WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2003: Re: Questions about my cycle

Re: Questions about my cycle

From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 15 Jul 2003 08:48:30 -0500 (CDT)

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It is difficult to say if you will follow the same patterns as your friends but keep in mind fertility tends to decline after and around age 38. >
>Hello all-
>
>I am very curious about my overall menstrual cycle. I was a "late
>bloomer" and didn't start my period until a month before my 17th
>birthday. Everything about my body came late in life for me, I didn't
>get acne until I was in my early 20's, I didn't really fill out until
>about 18 years old (chest especially), and stoped growing at 21 years
>old. My dad's side of the family are all kind of late bloomers, so I'm
>assuming that it's inherited. Anyway, I was curious about my child
>bearing years. Usually, you are the most fertile between 21-27 years
>old or something like that right?(that's what I have heard)... Since
>most of my friends started their periods when they were 11-14 years old
>(I'm assuming this is the average age), does this mean that my child
>bearing years are different than the average woman??? Will menopause
>come later for me as well??? I am just very curious about this and my
>friends keep telling me that I should think about having kids before I
>am too old, but I'm not sure really when "too old" is for me (I'm 29,
>but not ready for kids right now)...

-- Hector Nemirovsky M.D. Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina Private Practice, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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