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I need help! Im 13 and all my freinds have gotten there periods but not me. My boobs are big and my sister and my mom got there periods while they were 11. Why am i the only left out one. I read a whole bunch of articals and i predict i will get mine in 6 months minimum. But please help in any way possible!

All of my female relatives got their periods at around the age of 12. I didn't get mine until my sixteenth birthday. And I was just like you. I felt soo left out, I even lied about having my period just to be "cool". Well, now that I have it, I suffer from major cramps (to the point where I'm lying in bed writhing in pain), and I constantly have to worry whether my pad or tampon is leaking and staining my jeans. Periods are not fun.

Often, when girls first get them, they feel like they became a woman (well, they really do, in a way) and they will kind of "show off" and be in your face about it and make you feel left out. I think everyone did it when they first got their periods. I know I did it, and you will probably too when you get your period.

You're at the age where most girls are first getting their periods, so you're very exposed the their "pride" about it. They tend to talk about periods more often, so the more you're exposed to them, the more you feel left out and the more you want your period. Most of these girls haven't had their periods for very long, and usually its by the next 6 months do they begin to hate their periods, and stop glory-fying it.

You're not missing out on anything. You will have you period for years to come, so enjoy the days when you don't have it.

~Maria, 16

Well, people complain about their periods for many reasons. I complain about mine, as I stated above, because I get horrible stomach cramps. I'm anemic (meaning I don't have enough iron in my blood, due to my period.) I have to go to the bathroom every two hours to change pads/tampons. And once it leaked and I ruined my jeans and it was one of my most embarrassing moments of my life. I had to miss several fun social events (sleepovers, parties, bat mitzvahs) due to my period. There's really a lot to complain about.

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(Rating: 4) Well you made me feel alot better than the others did but why is every one complaning about it.
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