5 little-known facts about your period

8. Most girls get their first period around age 12.

It varies of course, but the age of 12 is an average launching pad for a girl and her period pads. She will continue menstruating until around age 50.

9. In olden days, girls didn’t used to get their first period until around age 16 or 17.

In the 1800s, the average girl did not get her first period until well into her teens. It is thought that girls reach puberty earlier these days due to a combination of better nutrition and increased stress.