S/o how long did you keep growing after you got your period?

Ditto down to the height. 

IIRC, I was 11 in 6th grade and don't think I got much taller, and I think my shoe size was about set. I was a size 8 in 4th grade, topped out at a size 10 and I have to think I got there by 6th grade. I was tall really early though, so I might have been on the "done earlier" side.

I was very late, compared to most, getting my period and I still grew another 8 or so inches. I was about 4 ft 10 in when I got my period, and grew to 5 ft 6 in.

I have to dig way back in the vault for that one but I think I was actually at my full growth before I got my period.

I was 11 and 5'5". I kept growing and am nearly 6' tall. Dd has done the same. At 15 she is 5'10, also was 11 when she started.

I started at 11.5.  I was finished growing by 13.5.

I only grew an inch.

I grew about 2 inches after I started at age 11. I was the tiniest in the class and went to one of the tallest in the class before I started.

DD also started the month she turned 11, which was 2 months ago. Unfortunately she did not have a growth spurt before her period. She is only 5'0 right now and is so bummed that she might not grow anymore.

She has always been one of the tallest in her class since kindergarten. If she doesn't grow anymore, she'll be the shortest female in the family - and I'm pretty short myself at 5'3". Her dad is 6'3". Her 12 year old brother is 5'8".

The pediatrician was telling me (in front of DD) that she'd start her period after a big growth spurt - NOT!! She has grown a steady 2.5" a year for the past 5 years, is that supposed to be a growth spurt?

Hi everyone! If any of the writers from the original post are still around, I was wondering how much taller your daughters got? They should all be done growing by now. My daughter got her period at 10 years 11 months. She is 12.9 years old and 160 cm(5'3''). Both me and my husband are tall(5'7'' and 6' tall, respectively). If it is true that girls are Done growing 2 years after their period, she is going to end up significantly shorter than both of us. Is that really possible for a healthy girl?

I honestly don't remember for me, but both my daughters grew substantially after they got their period. More than six inches for my oldest.

I was 10.5 when I started my period. My height has stayed the same since I was 12. My DD has not started her period yet. She's 12 1/2. She is about 5 feet tall, so I'm hoping she grows to at least my height (5' 4"-the average American female).

A friend of mine saw pubic hair on her 6-year old daughter, and the doctor confirmed that the girl was going through puberty early. If they let it continue, then yes, her daughter would stop growing very young. They gave her something to stop the puberty (don't know what) and recommended that she eat organic/no hormone food. The girl is 12 now, 5" and just started her period.

I think I grew an inch. I was 5'8" in sixth grade though, so that extra inch was a perfect place to stop.

Started when I was 12, had my last growth spurt at age 17. Dd started at age 13 and continues to have growth spurts. They project she wilp be about 5'10" and is currently 5'4"

I was around 12 when I got my period- my birthday is in january so I may have been just 13 but around there. I had 2 close friends, the "tall girl" and my other friend my height, around 5'. By the time we graduated high school I was the tallest, lol. I grew in my late teens, significantly. Which drs say girls don't do but...yeah. I did. My oldest grew an inch last year, at 18.

I think the period=growing thing is kind of bs. It is so variable. The only real predictor is parents height, especially the fathers (,y husband is my height and the tallest in his family, though he is not tall at all). While my oldest grew late, she is still topping out at 5'3"!