what is going on?

[kimmy]

i'm going to cry.

for the past two weeks my skin has been breaking out like crazy and nothing seems to make it better...and in the past two weeks my hips have grown the size of a double wide. i'm nineteen and i've been through puberty once. no chance i'm pregnant...what the hell is going on with me?

 

[frocher]

I was taught in a uni class that we do not stop growing until we are in our early to mid twenties. Your body could be going through another growth spurt. If you are concerned about it please see a doctor. I am sure your hips are not that wide, when our bodies change we often perceive it to be a bigger difference than it actually is.

 

[kimmy]

yikes. i always thought ladies finished growing around the age of seventeen. bummer, mann. thanks for letting me know! i was kind of scared for a minute.

 

[SparklingWaves]

Are you on any new medications like birth control or is it time for the monthly friend? I break out and gain water weight just prior to the monthly friend showing up.

 

[kimmy]

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Originally Posted by SparklingWaves Are you on any new medications like birth control or is it time for the monthly friend? I break out and gain water weight just prior to the monthly friend showing up.

my monthly friend should be along any day now...so the breakouts might be explained by that. my hips getting huge really confused me though because that's never happened before...

 

[cindysilver4]

I'm 25, but I recall being 19 vividly

and I remember breakouts coming sometimes for no reason.. and I definitely still retain a lot of water (the hip spread-age) during ttom, or when I eat a LOT of salt. Like, the day after I eat french fries, I have to wear a bigger size pants!

Hahaha. And during TTOM I'd CRAVE salt too. So perhaps the breakout and the hips are related to that....

hope this helps!

 

[SparklingWaves]

I know it's coming, because I crave chocolate like I am out of my mind.

Water weight makes you feel like your huge. It's so uncomfortable and nothing fits. I want to throw a fit.

 

[SparklingWaves]

Oh, I am highly emotional too. My husband can tell me when it's coming a week in advance. He will say, "The little friend is coming next week". I get angry that he is so darn accurate. I don't know how he does it and I don't have a clue at times.