My 12 year old has had a period since dec 3rd

[jennie30]

My 12 year old daughter started her period on dec 3rd and it is now march 12th and there has probably been a total of 15 days that she has been off her period. We have been going to an Ob/gyn and he has tried several types of birth control and her period will stop for 1 or 2 days then start right back up again. And they are extreamly heavy periods. She has to change every hour and a lot of times she even has blood clots come out too. Next he wants to try the depo shot and that REALLY scares me because that shot can mess up your reproductive parts if taken to long....also the warnings for it say not to use if you have abnormal vagina bleeding so I am confused as to why he would want to give her that since she has exactly that. I am just really worried about her and feel so bad for her. She runs track, plays volleyball and is trying out for cheerleader all with this huge uncomfortable pad on.......I dont know if I should get a second opinion or just how I should handle this situation. Thank You

[Mamyalynne]

Ask for more advice if this is not working, sorry am not up on the Depo, early periods can be very erratic though.

[Sqad]

Your daughter has heavy and painful periods which are giving her an unacceptable quality of life.
This is not an unusual situation.
Contraceptive pills have not worked and clearly the next step is Depot Provera a type of progesterone which is a well known method of controlling the menstrual cycle.

This will not "mess up her reproductive parts" but will control them in a well tried and established manner.

I think that you have been misinformed about "not to use for abnormal bleeding"......that comment would only apply to an adult where "abnormal bleeding" had not been fully investigated......it does not apply in the case of your daughter.

I cannot see that a second opinion would be of any benefit as he/she would be faced with the same problem and come to the same treatment choice as your present Obs/Gyn.

[bednobs]

To make things easier she could wear a tampon as well as a pad

[mollykins]

Jennie, has she has ultovlan although you shouldn't take that for too long. I took it as a temporary measure when i went on holiday after mine had been lasting over a month . . .

[Shal777]

Seek a second opinion if you are unsure. It may cost you more but they might have a better solution. Hope your daughter is back to a carefree youth very soon.