The Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends
that teenage girls start seeing a gynecologist between the ages of 13
and 15.
If you don’t go at that time, you should make sure to visit a gynecologist, adolescent health specialist, or other health professional who can take care of women’s reproductive health if:
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If you don’t go at that time, you should make sure to visit a gynecologist, adolescent health specialist, or other health professional who can take care of women’s reproductive health if:
- You have ever had sex (vaginal, oral, or anal) or intimate sexual contact
- It has been three months or more since your last period and you haven’t gotten it again
- You have stomach pain, fever, and fluid coming from your vagina that is yellow, gray, or green with a strong smell — all of which are possible signs of a serious condition called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) that needs immediate treatment
- You are having problems with your period, like a lot of pain, bleeding heavily, or bleeding for longer than usual, or it has stopped coming regularly
- You have not gotten your period by the age of 15 or within three years of when your breasts started to grow
- You’ve had your period for two years and it’s still not regular or comes more than once a month
- You are having sex and missed your period
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