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Am I the only one here who knew about it in advance 
It was very normal for me because I was told everything at school, surprisingly I didnt have No Cramps and No pain at all for the first few months and my mum found about mine after 6-7 months, I was so embarrassed to tell my mum and used to buy my own pads and hide it somewhere in my wardrob 
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i came to know from a friend of mine, when SHE even didnt know that i suffer with such a change or not, we were in sch0ol, and i came to know bcz she was having pain and told me yarr.....you know.... i have a terrible pain due to it (she named), and so said i, it what??? then sooner she realised that i dont know, later she kept on saying me, no i wont tell you and i being curious urged her to tell me else i will shout out loud in the class what the hell is it.... hahhahahhah i made her run all in the class over me, and she was like, pleeeeeeeeeeeeease stop it.... i was stopped at that moment but as soon as i reached home, i took out the dictionary and.......heehehhehhehehhe :D
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My story is different - I knew as in school, we were in USA at that time, some chalak girl who was 9 at that time got hers and decided its time to educate me, it didnt really make much sense to me at that time, some 1-2 years later my elder sis got it and I saw it accientatly and ask her angry why didnt she tell me, I guess she was just embarrassed about it. Then I thought now its my time but nothing happened for few years and we went back to pakistan and I turned 14!!
One day I was sitting on the bed and my mom saw some stains on my salwaar and she said, beeta get some tissues u got ur periods, my sister came and started giggling, so that I started crying .. “oh why oh why I dont want it” .. lol
I went to the toilet and then noticed nothing came out and confused I asked my mother, then they noticed that my youngest sis who was 2 at the time, had some cut on her feet and that way she somehow transported the blood on my cloths! I was relieved and smiling.
Then a few months later, mother nature thought its enough and I got it at school, but thank God no pains for years and it was allways smooth, till I gave birth 
My daughter I will educate her as soon as possible, even at 3 she is giving me pads sometimes when i am going into the toilet! I dont hide the pads and she should not feel embarras about it either.
ps. I know a friend, whose mom didnt speak with her daughters about it and their dad had to tell their 3 daughters about it 
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When i was in class 5,one of the girls in the class would try to educate all girls about it,as she had got hers,but i could hardly understand what she always referred to,but then,when i went home back in Pakistan,there one of my cousins talked and explained it to me,and then i got mine when i was 13.Since i was already told about it,i didn't really panick when i got them.
I believe its just so important that,girls should be taught about it well in advance,so that,they wouldn't panick when they get it for the first time.
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My mom always said i wouldn't get my period or i'd have problems cz of my weight (from age 8 i heard that). i still never thought to ask what a period is. I got it wheN i was 10. I wasn't freaking out or anything but i thought it was really annoying. i changed my clothes in the bathroom and then my mom found it and told me wat it was. and she gae me a pad and then i was like "OHHH SO TAHTS WHAT THEY"RE FOR!".
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It seems like a common trend here that women are not shy about it and are trying to make it a normal thing so young girls dont feel embarassed or reserved asking about it.
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^ You know what, I was thinking I wouldn't like my daughters and sons knowing about anything until they really have to - just like how it was for me. I didn't know how babies were born for a long while - and I think I'd prefer it that way for my kids, as well.
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^There is some good and some bad - for not telling your kids.
The good part: Your daughter will be aware and therefore NOT be afraid for the first encounter.
The bad part: The more information you feed to kids about birds and bees and protection - can also make them aware but they will be active at early age since they would have more "proper" knowledge. You can look at this as good or bad :(
Someone mentioned above that girls by age 11 should know ===========> well not anymore!!!!
Just last week my 10 year old niece had her first period! Seriously. She will be 11 years old in August.
I was left speechless - when my 6 and 7 year old witnessed why she needed a change!
exactly now the age limit is coming down to 9-10 yrs. i even heard a 13 yrs old gav birth to a baby.crazy.
my daughter is 4.5 but shes such a curious thing that she already has sume idea.always searching thru my wardrobe/washroom drawers even my personal garbage bin n then passing funny comments.
i intend to tell her on n off when she'll b around 8-9 if she doesn't find out on her own b4 that time.