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How to Avoid Night Time Stains During Your Period
As if having a monthly period is not troublesome enough, what with cramps, sensitive breasts, awful mood swings, headaches, and what not, we worry about getting stains on out underwear, pants, skirt, shorts and of course our sheets. Staining usually happens when we sleep and are not conscious of our movements. But fear not, we can avoid staining bed sheets. Things to doStart by knowing your cycle. If it’s not set, know what time of the month it usually comes, like if it comes on the 1st, 2nd, 3r…
Preparing Your Preteen for Her Period
For pre-teen and teen-aged girls, puberty is a trying period. What with all the physical changes happening to her body. This confusing stage is made worse by menstruation. What is a menstrual cycle?A normal menstrual cycle is when a girl’s vagina bleeds as a result of hormonal changes that are happening in her body. A girl usually gets her first period when she’s around 12 years old. However, there are some young girls who get their first period as early as 9 years old. Then there are some young…
How to Deal With Your First Period
It is normal for young girls are anxious about getting their first period. They worry that everything might go wrong for them. Don’t worry girls, here are a few things that you can do so the onset of your first period won’t go so bad. Be PreparedBeing prepared will definitely help you avoid some major first period hassles like where to get a pad, stained clothes, etc. If you are around the age when girls normally get their period, it would be a good idea to keep a sanitary pad in your bag, purse…
Teen Menstrual Cycle
For pre-teen and teen-aged girls, puberty is a trying period. What with all the physical changes happening to her body. This confusing stage is made worse by menstruation. What is a menstrual cycle?A normal menstrual cycle is when a girl’s vagina bleeds as a result of hormonal changes that are happening in her body. A girl usually gets her first period when she’s around 12 years old. However, there are some young girls who get their first period as early as 9 years old. Then there are some young…
Painful Menstruation
Approximately 50% of women experience pain and discomfort during their menstrual periods. Sometimes, the pain they experience is not so severe and does not require special attention. But for some women, their monthly periods become problematic and cause inconvenience in their daily lives. Painful menstruation is one of the leading causes of absenteeism among women of childbearing age, or those in their teens and twenties. It affects 10% of high school girls and causes a great loss of work hours …
Teenagers and Puberty
What is puberty?Puberty is the period of time when an individual’s sexual maturity occurs as well as the functioning of the reproductive organs. This is manifested in both sexes by the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics. It is a physical change that usually happens between ages 10 and 14 for girls and ages 12 and 16 for boys. How puberty affect the teenagers?uberty affects boys and girls differently. The girls’ first sign of puberty is usually the development of the breasts. Other si…
Teen Puberty FAQ
Puberty is the period of time when children begin to mature biologically, psychologically, socially and cognitively. It is a process that can take a year or even six years when a child’s body takes characteristics that define it sexually. Everyone matures at his or her own pace, but eventually all will catch up. Puberty leads to adolescence, which is the traditional period between childhood and adulthood. Adolescence can be a very difficult time because this is the time when an individual is try…
Understanding Male Puberty
Every young male undergoes the physical stage of puberty, where he would feel a lot of changes in his body as he becomes a man. But what exactly are these changes? Do they go beyond the lower voice and the broader shoulders? Let us guide you through this process.Some boys go through puberty later than others – In boys, puberty begins between the ages of nine and sixteen. If a boy is thirteen and hasn’t undergone puberty yet, he doesn’t have to worry. Every body has its own time…
Understanding Female Puberty
Like boys, girls undergo puberty as their bodies change into adults. And just as boys, girls’ puberty can be just as embarrassing. But do not worry; puberty is part of growing up to become a full-grown woman. Here is an explanation as what happens to a girl’s body as she transforms during puberty.Some girls go through puberty later than others – In girls, puberty begins between the ages of eleven to eighteen. If a girl is sixteen and hasn’t undergone puberty yet, she does…
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