You and your dd sound so prepared! It's great to hear.
I knew absolutely nothing about it. I was so embarrased when I got AF for the first time and I didn't know what it was, so I hid my undies in the laundry in the hope my mum wouldn't notice them when she did the washing. Fortunately my grandma was over that day and did the washing, saw the undies and told me all about AF.
That's interesting about the weight thing. I was 15 when I got mine and was obviously one of the last girls in my class - I'd say the majority were in the 12-14 age group. I was also one of the skinniest so maybe the weight thing is true. I've also heard that you're fertile for about 25 years after your period starts. I don't think your fertility automatically disappears when that 25 years hits BTW just that it may start fading afterwards.
I think DSD got hers at about 11, definitely by age 12.
Jodi ... your story reminded me a little of mine although i was older at just turned 13 when i got mine so one would think i would have known better although i don't remember but my Mum said she checked on me when asleep on my first night & i wasn't wearing a pad ... apparently i thought having a period was so aweful i didn't think i would 'also' have it at night time, LOL
Most girl's i went to secondary school with got their period at 13 ... that was 1979 if that's anything to go by if generation bodies are changing (??)
DD got hers at 14 1/2 which was a year later than me, she is very fit and fairly slim but I can't remember how much she weighed at the time. poor thing got it first at my baby shower with DS! At least she had lots of sympathetic "aunties" around .
I got mine at 10 1/2, but I'd been having pain for a couple of months before hand. Strangely enough, at the time I recognized the pain as period pain, and Mum had explained everything to me, but when it came (on school holidays while we were at AQWA) I suddenly felt VERY embarrassed about it all. I ignored it that day, and then the next day went to wash my sheets because, of course, I'd bled all over them. Mum was suspicious and so I had to tell her AF had come - hahaha, she was almost crying because 'her first girl is growing up'
Just thought I'd share my story, because it didn't matter that I already knew what was coming, I still went into a bit of denial and didn't tell mum straight away - remember how scary it was when AF first came?!
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