Last night around 11:00pm my dd comes to me and says "I think I got my period", she shows me her panties and there is a "pink" spot the size of quarter. What confuses me is that it was pink (it looked like watered down blood), not red or brown. Does anybody know about this? Anybody have a daughter who recently started her period? Anybody have any info?

mommyof5

When my daughter started hers about 2 months ago it was the normal color. I would watch things and if nothing further comes then I would think she may not have started her period. By now she should be up and dressed so I would think you might have a better idea if it is indeed her period or not. If it isn't her period then watch for further pink drainage as any unusual drainage needs to be checked out by the doc.

Hey there mommyof5-
My step daughter started her peiod at 10! She had to have x rays done of her thumb (which shows her overall growth related to her starting early period) anyways things were fine. And it was pink for her first few months....

Thanks guys,
I checked with her and she showed me the pantyliner and it was red this morning, but not a lot of blood. I let her stay home from school today. This afternoon she decided to put on a pad (even if it's uncomfortable to her). So I guess that's it, she has finally gotten her period. My little girl is becoming a young women.

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Hi Mommyof5~

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What a milestone in your lives! Make sure to note this in your journal and her baby book--

Wow!
I bet you are remembering so many yesterdays!!
Our children grow in the blink of God's eyes!

I remember so vividly my mother making a big deal out of the whole ordeal......in a good way!! We went out to lunch to a fairly fancy-pants place, we talked, we laughed, we had a great girly-girl time of it!! I have embraced that time ever since. I have, however cursed my period many times since then.

So. congrats to your daughter..........big hug to you!! your baby is truly growing up.!!! Hey, they are supposed to do that right?!
As long as your DD is aware of what the repurcussions are~~~~~~~~~down the road.......please stay open & honest with her. It will last a life time!! knowing that she can talk to Mom, anytime!!

Talk & walk her through all of her inquiries.....
Be a Mom!! Be a great Mom!!!!!
with a smile, Catherine

Thanks ,
Yes I did go through so many yesterdays, one of my first thoughts was her pregnancy and birth!, she was 3 1/2 weeks early. I was a dummy and wanted to go through labor and feel the pain without an epidural. My pregnancy was not great, I blead heavily at 12 weeks, after an ultrasound they determined my uterus had contracted and I've always wondered if she were a twin. At 19-20 weeks I started havind mild contractions all the time (they didn't hurt but they did cause me to dilate- all 5 preganacies were the same like that except for the bleeding). At 30 weeks I was in labor and really din't know it. I went to the hospital to be checked because my tummy didn't feel "right", turned out I was having contractions 5 minutes apart and was 3cm dilated! They admitted me, put on an I.V. of yutopar (a uterine muscle relaxer) after 4 days I was released and had to take the medication orally every 2 hours until 36 weeks when the Dr. said it was safe to stop. I also had cortizone shots to speed up the developement of her lungs (I had these shots for my first 4 kids but not the 5th even though he came 5 weeks early). I stopped the pills Saturday night and my water broke at 7:00am Tuesday morning, strange thing was all the contractions i had had since 19/20 weeks stopped. they gave me the I.V. to make you have contractions at 2:00pm, I dilated fairly quickly (when I had arrived I was already 3cm) but I wouldn't dilate to the full 10cm (I didn't for all 5 deliveries). I got as far as 9-9 1/2cm. Pushing her out was long - 2 1/2 hours! The nurses had to pour sweet almond oil on me down there and in circles rub my cervix somehow to try to stretch it out so I could deliver her. I needed to have oxygen because her heartbeat was dropping. She arrived at 6:06pm, all this happened in 4 hours! She weighed 6lbs 4ozs and was 17 3/4 inches long with a head cicumferance of 12 1/2 inches. From all the pushing she was purple and blue (bruised) and swollen but HEALTHY!

Thanks for letting me share my thoughts with you all,
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My daughter started her menarchy when she was just 10 yrs. She was appalled! Even though we had dicussed it she really wasn't ready for it. She swims on a race team and I've tried to talk to her about tampax but she doesn't want anything to do woth them. I don;t look forward to the next swim meet that she's on her period! I've made an appt with our doc's intern who is a young female and my daughter seems to be able to open up to. I've also bought her books (Girl talk etc) She won't tell me when she comes on but I can usually tel as she will have showers at the oddest times. I really feel for her. None of her friends have started their cycles and I'm hopimg shre'll have company soon.
I wish she would talk to me about it ut she's at the "Mom I hate you but can you take me to the mall syndrome".

She's Chinese (adopted) and I have heard that Asian girls srat their menarchy sooner, Has anyone heard or that?

Tagger

tagger,
My daughter is in competitive swimming also (actually 4 of my kids are <dd-12, ds-9, dd-7 1/2 and dd-6 1/2> ). My daughter has been saying to me for a couple of years now "I'm never going to use those things!” "I'm not putting anything up there", "Doesn't it hurt!?” "How can you use those thing Mommy?” I have just kept telling her all the conveniences of tampons. I don't personally enjoy "putting one in" and sometimes they can give me more of a backache, but (for myself) I like it better than sitting around wearing a bloody pad (and I don't like the odor that comes from a period). I am going to keep trying to convince her to wear them. Maybe as time goes on she will realize what an inconvenience a period can be and the things a pad can hold you back from being able to do.

She was molested (not penetrated) somewhere between 3-6 by her bio-dad and I wonder if that has something to do with it. She has also said for years "I'm never going to sex"(her exact words), and she's been asking for about 2 years if you can have a baby without HAVING to have sex with a man. Then I got to explain "artificial insemination" and the other way (I forgot what it's called), how they take out your eggs out and fertilize them on the outside then put them back in (LUCKY ME, LOL!). Well she didn't like that idea either because it meant entering her!

Maybe with time? I wonder if she's going to be a lesbian? Although right now she has "boyfriend", which I think is just really a friend. They never see each other out of school (he lives 4 streets down) but they do talk on the phone (about "neopets, yu-gi-oh cards, etc., not mushy stuff). She's always had an easy time to make friends but a hard time to keep friends. She's not into make-up, nails, popstars, crushes, they latest fashions, etc. She's always been an "oddball" but we call her "eccentric" (it sounds nicer to call her that). Her relationships and conversations are much more suited to adults because she has a wide range of knowledge that just fascinates them but is boring for other kids and above there level. What kid wants to hear the correct name for the bird over there? With her it's not a duck - it's a mallard or it's not a bird - it's a morning dove, - a raven, - a blue jay, - a finch, etc. (this is just one of her topics, there's cats, dogs, wild animals, plants, fish, mostly nature). There was actually a time a year ago or so that she was at my mothers' house and she quietly went up to a morning dove and pets it. Seeing this my mother thought the "bird" perhaps had a broken wing or was hurt in some way, so she walked to what she thought was an ailing bird and it flew away just fine. Pretty incredible, huh?

Anyway now I'm way off topic.
Bye for now,
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