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lizzle 
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 Posted: 03 July 2005 at 9:55pm |
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I read something about the hormones in chickens causing girls to get breatss earlier. that may or may not have been in a novel though.
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newmum
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Posted: 04 July 2005 at 11:41am |
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I've heard that chicken hormone thing somewhere too, could be one of those urban myths?
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Posted: 04 July 2005 at 1:08pm |
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Mona got her first period on her 9th birthday. I took her to a paediatric endocrinologist to make sure everything was ok as sometimes early puberty can be a sign of a tumour, but after a CT scan etc. everything was normal. The specialist said it is just diet and the way we are developing, but he seemed to think the chicken hormones thing was a bit of a storm in a teacup. Either way, I felt so sorry for Mona, it's such a hard thing to cope with at 9. We had talked to her about periods etc. so she knew what it was but she really had no idea of the other things that go along with it like personal hygiene etc.
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Posted: 04 July 2005 at 4:23pm |
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i remember when i got my first period - not what age tho - but i remember thinking that you only got it once and that was that... oh to be young and naive again...
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lizzle
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Posted: 04 July 2005 at 4:53pm |
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Yeah, I thought the same thing. I was 11 and that was bad enough. 9!!! POor girl!
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Posted: 04 July 2005 at 6:07pm |
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I didn't get mine until I was 13, my sister got hers at 12, but Mum got hers at 9. Thats why I'll tell Kiya when she's 10 - so she's prepared.
A girlfriend of mine at high school first got hers at 9. She said it was really weird until her hormones caught up properly and she started puberty at age 11.
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lizzle
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Posted: 04 July 2005 at 9:28pm |
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hey, those of you with boys, when will you tell them about periods? I only just thought about it right now.
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Posted: 05 July 2005 at 9:45am |
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My brother is 12 and I think he must know about them. (With two sisters and 3 step-sisters I would hope he's figured out why we get unreasonably grumpy every few weeks!)
I think they get info from school at intermediate age, so unless you specifically want them to know earlier, I guess you could just ask them about what they learnt on their 'sex ed' programme.
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Posted: 05 July 2005 at 10:59am |
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The problem with Mona was that puberty had started at about 7 1/2, we had to buy her first bra at 8 because she was getting teased at school. But she was so unprepared emotionally, and also her hormones were all over the place so she would have really heavy periods that lasted for weeks and she got really anaemic, and then she wouldn't have one at all for a few months. Public Health tried to force us to put her on the Pill to regulate it but we refused, I was worried about it affecting her fertility later on if she starts the Pill so young, and also the whol "licence to have sex" thing - she might think that being on the Pil l makes it ok. Things have settled down a bit now tho for her which is good.
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Posted: 13 July 2005 at 1:23pm |
My older boys know about periods (age 10, 9) and even my 5year old has an idea. I have found that with ads on tv for tampons/pads etc they do ask very early. I just say that the special place that the baby grows in inside a lady gets ready every month and if a baby doesnt grow in there that month the cosy lining comes out as blood. They are happy with that. Mind you my 3 older boys were at the birth of their youngest brother and so we are pretty open and honest about the process! They will be at the birth of their sister soon too 
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Posted: 13 July 2005 at 3:28pm |
That sounds like a good way to explain it though!
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