Chris
Hi, I'm Chris, age 16. I am very worried about my body. I am very embarassed about my height and weight. I am only 5'3 and 90 pounds. I know what most of you are going to say, "don't worry your just a late bloomer you'll grow up eventually." However that is not the case. You see when I was about 12 my pediatrician told me I was going through puberty and that I had started my growthspirt. I was excited since I was never really that tall and I figured I could be really tall. I definately got taller but I was never more than just "above average height." Around the age of 14 my doctor told me that my spirt had ended and measured me to be about 5'3. I didn't beleive him but so far I have yet to grow any farther and my friends whom I once saw eye to eye with now tower over me. I have a lot of pubic hair around my genitals about Stage 5 according to the puberty books and my testicles are fairly long and I have, according to my doctor, developed a muscular frame. I have also been shaving for at least 2 and a half years now. But not only is it hard being small, it's hard to even notice I have gone through puberty. Yes my voice changed dramatically 3 years ago but I don't have a lot of pubic hair on my body(excluding armpit and genital areas), my blonde curly hair and my face still look really boyish. It's so frustrating. Can I still grow to normal height? Do some boys have second pubescent growthspirts? My dad is about 5'1 but is my doctor possibly wrong? Or am I doomed to be my rail thin 5'3 self? Will I even get girls?