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Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:44 PM

Mar 2012

my daughter has an endocrine affecting disorder, and it can cause precocious puberty...and yet? the last time we did her blood-work her hormones looked normal, but she's definitely got buds and hips shaping up, and has some hair under her arms and smells like a growing girl now...she only turned 10 in January....

we see her endocrinologist in the summer, and will have to wait and see what the detailed tests say about growth hormone

and even though we avoid growth hormone in milk, etc... how much IS environmental? yikes.

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Puberty Before Age 10: A New ‘Normal’? [View all] alp227 Mar 2012 OP

I read that two possible reasons why are: no_hypocrisy Mar 2012 #1

oh my...so what can be done about birth control pills? alp227 Mar 2012 #3

yes - this is the new normal KT2000 Mar 2012 #2

Not "normal" - still abnormal mzteris Mar 2012 #6

bookmarking for reference FirstLight Mar 2012 #4

I think the growth hormones mzteris Mar 2012 #5

This means people should end up shorter flamingdem Mar 2012 #7