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Ladies, how old were you when you got your first period?

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Contributor: ViVix ViVix
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Originally posted by P'Gell
It is believed that as nutrition increases, and some say more hormones from cattle and other animals enter out food system, girls are experiencing menarche (first menstruation) much earlier than in the past. The Victorian woman usually experienced ... more
So...I had mine around age 11. My mom wanted to throw a welcoming party or some ridiculousness.
03/04/2012
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
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Originally posted by Chilipepper
With my mother being an RN (who worked with OB's and newborns) I was totally prepared for the rite. I was 12-years-old, it was May 10,1990, and it's been hell ever since (she downplayed the cramp part).

Can't wait for this crap to ... more
I went on nuvaring and didn't have my period for three months straight. Then, it gave me blood clots in my eyes, and I had to quit using it. Sad day. It was FANTASTIC to not have a period.
03/04/2012
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
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Originally posted by P'Gell
Chili, as I am going through perimenopause I can tell you, it's like going through puberty backwards. The hot flashes, the night sweats, the mood swings the "extra" periods and even the missed periods I can take. The increasing ... more
I've never heard of that symptom either...I hope you get your groove back!
03/04/2012
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
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Originally posted by Envy
Another factor is stress and family dysfunctionality. They find women who comes from what are deemed 'broken homes' tend to mature physically faster than those who come from functional and relatively stress-free families.

Of course ... more
I never knew that! And I wondered why I've had the same boobs since 5th grade... LOL!
03/04/2012
Contributor: tigertiger tigertiger
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
It is believed that as nutrition increases, and some say more hormones from cattle and other animals enter out food system, girls are experiencing menarche (first menstruation) much earlier than in the past. The Victorian woman usually experienced ... more
i voted 13, but actually it was about a week before my 13th birthday
03/05/2012
Contributor: vanilla&chocolate vanilla&chocolate
I was 12, and in late sixth grade. I hated the very idea!
03/29/2012
Contributor: MissCandyland MissCandyland
I was 12 1/2, sixth grade.
03/29/2012
Contributor: SubmissiveFeminist SubmissiveFeminist
Nine or younger? Wowza. That seems so young! I was 13--girl scout camp. Lucky me. xD
03/30/2012
Contributor: SubmissiveFeminist SubmissiveFeminist
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Originally posted by Retro.old
i am 24 and never got one...
You might want to see a doctor. This is unusual and should be checked to make sure you're in good health.
03/30/2012
Contributor: hyacinthgirl hyacinthgirl
A few months after my 12th birthday. As my mother died when I was little, and my father assumed that my sister and I would start late because our mother did, he never got around to covering the subject for us. My sister started in church and was convinced she was dying. She told me of the horrible thing lying in wait, but wasn't too specific on the details.

My stepmother never gave me a talk on it, but began snooping through my laundry when I was 13, looking for bloody underwear. When she found some and got me to admit it, she announced it to my family on the same day that my three closest friends were over, getting ready to go to summer camp. I wanted to melt through the floor, especially since I was the first of us to get mine.
04/02/2012
Contributor: Curiouscat Curiouscat
I had just turnned 11
04/02/2012
Contributor: Sex Positivity Sex Positivity
I was twelve and at my grandmother's house for the week. Lucky for me, my mom had forced me to carry pads around with me EVERYWHERE for about six months up until I got it - I think she just knew I was close and wanted me to be prepared.

I actually had the funniest story regarding my first period. I was at my grandma's, like I said, but I was with my cousin (whom I absolutely hated). My grandparents were out on a date night and it started storming outside. The power went out, which it usually did when the storms started, and my cousin and I were playing cards in candlelight and with flashbacks. I totally thought I felt I had peed my pants, so I ran to the bathroom with a flashlight and was convinced I was dying. I called my mom, panicked, and she congratulated me and told me where she had put the pads in my bag.

Ugh. It was humiliating, though. I hated it, especially since my cousin hadn't gotten it yet.
04/02/2012
Contributor: HannahPanda HannahPanda
I was 10 and completely embarassed.
04/02/2012
Contributor: JunexMommy JunexMommy
I was 12.
04/02/2012
Contributor: Zombirella Zombirella
I was 12, I remember I was devastated lol! I cried because I didn't want to wear pads and tampons and have to start carrying them to school. I remember being so embarrassed and worried about making noises with the wrappers in the bathroom because I didn't want people to hear/know.
04/02/2012
Contributor: Khanner Khanner
11 years and change, aka the year 2000.
My mom would have gotten hers in the year 1974, when she was 14. I wish I was a late bloomer like her. My sister was the same age, too, at menarche. Not fair!
I'm gonna wildly blame the hormones in cow milk for this. I drank milk like it was the cure and my mom and sister hated it.
04/02/2012
Contributor: Various Various
I was 13. I remember the day well. Oh, and it was 2001.
04/02/2012
Contributor: pootpootpoot pootpootpoot
I got mine about 6 months before my 13th birthday. I'd hoped my mom would let me have the day off from school - no such luck!
04/02/2012
Contributor: xilliannax xilliannax
My grandmother, mother and I all got our periods the August of our 13th year
04/03/2012
Contributor: duff duff
Middle school, 13
04/04/2012
Contributor: RomanticGoth RomanticGoth
11 or 12, I think? I had horrible, horrible cramps and it was so nasty. I had to go to the doctor becuase it lasted almost two weeks. I found out that my uterus is tipped in such a weird angle that it's almost folded. I got an IUD a few years later and haven't had a period since.
04/04/2012
Contributor: LusciousLollypop LusciousLollypop
>.>

I got mine when I was 12 on thanksgiving when the whole family was there (about 25+ people). My Nana announced "MY BABY IS NOW A WOMAN!" I will never forget that. She even started making phone calls to people that weren't there on thanksgiving. Pfft. lol
04/04/2012
Contributor: dks210 dks210
I was 12...at Target. lol
04/05/2012
Contributor: SalmiakkiVodka SalmiakkiVodka
I was in 6th grade. So around 10-11? This would have been like 98 or 99
04/08/2012
Contributor: Mwar Mwar
I was 11. And it was the first day of health class.
04/08/2012
Contributor: gloomybear gloomybear
i started when i was 13 it was the day bush gardens theme park opened and i was lucky they had free pads in the bathroom
04/09/2012
Contributor: meezerosity meezerosity
I got mine when I was 9. No one had expected it to happen so early so I was terrified. I felt so embarrassed that I was the only girl in class who had started menstruating.
04/14/2012
Contributor: Kinky T Kinky T
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
It is believed that as nutrition increases, and some say more hormones from cattle and other animals enter out food system, girls are experiencing menarche (first menstruation) much earlier than in the past. The Victorian woman usually experienced ... more
I was 10 and it was Black Friday that year... And my stepmother never felt the need to warn me that that would happen eventually... I was home alone with my brother when it started... Not a very good day to say the least.
04/18/2012
Contributor: chantal coopette chantal coopette
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
It is believed that as nutrition increases, and some say more hormones from cattle and other animals enter out food system, girls are experiencing menarche (first menstruation) much earlier than in the past. The Victorian woman usually experienced ... more
i was 9 and was in class when it happened. I had never heard of it before so i was clueless!!! i remember calling my grandma telling her i was dying lol
04/18/2012
Contributor: theavocadopit theavocadopit
Quote:
Originally posted by Chilipepper
With my mother being an RN (who worked with OB's and newborns) I was totally prepared for the rite. I was 12-years-old, it was May 10,1990, and it's been hell ever since (she downplayed the cramp part).

Can't wait for this crap to ... more
You remember the date wow!
06/07/2012