Re: Delayed Puberty, I would not worry too much if he is still physically growing

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Hi,

I would not worry too much about dely puberty. I would worrry if he were 15 and still not reaching puberty...

is he still growing? maybe he will be tall..

My sister reached puberty at 15, she grew taller, she is 5' 9 tall.

I reached puberty early and I stopped growing early too. I am 5' 2.

Mentally it was very traumatic for me to reach puberty so early. when I was supposed to be playing with dolls I had the responsability of taking care of my body and feeling rejected by my friends, who were always accusing me of laying about my age...

In my family some girls reach puberty after their turn 15 or 16, others will reach puberty when they reach 8 or nine..

My son reached puberty when he was 15.

( ) Delayed PubertyI have a weird question but didn't really know where else to go with this...my 13 1/2 yr old son (with aspergers & sensory integration issues)hasn't started puberty. His pediatrician is becoming worried and wants us to have a wrist bone scan to find out his Chronological age versus his real age (whatever that means!?) We don't have insurance so we've decided to wait and see what happens in six months or so.Is this something anyone else is dealing with? My son is very immature, I'd guess three years behind immaturity wise but now to have this bomb dropped is scaring me. His pediatrician, who we've been seeing since his birth asked me if he was "playing with himself" yet and when I told her No, not to my knowledge, she was flabbergasted. That worried me so I asked my husband when he started "you know what-ing" and the man who I thought I could NEVER embarres got red in the face and said "I don't remember!" Of course I'm running through my head "what if I did something to surpress his puberty" like we've been using melatonin off and on since age 9, what if I messes up his pituatary gland or something.This is just one more thing to add to my list of How Do I Fix This?Thank for letting me vent, W