Women--- How old were you when

I was about 11 going on 12 when I had my first menstrul cycle amd I started growing breat at about 11 also.

I was 12 1/2 when I started my period for the first time. I started shaving because of noticable hair growth when I was about your daughters age, maybe a little older. I had a friend that started her period in elementary school. I can't remember her exact age, all I know is that it was really young because most girls don't start until middle school.

I too think that girls today are much quicker to develop and reach puberty. Oddly enough, most boys don't seem to be as quick at catching up in that area. I started my cycle at age 11 but I was very early to develop. I had to wear undergarments by 3rd grade! It was horrible for me too!!!!! Me and one other girl had "womanly" virtues!

It is happening earlier I have a 10 yr old neice who is developing and has hair under her arms, and complains of cramps and stuff so I am sure she will start soon. I did not start until 11...but my mom at 9...so it runs in our family to start a little sooner. I still think they are developing earlier these days!

yes i think girls are much younger now. i was about 10 when i started developing and the day before my 11th b-day i started my cycle but i was the only one out of my friends that started that early. i'd like to know why they are starting early its very strange that when i was younger it was not that early and now its normal for girls at that age.

I was 13... but it stopped for more than three months cause i was hospitalized and i think its because of the medicine i was taking during that time. I remember in a day I was taking 12 tablets. whew!

From an experience with a cousin who I was pretty close to during my childhood, she started to "fill out" at the age of 11, making me think she was doing a lot of push-ups or lifting weights. It was also on my 13th birthday (she turned 12 around 3 months later) that she gave us all a big scare while in the bathroom. Both, my mother & aunt assured us all that she was OK, but didn't explain. It was years later in high school health class when I finally put two & two together & figured it out. My first girlfriend was 12 when she had her first period. I can't remember how that convo came up, but she told me.

I think I was later than my friends. I was around 13 or 14 but always so irregular it was hard to tell if this was really it or not. LOL I would have one period then 6 months later another one for many years. I know many girls today who have started as early as 9, bless their heart. I had a hysterectomy 10 years ago and I swear I would have done much sooner if the dr. would have done it for me. I have not missed this part of being a woman at all!

dont worry about her not mentally ready youhave talked to her about this and she knows what is to happen at least not like me I was never told. And I had a freind that thought she was dieing that was back in myytime no one told us of the curse. I swore my girl would never be untold what life was and I ended up telling all neices too for their mom wouldnt tell them had a round table that night lol

Let's see. I was 9 when my mom gave me the talk- and she did that after lifting up my shirt and saying "Yep, it's time to talk!". It was then when I got a training bra. I started menstruating a couple of months after I turned 12.

They do change and grow up fast. I started developing at the age nine and my daughter too. Then I started my cycle at age 11 and a half years old. My daughter hasn't started hers yet and she's 11.

I know I was thirteen, I can remember quite clearly missing a geography test because I had cramps so bad I had to go home. My daughter is twelve and she got hers for the first time in November. I agree with you though, they do seem to be starting much earlier. She is already way more developed physically than I was at her age.

I was very skinny as a child and actually didn't get my period until I was 14 1/2 (at the beginning of my THIRD year at high school) but I do remember a couple of girls getting their periods at the age of 12 at our school.

Hi, Kris. I was ten when I was around nine when I started developing hormonally, and I was ten when I started my menstral cycle. My daughter is twelve now, and she started around eleven and a half. I think it depends on the girl and her family history.

some gorls start earlier than other I was 13 but my daughter was younger and her coiusin was 9 So be glad that hasnt happen as of yet

I was about 10 when i started to physically develop and i believe i started my menstrual cycle just after i turned 12!! I think that girls are definately mature enough mentally and i think that i was exactly her age when i started the developing part of it so i say give her a year or so and she will most likely be starting her cycle also! Be sure to have a talk with her about this though if you have not already so that she does not feel frightened at all when it does happen!!

I started when I was 10. I was not happy at all. It was a surprise, although I had always been tall, and had been mistaken for my teacher -like I said, I was tall! LOL My mom had discouraged me from shaving my legs and underarms, but when I started my period, three months after turning 10, she went ahead and let me. I was thin too! I know having extra body fat contributes to starting early, but this was before I actually needed to lose weight. LOL

i got mine on thanksgiving 2001, when i was 13. i remember everyone had a stomachache when they were done eating, and i remember mine was horrible. here it turned out i had cramps! lol. my ex best friend was 12 when she got hers, so yeah. kinda scary!

Yes, I agree, girls seem to be developing much earlier. I know most my friends were much later but I was 10. And the only good thing is that I was expecting it already because the doctor had warned my mom that I was developing quite quick. The warning from the doctor helped at least to get my mom to talk to me, that helped.

I was twelve when I started to notice some hair growing on my armpits... but I had my first menstrual flow when I was in first year high school at the age of thirteen. But I believe children nowadays develop a lot faster than we were before. I even have a cousin who had her first menstruation as early as 9.