Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I remember the shock of getting my first period, and my mom reassuring me at the time by telling me that pretty much every woman ...

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For girls, starting their period is inevitable. But the age when a child’s period begins, called menarche, can tell them a little about their health later in life. Menarche that begins “anytime ...