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What age did you reach your current height?

(31 Posts)
CrazyUSA Mon 20-Jul-26 11:50:04

I would I have been this height since I was 16/17.

Oreo Tue 21-Jul-26 15:17:39

AuntieE

It used to be said that women do not grow more than half-an-inch after their menarche.

So, I was my present height at 13.

That fits with my height peaking at 5ft 7” when I was 14, but I think I have lost a good inch now.

Grandma70s Tue 21-Jul-26 15:35:40

I was always tall, but have no idea when I reached my adult height of 5’9”. Everyone in my family is tall, and there were many tall girls at my school, so I have never felt particularly self-conscious or conspicuous.

My sons are 6’2” and 6’4”, my brother is 6’4” - or was. He is 90 now and has shrunk, as have I. My mother was 5’8”. I have a nephew of 6’ 7”, who has a 9-year-old daughter who looks as if she is going to be tall, too.

butterandjam Tue 21-Jul-26 18:02:54

when I was 26. I grew an inch and a half taller, and a whole shoe size, during my first pregnancy at age 26

MiniMoon Tue 21-Jul-26 18:35:32

I was 5' 4" when I was 14. Never grew any taller. I'm 5' 2" now.

Overthemoongran Tue 21-Jul-26 18:50:54

Similarly to others I reached the grand height of 5’3” at the age of 13 and was one of the tallest in my class (all girls), but I never grew another inch and everyone else overtook me. I’m quite proud of the fact that I’m still 5’3”” at the age of 73.