When did you start?

B.A.J. · Jan 13, 2012 at 06:43 PM

I think I started mine at 12, but I can't remember. I know that I was really scared and thought that something was wrong, but my mom helped me

Mylifeisdepressing · Jan 24, 2012 at 09:06 PM

I was 12... And yes you can start it really late, my mom didn't get hers till she was 19. That would really suck, worrying all those years that you'd never get it so you could have kids and all...

Jan 29, 2012 at 10:27 PM

I think I was 13 when I started.

Jan 29, 2012 at 11:43 PM

I didn't start till after I was 16. And I was worried, my friends all had theirs and told me I wouldn't be able to have kids. I was dealing with anorexia through tho years, I think that made a big impact on my growing, and maturing.

shortandcute · Jul 28, 2012 at 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by purple_fins

I never ever heard of anyone starting older than 15..... could there really be some girls that don't start till 17 or even 18 years old???

I'm so glad I didn't start at 11

-- I raised myself so I think that would have been too much for me to cope with along with everything else I was already dealing with....
I got absolutely no advice/help as it was when I was 14... thought for sure I was dying as I didn't think it was normal that I'd be in such pain with it.....

... and I didn't have anyone to go to for help.

fins

My grandmother started when she was 17!

I started about 2 weeks before my 12th b-day.

Jul 28, 2012 at 10:46 PM

I started at 13 years and 8 months, the day after I moved to Ontario.

ba.ll.oo.n · Aug 06, 2012 at 02:14 PM

I started at 14 and a half. It took me several years to fully cope with it because I grew up as a tomboy and suddenly I was a girl.

JLarissaDragon · Aug 06, 2012 at 03:52 PM

I was barely 12. Sort of average I suppose

BDPpartner · Aug 07, 2012 at 02:20 PM

I was 10yrs old when i got my first period, my mum who had to have everything removed after having me enlisted her friend to buy a selection of different sanitary products. I tried a pad and was horrified at the thought i'd have to suffer them for the next 40yrs and was delighted to discover tampons at the bottom of the stash; i've never looked back

PurpleFlyingMonkeys · Aug 07, 2012 at 09:40 PM

I was 11 1/2, I remember being so upset my friends were starting theirs and I didn't start mine, if only I knew how irritating it is when you do finally start

a.way.out · Aug 12, 2012 at 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by EvilPopTart

9, a young starter

Me too. so unfair!

Shishkeberry · Aug 12, 2012 at 06:02 PM

I got mine a week after I turned thirteen during the summer between seventh and eighth grade.

ladytiger · Aug 13, 2012 at 09:06 PM

i had mine at age 10 very heavy period my friends back then thought it was weird at that age lol so did i. my mom's sister didn't get her period until she was 18-19 yrs old really late she had to take meds to get the period started

Aug 14, 2012 at 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by purple_fins

I never ever heard of anyone starting older than 15..... could there really be some girls that don't start till 17 or even 18 years old???

I'm so glad I didn't start at 11

-- I raised myself so I think that would have been too much for me to cope with along with everything else I was already dealing with....
I got absolutely no advice/help as it was when I was 14... thought for sure I was dying as I didn't think it was normal that I'd be in such pain with it.....

... and I didn't have anyone to go to for help.

fins

I was 13 and my relationship with my mother was quickly deteriorating by then, not to mention that I was embarrassed like most 13 year olds are. She found my pads and was extremely upset/offended that I didn't tell her. I came home to her crying, with flowers and chocolate for me. It was kind of terrible...

Aug 20, 2012 at 06:14 PM

when i was 11...i was an early developer, got breasts before everyone else etc...i saw an article on here recently about how an absent father/marriage breakdown triggers off early puberty so i don't know if this had anything to do with it. Probably just my genes but whatever the cause, people develop at different rates - we don't even stop developing until our early twenties so i would urge anyone whose worried to just relax, whatever will be will be.

purplecow · Aug 22, 2012 at 10:31 AM

i was in fifth grade, I am thinking 10 years old. I know it was before most if not all my class mates and Several years before my bff

emotionally_drained · Sep 17, 2012 at 06:37 AM

I was 9 when I started didn't know nothing got them. At school really hard especially after got pregnant at 11 for reasons won't say on this forum I to thought I'd die

tigerlily84 · Sep 22, 2012 at 12:45 PM

I was 12 and strangely my mom wanted to have a party. Yeah... not so much...

Also in high school my friend got her period and we were both on the swim team. We were in the bathroom when she realized that she got her period during practice. I actually talked her through using a TP while in the next stall.

Sep 23, 2012 at 12:23 PM

10 or 11. I may have had it a time or two before I really noticed. Didn't think anything of it and didn't have a clue. My mom wouldn't talk to me about it. She educated me after I started by handing me a book.

LostMom3 · Sep 24, 2012 at 02:15 PM

I was a couple months shy of turning 10. Was not expected as I was extremely riny for my age. I thought I was passing blood in my urine. Mom took me to the doctor who put me in the hospital. He did some test and stated that I had just started my first period, also found out that I had 2 cysts on my left kidney.

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B.A.J. Member Member Since Jan 2012 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 47 12	Jan 13, 2012 at 06:43 PM #81 I think I started mine at 12, but I can't remember. I know that I was really scared and thought that something was wrong, but my mom helped me
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Anonymous32468 Guest Posts: n/a	Jan 29, 2012 at 10:27 PM #83 I think I was 13 when I started.
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Anonymous32507 Guest Posts: n/a	Jan 29, 2012 at 11:43 PM #84 I didn't start till after I was 16. And I was worried, my friends all had theirs and told me I wouldn't be able to have kids. I was dealing with anorexia through tho years, I think that made a big impact on my growing, and maturing.
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Anonymous32715 Guest Posts: n/a	Jul 28, 2012 at 10:46 PM #86 I started at 13 years and 8 months, the day after I moved to Ontario.
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ba.ll.oo.n Member Member Since Feb 2012 Posts: 76 12 212 hugs given	Aug 06, 2012 at 02:14 PM #87 I started at 14 and a half. It took me several years to fully cope with it because I grew up as a tomboy and suddenly I was a girl.
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JLarissaDragon Grand Member Member Since Oct 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 898 13 1,087 hugs given	Aug 06, 2012 at 03:52 PM #88 I was barely 12. Sort of average I suppose
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BDPpartner Veteran Member Member Since Apr 2012 Posts: 617 12 90 hugs given	Aug 07, 2012 at 02:20 PM #89 I was 10yrs old when i got my first period, my mum who had to have everything removed after having me enlisted her friend to buy a selection of different sanitary products. I tried a pad and was horrified at the thought i'd have to suffer them for the next 40yrs and was delighted to discover tampons at the bottom of the stash; i've never looked back
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PurpleFlyingMonkeys Poohbah Member Since Oct 2009 Location: Louisianna Posts: 1,473 15 152 hugs given	Aug 07, 2012 at 09:40 PM #90 I was 11 1/2, I remember being so upset my friends were starting theirs and I didn't start mine, if only I knew how irritating it is when you do finally start __________________ I'd lock my hands behind my head, I'd cover my heart and hit the deck, I'd brace myself for the impact if I were you.
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Shishkeberry Member Member Since Aug 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 121 12 64 hugs given	Aug 12, 2012 at 06:02 PM #92 I got mine a week after I turned thirteen during the summer between seventh and eighth grade.
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ladytiger Poohbah Member Since Jun 2012 Posts: 1,075 12	Aug 13, 2012 at 09:06 PM #93 i had mine at age 10 very heavy period my friends back then thought it was weird at that age lol so did i. my mom's sister didn't get her period until she was 18-19 yrs old really late she had to take meds to get the period started
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purplecow Junior Member Member Since Aug 2012 Posts: 6 12	Aug 22, 2012 at 10:31 AM #96 i was in fifth grade, I am thinking 10 years old. I know it was before most if not all my class mates and Several years before my bff
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emotionally_drained Veteran Member Member Since Sep 2012 Location: australia Posts: 429 12 16 hugs given	Sep 17, 2012 at 06:37 AM #97 I was 9 when I started didn't know nothing got them. At school really hard especially after got pregnant at 11 for reasons won't say on this forum I to thought I'd die
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tigerlily84 Poohbah Member Since Aug 2012 Location: Over there Posts: 1,320 12 3,546 hugs given	Sep 22, 2012 at 12:45 PM #98 I was 12 and strangely my mom wanted to have a party. Yeah... not so much... Also in high school my friend got her period and we were both on the swim team. We were in the bathroom when she realized that she got her period during practice. I actually talked her through using a TP while in the next stall.
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Anonymous32935 Guest Posts: n/a	Sep 23, 2012 at 12:23 PM #99 10 or 11. I may have had it a time or two before I really noticed. Didn't think anything of it and didn't have a clue. My mom wouldn't talk to me about it. She educated me after I started by handing me a book.
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