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

Contributor: Breas Breas
I think I was around 12. I can't remember.. It was so long ago lol
08/23/2011
Contributor: IslandGoddess IslandGoddess
Oh my gosh i cant remember
08/28/2011
Contributor: oldman oldman
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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
I voted for my wife!!
09/16/2011
Contributor: M. Roth M. Roth
I'm pretty sure I was like 9, I was in 4th grade. I got it on Thanksgiving of that year. Best day ever. It started off regularly, and then I started getting really heavy periods every three months, and it spanned out to CRAZY heavy every six.
09/17/2011
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
I was ten and a half when I got it in 2002. I got home from school and felt something was happening down there. Go to the toilet and see a slight rust spot on my underwear. Have the first of a (so far) lifetime of cramps shortly afterward.

Interestingly, I actually started breast development and pubic hair growth even earlier in life. I was wearing a B bra by age seven. I wear an E cup now at 20 and they're getting bigger. >< My then sixteen year old cousin was shocked that I had pubic hair at nine. I can remember having it as far as eight years old.

Of course, my mother developed early too. Looks like I inherited not only her body type but also her fucked up (both our words) hormone imbalances. She was born in 1962.
09/19/2011
Contributor: Gone (LD29) Gone (LD29)
I got mine in 1991, when I was 11. I was at school, in the 6th grade I think, and I had to excuse myself from class to ask the school nurse for a pad. Fun times...
09/19/2011
Contributor: WhoopieDoo WhoopieDoo
I was 12. It was Valentine's Day.
09/19/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
February 16th, 1992. I was 12. The reason I recall the date is because two nights before I went to the school's Valentines Day dance. The next day, I had a vocal competition (Took home a first place ribbon!). The competition was on a Saturday, and my mom said I seemed tired afterward. I chalked it up to the dance and the competition being so close together. On Sunday, I was still feeling tired. A trip to the bathroom that evening led to the discovery that I had started. Even though I didn't feel sick, my mom didn't force me to go to school the next day, because I had been tired all weekend.
09/19/2011
Contributor: Princess-Kayla ♥ Princess-Kayla ♥
When I was about 13.
I was in 8th grade.
09/19/2011
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by kadytheredpanda
I was ten and a half when I got it in 2002. I got home from school and felt something was happening down there. Go to the toilet and see a slight rust spot on my underwear. Have the first of a (so far) lifetime of cramps shortly afterward. ... more
Yep, I had pubic hair at eight years old, too. Are you Mediterranean or an other darker skinned person? We tend to be a bit furrier and get hair sooner. I remember begging my mom to let me shave my legs and underarms when I was 10 or 11. I needed to, and she tried to bleach the hair. It did not work. I don't know why I didn't just shave, without getting "permission". but both my parents had safety razors (before disposables were affordable) and I guess I figured I'd get caught or something. Finally around 12 she let me shave.

I let my youngest shave at 10, she was furry and has dark hair like I do, and for things like pool parties and wearing shorts, I think she'll be more comfortable. I bought her a small electric razor, as she is afraid of getting cut with a regular razor.
09/19/2011
Contributor: Forever17 Forever17
i was eleven on the 4th of july . i feel that eleven is too early
09/19/2011
Contributor: ToyGurl ToyGurl
My grandmother recieved her period at 10 years old, my mother at 10, and me at 9. My younger sister started spotting near age 8 but finally "started" when she was 9 as well.
09/19/2011
Contributor: lovabeleesa lovabeleesa
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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
I was ten. weirdest time of my life. the most matured girl in the 4th grade. Hiding it was a BITCH.
09/20/2011
Contributor: LadyDarknezz LadyDarknezz
I got mine a few days after my 9th birthday. It sucked because I was at school doing a speech in front of my whole school that day and I felt so shitty.

Hell, I didn't even know about periods and stuff since my mom thought she would have more time to talk to me about it. I totally thought I was dying when I went home and saw the surprise lol.

Crap I forgot about the decade. Mine was the 1990's.
09/20/2011
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
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Originally posted by P'Gell
Yep, I had pubic hair at eight years old, too. Are you Mediterranean or an other darker skinned person? We tend to be a bit furrier and get hair sooner. I remember begging my mom to let me shave my legs and underarms when I was 10 or 11. I needed to, ... more
Actually, no, I'm not Mediterranean at all. I'm part French/German/Dutch/Br itish Isles/Cherokee, but even then the Cherokee is, like, only one person. I have red hair, green eyes, and ridiculously sensitive light skin. I have a twin brother and hormone imbalances run in the family. Maybe that's why I had hair then.

I first shaved my legs at age ten. I managed to slice my pointer finger open while trying to get the hair out of the disposable razor. GOOD. JOB. XD
09/20/2011
Contributor: Love Perpetua Love Perpetua
I was 10, but I got mine about a week before my 11th birthday.
09/26/2011
Contributor: momma22js momma22js
Day I turned 9 years old
09/26/2011
Contributor: beachluv51800 beachluv51800
I was 16. This was back in like 1991-92...even a late starter for that time frame
09/26/2011
Contributor: Yaoi Pervette (deleted) Yaoi Pervette (deleted)
Quote:
Originally posted by P'Gell
Yep, I had pubic hair at eight years old, too. Are you Mediterranean or an other darker skinned person? We tend to be a bit furrier and get hair sooner. I remember begging my mom to let me shave my legs and underarms when I was 10 or 11. I needed to, ... more
I am half Italian, so I can identify with the hairiness part. I had pubic hair at 9. My leg hairs were pretty dark. It was embarrassing, so I just started shaving on my own. I borrowed a razor from the medicine cabinet.
09/26/2011
Contributor: geliebt geliebt
I want to say 9 or 10? I'm not completely certain, but it was around there.
02/07/2012
Contributor: Apirka Apirka
I believe I was 12 and I'm currently 33.
02/25/2012
Contributor: voenne voenne
I can't imagine getting my period at 9-10 years old... that's still elementary school.

I got mine at 14, right before high school. They have never been regular since(though I'm now on Mirena and haven't had a period in 2 years).
02/25/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
I was 12, it was in 2000
03/01/2012
Contributor: dbm6907 dbm6907
13. And I was so scared to tell my mom for some reason!
03/01/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by voenne
I can't imagine getting my period at 9-10 years old... that's still elementary school.

I got mine at 14, right before high school. They have never been regular since(though I'm now on Mirena and haven't had a period in 2 years).
Two of my three daughters experienced menarche at the age of nine. It isn't really all that uncommon, I have aunts who got their first periods at 9 or 10 back in the first half of the 20th century. I don't know if Mediterranean women develop more quickly, or if it's just a family quirk.
03/01/2012
Contributor: CanadianChick CanadianChick
I was about 11 when I got my first period. I learned about it in sex ed and such but I will never forget thinking that day, going to the bathroom, seeing blood and thinking wtf? I was a little scared lol
03/01/2012
Contributor: corsetsaurus rex corsetsaurus rex
14, in the '00's , which made me feel like a freak, waaaayy too old compared with all the other girls my age. -_-;
03/01/2012
Contributor: Kitka Kitka
Somewhere between 11-13.. I can't remember exactly but it was in the 90's for sure.
03/01/2012
Contributor: Azule Azule
Probably around 13.
03/01/2012
Contributor: freda freda
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
about 12
03/03/2012