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Originally Posted by Secretum
I'd get a second opinion. I'm only a few years removed from the "did you get yours yet!??" phase. Most of the girls I talked to did not "get theirs" until they were 12 or 13, so unless things have changed very drastically in 10 years, there is no way that the average age to begin menstruation is 8 or 9.
((Hugs)) for you and your daughter.
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Things have changed drastically in ten years. 8 or 9 is actually the average age in most parts of the United States, unfortunately. It's mostly because of the nutrients we eat in red meats that are fed to cattle as they are being raised. Not to mention the environmental factors, like the fact that women are now giving birth to pre-term infants more often than not in this country. (Just learned about this in nursing school a couple quarters ago.)