Time to start turning into an adult.

PUBERTY

Definitions to Know

• Puberty: The time when boys and girls become physically capable of producing babies.

• Hormones: Special chemicals produced by the body that cause changes.

• Adolescence: The stage of the life cycle between the ages of 11 and 21.

The Human Life Cycle

Growth of a Girl

Brainpop Movie: Growth

• Growing

Puberty and Adolescencehttps://www.brainpop.com/health/geneticsgrowthanddevelopment/adolescence/

Girls and Puberty• Movie for girls about puberty.• http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/girlstuff/puberty-normal-video.html

Girls and Puberty•A good sign you're getting close to the time when your first period will arrive is if you notice a discharge coming from your vagina. It might be thin and slightly sticky or thick and gooey, and can be clear to white or off-white in color. Usually, this happens about 6 months before you get your first period.

Puberty for Boys http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/boy/boys_puberty.html

Questions?

Menstruation

• Menstruation (a period) is a major part of puberty for girls. Its one of many signs that a girl is turning into a woman .

• Having a period (MC ／ 月經 ) is a normal and natural part of being a woman.

• The period (the days you lose blood through the vagina) is part of a cycle of hormone and body changes.

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Cycle

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The ‘Period’

• It usually lasts from 3-7 days.

• Besides bleeding, there may also be:

o Cramping in your belly or sideo Lower back paino Mood swings and irritabilityo Headache and fatigue (very tired).

Don’t be afraid to talk to your mother!

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1 Cycle: From the first day to the next first day.

•Some girls will find that their menstrual cycle lasts 28 days, others might have a 24 day cycle, a 30 day cycle, or even longer.

• It may take the body some time to sort out all the changes. For example; a girl may have a 28 day cycle for two months then miss a month.

•Usually, after a year or two, the menstrual cycle will become more regular.

Will other people know you are having your period?•No way!

• You may feel like you are different at this time of the month, but people will not notice.

• At any one time, 20% of all young women will be having their period.

• Can you pick which other students are having their period? or teachers? Do you know when your mother is having her period, unless she tells you?

• Only you will know, unless you tell someone yourself.