Menstruation: Advice and Tips for Your Period from BeingGirl

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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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kajol315

Posted April 29, 2013

I've been having my period for a few months now and I have to say that it's not as bad as some people say it is, even though I do get cramps I make sure I have some midol pills and the right protection and I always get advice from my rents, friends and, of course, beinggirl.com.

renedaarmybrat

Posted April 01, 2013

Puberty is TUFF. What I wouldn't give to be an insistent third grader again!

alwaysWhen

Posted April 01, 2013

@Gmnastics24 Well if you know for a fact it's coming sometime soon you should start wearing pads, but if you don't know and it's your first time, don't worry you'll be fine. Your first period isn't a big flow, it's just some droplets, it will barely be able to be seen through even your under garments, so it's all good!!!