8 Responses to What (TF?) About the Children?

1. LauraBora from BufaDora, on April 25th, 2007 at 5:03 pm Said:

   Holy crap! I AM short and overweight and I got my period at age 11.

   My sister didn’t get her period until she was 14, like my mother, and neither of them are as short or fat as I am.

   Weird!
2. anonymouse, on April 25th, 2007 at 6:02 pm Said:

   Hah, me too! I got my period at eleven and I only grew to five feet.
3. SP, on April 25th, 2007 at 10:15 pm Said:

   Except: what’s early? The linked piece doesn’t say; it just says “earlier” or “later.” I got mine when I was 12, and I’m 5’9″ (no kids, hoping to keep it that way, so I don’t know about the child-weight thing), so is that early or late or normal?
   Also, doesn’t excess weight lead to earlier periods? Seems like these may be just be two things linked to being on the bigger side–earlier periods, plus genetic tendency to gain weight, which we pass on to our kids.
4. Rei, on April 26th, 2007 at 12:03 am Said:

   My sister got her period when she was 11 and I got mine when I was 13…
   She’s 3 inches taller then me…I’m 5’7″….
   She’s also always been thinner.
5. spinsterwitch, on April 26th, 2007 at 11:34 am Said:

   I don’t know when my mother got her period, but she’s taller than me and she had one daughter who is tall and skinny, and another who is average height and fat. Clearly that study is flawed.

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7. Simone, on August 23rd, 2009 at 9:03 pm Said:

   Anecdotal evidence, of course, but I got my period at age nine (yes, you read that right), and I barely clear five foot one. Plus, I’ve always been plump. Yay, science!
8. Fatnsassy, on November 15th, 2009 at 3:39 pm Said:

   I got my period at 9 1/2 and was always 5’6 1/2″ 120 lbs. Now at 56 I’m 5’5 and, well let’s just say I’m bigger than I am shorter!

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