Endocronologist (Pediatric) Questions

Height

How tall will I be? I’m 5’0, female, and 15 and a half. My dad is 6’4 and my mom is 5’5. My dad was already 6’0 by 15-16. My grandparents are: paternal: 6’1 and 5’8, maternal: 5’11 and 5’4. My siblings are: sisters (same age): 5’4, younger brother (same age): 5’9, older brother: 6’1 or 6’2. I got my period at 10, but have been growing very steadily. I grew pretty fast as a kid. My one sister got her period right before 14. My mom got her period at 12 or 13. At 13-14, the doctor told me that apparently I had a 1.5 inch growth spurt then. HERE IS MY GROWTH TIMELINE: (I was born in 2008): 11/14/2008: 50.40 cm. 3/17/2009: 58.90 cm. 5/05/2009: 61.00 cm. 6/02/2009: 63.20 cm. 6/11/2009: 64.00 cm. 9/17/2009: 69.00 cm. 4/22/2010: 76.00 cm. 6/23/2010: 76.80 cm. 11/11/2010: 83.00 cm. 7/12/2011: 90.20 cm. 7/15/2013: 101.60 cm. 7/17/2014: 110.10 cm. 7/29/2016: 123.50 cm. 8/4/2017: 129.00 cm. (Also to clarify not everybody in the family is completely done growing yet).

Female | 15 years old
Medications: None
Conditions: Premature birth (26 and a half weeks)

1 Answer

Endocronologist(Pediatric)
You probably need a bone age xray done by either your pediatrician or PCP/GP. Then this will provide information about current bone age and allow prediction of future potential growth possibility. Your early period may have closed your growth plates a bit earlier as well but growth chart evaluation and family history of pubertal growth spurt timing can be helpful to decide. You also need a pubertal evaluation called Tanner staging done by them since that also allows some information about current and prior as well as future growth possibility. If you Tanner staging is fully mature (adult tanner stage 5) then you've already had your growth spurt and not more available. Similarly, if your bone age is advanced compared to our chronologic age. If still some questions would be worthwhile to consult with a pediatric endocrinologist to review your history, exam and pubertal staging as well as bone age xray and actual growth chart plotted to answer this question. Depending on those findings, may also need some blood hormone testing. There are also some specific genetic conditions that are associated with short stature and exam as well as more specific testing can be helpful depending on preliminary evaluation by the endocrinologist. Best of luck. - Dr Brink