I was 11 and it happened in the middle of social studies š
I was 12. I was on a road trip with my sister and parents – my sister was in the back seat with me and she noticed it first.
By 14 it knocked me over with disabling cramps and I was prescribed a birth control regimen to control it.
October of 8th grade, i was 13.
14
13!
10-11
10
5th grade, and I wore red skirt pants (I think that’s what it’s called).
I think it was 14 or 13
11
Just turned 11
In the summer between 8th grade and 9th grade, I was almost 14
I was exactly 12.5 and I know this because it happened on my half birthday š
I got it maybe 3 times in high school and didnāt get it regularly until I went on BC in college
Was 15, happened on my 15th birthday sadly lol
Very depressing birthday
11. I was like two weeks into 6th grade when it started.
12, 6th grade
10
15.. late bloomer. I was home alone and woke up to a crime scene in my bed. Cried because i was freaked out with the amount of blood there was. Couldnāt call my mom because she was flying and in mid-air, dad was working but felt too embarrassed to talk to him about it. I ended up calling our neighbour who was also my momās best friend. She came over with a towel on her head since she had just gotten out of the shower and brought me pads and helped me clean my sheets. All she said was ācongratulations..no sex and orange juice is good while youāre on your period.ā And then she left lol
10
10 if i remember correctly… it happened exactly 1 day before my birthday at around 4.30pm
10, I believe. Early 5th grade.
My 13th birthday š«
I was 11 going on 12. In October 2011, would never forget it.
Same week as my ninth birthday.
11
14
12
i was a late bloomer; 16, got it sophomore year of high school.. and to top that off, i had endometriosis which didnāt get diagnosed until i was 23 š„² didnt know i had it, excruciating cramps every month and being told its ānormalā by female obgyns..
Less than a month after my twelfth birthday.
11
13 (and 8 months). I was a pretty small kid though.
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11, it was my christmas gift š«
16, I didnt even realize I was so late until many years later.
10 and i had no idea what was going on
I was 12 going into 8th grade. Itās so funny I was on a vacation in Mexico and my dad who grew up with sisters noticed I was āmoodyā and he told my mom ābet you sheās going to get it anytime soonā and later that day BINGO! I did lol š¹
I was in 5th grade so maybe 10-11?
i was 12 and it was my mom’s mother’s funeral in some farway village when it was winter and -30Ā°C.Ā it was certainly an experience.
Very late bloomer here – 18. Not until after high school
The doctors wanted to āinduceā it – was able to successfully push back on that
I was 10.
Late. I was 17. On the other end though, I am average. I hit menopause, which is 365 days w/o a period, at 51. I started perimenopause at around 37.
I was 11 but I did not get it naturally.
My mother was concerned that I had not started my period yet so she took me to the gynecologist (who was the same guy that delivered me) and I had to have a pelvic exam which was super awesome for an 11-year-old and not traumatic at all and then he prescribed hormones that made my period start.
This was the summertime too so I got to spend the whole summer having two week long periods every 3 weeks.
13. That’s the average in my age group I guess. It was terrible for few first years, then felt it was too soon. I know there are many girls who do get them even sooner. And I’ve only learned to really live with it in my mid 20’s.
I was 14. I hated it, and I really didn’t understand what was happening. I stayed home from school that day. Health education wasn’t really a thing back then.
My daughter started at 12, but she wanted to celebrate it – so we did! She was never shy about it, so her little brother knows a lot about how girls/women work nowadays. He even buys her chocolate with his own money, when he notices her mood swings.
I love that periods are a natural thing for kids nowadays, not something to embarrased of, or hide. A couple of years before my daughter’s started, she made sure she had pads and painkillers in her school bag, if any of her friends would need it.
I was 9ā¦ And nobody told me anything about periods, so when I came home from school and saw that I had blood pouring out me, I passed out in the bathroom because I never saw that much blood and I thought I was dying.
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I believe I was 11 or 12, in 6th grade.
8-9.. I was kinda young
12
12, I was at summer camp š
I was 11 and it happened in the middle of social studies š
I was 12. I was on a road trip with my sister and parents – my sister was in the back seat with me and she noticed it first.
By 14 it knocked me over with disabling cramps and I was prescribed a birth control regimen to control it.
October of 8th grade, i was 13.
14
13!
10-11
10
5th grade, and I wore red skirt pants (I think that’s what it’s called).
I think it was 14 or 13
11
Just turned 11
In the summer between 8th grade and 9th grade, I was almost 14
I was exactly 12.5 and I know this because it happened on my half birthday š
I got it maybe 3 times in high school and didnāt get it regularly until I went on BC in college
Was 15, happened on my 15th birthday sadly lol
Very depressing birthday
11. I was like two weeks into 6th grade when it started.
12, 6th grade
10
15.. late bloomer. I was home alone and woke up to a crime scene in my bed. Cried because i was freaked out with the amount of blood there was. Couldnāt call my mom because she was flying and in mid-air, dad was working but felt too embarrassed to talk to him about it. I ended up calling our neighbour who was also my momās best friend. She came over with a towel on her head since she had just gotten out of the shower and brought me pads and helped me clean my sheets. All she said was ācongratulations..no sex and orange juice is good while youāre on your period.ā And then she left lol
10
10 if i remember correctly… it happened exactly 1 day before my birthday at around 4.30pm
10, I believe. Early 5th grade.
My 13th birthday š«
I was 11 going on 12. In October 2011, would never forget it.
Same week as my ninth birthday.
11
14
12
i was a late bloomer; 16, got it sophomore year of high school.. and to top that off, i had endometriosis which didnāt get diagnosed until i was 23 š„² didnt know i had it, excruciating cramps every month and being told its ānormalā by female obgyns..
Less than a month after my twelfth birthday.
11
13 (and 8 months). I was a pretty small kid though.
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11, it was my christmas gift š«
16, I didnt even realize I was so late until many years later.
10 and i had no idea what was going on
I was 12 going into 8th grade. Itās so funny I was on a vacation in Mexico and my dad who grew up with sisters noticed I was āmoodyā and he told my mom ābet you sheās going to get it anytime soonā and later that day BINGO! I did lol š¹
I was in 5th grade so maybe 10-11?
i was 12 and it was my mom’s mother’s funeral in some farway village when it was winter and -30Ā°C.Ā it was certainly an experience.
Very late bloomer here – 18. Not until after high school
The doctors wanted to āinduceā it – was able to successfully push back on that
I was 10.
Late. I was 17. On the other end though, I am average. I hit menopause, which is 365 days w/o a period, at 51. I started perimenopause at around 37.
I was 11 but I did not get it naturally.
My mother was concerned that I had not started my period yet so she took me to the gynecologist (who was the same guy that delivered me) and I had to have a pelvic exam which was super awesome for an 11-year-old and not traumatic at all and then he prescribed hormones that made my period start.
This was the summertime too so I got to spend the whole summer having two week long periods every 3 weeks.
13. That’s the average in my age group I guess. It was terrible for few first years, then felt it was too soon. I know there are many girls who do get them even sooner. And I’ve only learned to really live with it in my mid 20’s.
I was 14. I hated it, and I really didn’t understand what was happening. I stayed home from school that day. Health education wasn’t really a thing back then.
My daughter started at 12, but she wanted to celebrate it – so we did! She was never shy about it, so her little brother knows a lot about how girls/women work nowadays. He even buys her chocolate with his own money, when he notices her mood swings.
I love that periods are a natural thing for kids nowadays, not something to embarrased of, or hide. A couple of years before my daughter’s started, she made sure she had pads and painkillers in her school bag, if any of her friends would need it.
I was 9ā¦ And nobody told me anything about periods, so when I came home from school and saw that I had blood pouring out me, I passed out in the bathroom because I never saw that much blood and I thought I was dying.