https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:15:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557952 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:13:46 +0000 msmay 557952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12! At the end of 7th grade. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557945 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 12:07:33 +0000 Grace 557945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: It's illegal to have hormones or antibiotics in dairy in Canada.</p> <p>Have you heard anything about estrogen from birth control pills in the ground water causing early puberty? I can't remember exactly if any studies were done, or if it was just speculation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557883 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:10:21 +0000 rawrasaur 557883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in 5th grade. I actually think it was a few weeks before I turned 10. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557871 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:57:46 +0000 singingbee 557871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 8. I didn't have a clue. It was the summer before I was in 3rd grade so I actually think I may have been 7. My mom had not told me anything. She was as shocked as I was. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557831 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:23:25 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 557831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i was also 13 in the 8th grade. one of the last of my friends to get it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557826 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:13:53 +0000 lulibee 557826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cousin was 6 when she got hers...she had some medical procedure done after to stop and delay it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557766 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 08:55:07 +0000 Mrs. J 557766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 13 going on 14 and we were on vacation! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557690 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:14:43 +0000 cyndistar3 557690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 11 (7th grade). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557673 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:00:35 +0000 Arden 557673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Superhero: Wow, I wish America did that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557667 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:53:59 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 557667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: our dairy doesn't have hormones either, unless it's imported from the states!</p> <p>I was 12. And already a C cup. good times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557660 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:28:59 +0000 Sweet T 557660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 9 and the first of all of my friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-557657 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:08:52 +0000 Arden 557657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: What about dairy though? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-554393 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:57:09 +0000 Penny Lane 554393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got one when I was 12 I think, but didn't get another til 14. I was pretty scrawny then, so that probably had something to do with it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-554165 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:28:29 +0000 LuLu Mom 554165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15, I thought I was never going to get it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-554127 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:12:40 +0000 fussygal 554127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 13 and at a pool. All my friends had already gotten theirs and I actually WANTED mine to start! Silly, silly me.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-554055 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:36:03 +0000 mrs. wagon 554055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>16, and definitely not vegan! I was the child of processed foods! Frozen dinners were my meal of choice... I couldn't eat Korean food (too spicy) so my parents would stick a Kid Cuisine or Stouffer's Lasagna into the microwave for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-554042 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:26:12 +0000 SweetMamaM 554042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: haha, I was totally the same. Everyone was all "you're so lucky" but I thought I was a freak! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553488 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:45:38 +0000 BelugaBean 553488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I was 11, about to turn 12. It was in 6th grade right before the Valentine's Day dance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553426 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:19:36 +0000 Alivoo01 553426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 when I was in 5th grade. Boo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553420 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:16:30 +0000 thismustbetheplace 553420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>17.. and I only had one then stopped! i've always been itty bitty.. the doctor said I probably didn't have the body fat to produce enough estrogen. I was put on OCP's shortly thereafter to regulate them, though looking back I wish I'd let my body figure things out naturally instead of artificially :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553416 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:15:16 +0000 littlebittyhouse 553416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 15! Seriously thought something was wrong with me. I come from a family of 'late bloomers." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553412 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:13:38 +0000 littlek 553412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 9 or 10.. I was so scared.. I yelled "mommy help i'm bleeding." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553397 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:05:20 +0000 loveisstrange 553397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 11. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553377 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 08:45:37 +0000 Grace 553377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: No, I grew up on a farm eating our own beef. We didn't add hormones. And beef is the only meat in Canada that can have hormones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553317 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:09:58 +0000 mynoahbear 553317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553306 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:07:40 +0000 Ree723 553306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetMamaM: I was 15 too - all of my friends had had theirs for ages and I was convinced there was something wrong with me! Once I got it though, I was totally over it and would have been happy to go another few years without! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553266 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:23:25 +0000 SweetMamaM 553266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15, I was the last of all my friends! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553255 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:50:44 +0000 Arden 553255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: You were vegan growing up too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553251 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:46:44 +0000 sera_87 553251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Grade 7 so 12? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-were-you-when-you-got-your-first-period/page/2#post-553238 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:15:55 +0000 mrskc 553238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 14. Summer before my sophomore year of high school. </p>