i have a question i have a daughter and she is getting to that age where she will be getting her (period) soon. but i want to know how old were you when you got yours? and any advise?
Please dont think im sick for asking i just want to be perpared.
2006-09-18 19:45:52 · 13 answers · asked by girl19 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
You are not sick at all. Its great your trying to tell her before hand.My mom didn't tell me. I was an early one 5th grade. Its really a hard time for a girl. Started mine in bed while I was sleeping and I freaked the next morning. My mom told me all about it then. She told me I was becoming a woman and that was the best part of it because when your 11 and your mom tells you your becoming a woman is a great feeling. I felt like I wasn't a baby anymore but the symptoms were awful. I had bad cramps, and my mom let me lay my head in her lap, and she babied me for that first day. She let me stay home from school and explained everything to me. Told me how to use Pads or tampons. I would suggest Pads the slim ones because she doesn't want to try to hide a bulky pad in school. It can be embarrassing. The only thing my mom did wrong was she told everybody and my family all lives right next to each other. My aunt cried and was hugging me and everyone was there my dad and uncles and my grandpa. It was so embarrassing. So if possible when u tell ur husband don't do it in front of her. I have a stepdaughter who's 14 and she comes to me when she needs me to go to the store and buy pads and I dint run to her dad. I am 21 so I really remember what its like to be that age. Its confusing and embarrassing. Good Luck!!
2006-09-18 21:23:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mom to Isobelle 2, & Gavyn 8mths 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know how you feel. I have a daughter who is getting close to that age also. I started mine when I was in the 6th grade. So between 11 and 12. I'm not sure as yet to how I am going to approach this conversation, but I know that I will need to do it soon. Usually a girl will start her period around the same time that their mom started theirs. Hope that I at least helped a little bit. Good luck
2006-09-19 02:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by sexydragonfly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a girl but I was (they grew up) a single parent of 2 girls. The age varies, greatly, 11yrs to 14 is a good ball park I think. being an ignorant man I really had to study up. The important thing in our relationship was to let them know the facts of what was going on with their bodies and then discuss how those facts made them feel.
2006-09-19 02:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that I was 12 when I started and boy was I terrified! My parents were the type of people that you didn't discuss this type of thing around. Please, for her sake and yours, discuss this big change of life with her. Talk to her doctor or pediatrician about helpful ways how to explain this to her. My mother didn't tell me until after I started my first period and for a while I resented the fact that we didn't talk about it beforehand. Be open with her and check your local library. They now have books for teenage girls on how their bodies work. This may help you get through this new stage in her life easier. Either way, the info shoudl come from you.
2006-09-19 02:58:51 · answer #4 · answered by scarlettohara1861 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember it like it was yesterday. I had been having cramps for a couple of months on and off. I went to north carliona to visit my grandmother one summer. All of a sudden, i went to bathroom and my panties were red. I was so scared. I wiped myself and saw all this blood. I came out of the bathroom and asked my grandmother what happens if u have red stuff in your panites. She said well i guess u getting your period. She made me ask my uncle for money to buy pads. I was so embarrased. I didn't even know anything about the different types or anything. She made me sleep in her bed on plastic until the period went away. God i was so embarrased.
2006-09-19 10:48:39 · answer #5 · answered by omarion's mommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be telling her all about it & what to expect. When the signs are there & you think she could start any time make sure she has what she needs to take to school with her, or wherever she goes. It would be horrible if she started at school & didn't have a pad or know what to do.
I believe I was 9yo when I started.
You are not at all "sick" for asking about this.
2006-09-19 02:59:44 · answer #6 · answered by Michelle *The Truth Hurts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was 11 when I first got mine. My advice is just tell her what to expect (she might already know since most schools would have talked to girls about periods and womanhood). Let her ask you questions and be straight to the point as there's nothing to be embarrassed about.
2006-09-19 03:01:40 · answer #7 · answered by Mylene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 years old, on my grandmother's birthday.
Now I'm 50. Some signs of menopause already. Because instead of monthly, 3 to 4 months' interval.
2006-09-19 03:50:37 · answer #8 · answered by Timeless - watcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had mine early at 11 but there had been plenty of discussion and educating classes at school and at home i didn't freak so just make sure u talk to her before so she knows what to expect!!!!!!
Oh and good luck with the teenage mood swings!!!!LOL
2006-09-19 02:50:50 · answer #9 · answered by ru2tipsy2c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got mine at 11 and i would have been happy with a simple explination on what was going to happen and why, don't beat around the bush, be to the point, or you will confuse the poor girl!
2006-09-19 02:50:31 · answer #10 · answered by stacey b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋