begin to develop your adult body, begins for the average child between 11 and 14 or as late as 17 years of age.
Something's that can delay puberty are being underweight. At your height, depending on your frame size you should weigh somewhere between 126 and 163 pounds. Now this is based on a chart of average weights for height. If you have annual physicals and your doctor is not saying anything about you being underweight or overweight then there is nothing for you to be concerned about as far as your weight is concerned.
Another reason for puberty, especially your periods and breast development to be delayed is if your are an athlete. Have you ever looked at the young female Olympians. Most if not all of them are under developed for their ages and again most if not all of them do not get periods. The reason is the amount of training they do takes away most everything from the body leaving nothing behind for puberty to feed off of and release the hormones needed to start the development into a full women. Once they relax their training schedule or stop training puberty hits them like gangbusters.
Now nothing says you will follow mom and your sister and be big breasted or that you will be small breasted either. If by your age your sister already started to develop and everything else is the same between you. Then a gene from another part of the family is controlling your development. Either one from moms or dads side. Somewhere in the family gene pool there was a late bloomer, as people who go through puberty later in life are called.
That person may have had an AA cup or a FFF Cup bra size. Nothing says you will follow her genes in total. What is unique about the human animal is we are a total mixture of our family genes. Some are more dominant than others. The dominant Genes are the ones that determine how we turnout on the other side of puberty.
A slight oversimplification though I believe you understand what I am saying. I am also saying you should not be worried. Puberty will happen in its own good time. If you're concerned; talk to mom about scheduling a physical with the family doctor or your pediatrician.
Talk to the doctor about your concerns. Let the doctor examine you and check your hormone levels. Once the doctor has completed your physical the doctor can tell you if anything is wrong and what needs to be done to correct it. If you're underweight a higher calorie diet will be recommended. If you are hormone deficient pills can be prescribed. If you're an athlete the doctor will explain why this is stunting puberty and what if anything you might want to do about it.
Most of all what you have written to us about; at your present age is not anything to be worried or concerned about. More importantly and the grandfather in me requires me to say this. Please do not fixate on body image.
Your body is only an outer shell it is not who you are; that comes from within. I'm sure you have heard the dumb blonde jokes. Well they may be jokes but they also demonstrate the fact the physical attributes only go so far. At some point you have to show you are able to communicate and perform at different levels to meet society's demands. Never dumb yourself down to match your physical image to attract a mate. Always be who you are and you will go farther in life then if you played at being what people think you are.
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14 is the average day today that girls get their periods and some get it as early as 10 and others as late as 17 or so. So if I were you, I wouldn't worry about the period not being there yet. If you don't have it by time you turn 17, set an appt with the family Dr. for a checkup to make sure everything is okay.
As for breast size, I am not sure any person can expect 100% to genetically end up looking like the closest family members.
Genetics can be a very strange thing. Somewhere, way back in your family line there had to be some flat or smaller chested women, no matter their height or weight. When I was a teen and babysat, I had a family with 3 kids, both parents and grandparents brunette, but the son was fair blonde, the girl a carrot top redhead and the baby brunette, and it was checked, those really were their kids. So somewhere way back in family history there was someone with different genetics than relatives known.
In case you end up not growing much more late in your teens, I want you to know that women with real breasts of varying sizes and shapes and different nipples and sometimes two different sized breasts, have come to terms with their shape and size and are happy and have devoted boyfriends and husbands who love their breasts just as they are. Women with small breasts have said they had no trouble breast feeding later. Here is a link to a site where women share photos of their chest at different ages and many are older teens and college age. Plus they share what their guys have to say. Forget what Hollywood and models chests look like...those are the exceptions to what is natural and real and never mind those with implants...they look fake and too many women end up with scarring and problems.
Heres the site dear:
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