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Added November 22, 2011

Good to Know: Facts About Menstruation

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Period facts...interesting girl info

The word "menstruation" comes from menses, the Latin word for "month." That gives you a big clue to what it’s all about. Or if you’ve heard friends talk about "that time of the month," you can probably guess that women go through menstruation about every month.

A menstrual cycle is the time between the first day of one period and the first day of your next period. The amount of time it takes for menstruation to happen is about a month (the average cycle lasts 28 days). One complete cycle is made up of several phases.

You are born with all the eggs you’ll ever have! Over your lifetime, you will release about 500 mature eggs. The number of eggs that you have depends on your age. The highest number is actually found before you are born!

Here’s how it happens:

When you were a 20-week-old female fetus (still in your mother’s uterus) you had approximately 7 million eggs.
At birth, the number decreased to about 2 million.
By the time you enter puberty, you have between 300,000 and 500,000 eggs. Only between 400 and 500 will ripen into mature eggs during your life.

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Tartlovegirl

Posted May 16, 2012

I think my period is on it's way... I looked at the PMS symptoms... and I have found at least 5...

2444brooke

Posted May 15, 2012

you better have fun before you have your period because its not fun my mom told me that and its true

jkloljustkidding

Posted May 15, 2012

Havn't started my period but im going to start soon so this was helpful!

I.Got.Swag

Posted May 13, 2012

@kimmybear1234 Dear Kimmybear1234, I know exactly what you are talking about! All of my friends have gotten it already and I just got my first ever in April and I have never had it since then. In April I got it the 2nd and that means that I am supposed to get it May 2nd (which clearly passed) and I never got it! I want it SOOO bad!!!!

Soccerlover<3

Posted May 11, 2012

ghost hunter you should wear those slightly heavy pantyliners! make sure you have a purse with so that you can carry pads, tampons, etc.

ghosthunter

Posted May 11, 2012

my period is really wacky. sometimes it will come and sometimes it won't. and usually it is really heavy so no white pants for me! it is really annoying because i never know when it will come, and when it does i'm totally caught off guard:-(

caitwon

Posted May 11, 2012

I wonder why we have so many eggs when we won't use them all. Maybe 1000-1,500, so people have 500-1000 eggs to have children in the future.

kimmybear1234

Posted May 08, 2012

help me please! i had my period the 22th and it ended the 26th and i have not had it for a long time. can anybody help me?

Catzrule9799

Posted May 06, 2012

Hi girlz! I need ur opinion- what kind of tampons should I buy? I need tampons as I do soccer, swim team, track, etc. I have heard Tampax Pearl Lite is good but what about the sport kind and other brands? I can tell u, I am on my second period right now, my flow is EXPTREMELY light(I can go eight hours without changing my pad and I could go longer I'd it weren't bad for ur health) and I want to have tampons with applicators of possible. Thnx girls! I need answers ASAP because we r going shopping tomorrow. Thnx! :)