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You either have a light medium or heavy flow but usually you can feel when it comes out like as if big blobs of pee were coming out. A period also changes through the years so it may take a while figuring out your body but just always be prepared like when you first first start stash like 3 pads extra panties and extra shorts even if their pjs and put them in your purse just in case believe me ive had my share of leaking infront of ppl. Just remember starting your period is having the ability to become pregnant. If your flow lasts between 3-5 days that means you ovulate less if your have a flow that lasts between 5-10 days you have more eggs traveling from your ovaries to your vagina meaning you must be more protective. It is fine in the beginning if your flow is irregular such as missing one or two months or being on it for a day or 2 weeks. If you have not had a period by the age of 16 you must visit the obgyn

OK, the secret's out of the bag. There's some fun websites to visit too that can help you with all the info, etc.

No one can predict when you'll start but you can figure it out for in future by watching all your symptoms and recording it each month on a calendar.

♥ Almost every girl and every mother wonders when this event will take place. Some teenagers/preteens may find it to be an exciting, frightening, intriguing, and/or a drudging time.

♥ A period can look like many things to many different people. It can show up as one red dot, a long stringy cord of blood, mixed with creamy white discharge and swirls of different colored cords, a blob (clot) that can be the size of a pea and big as kiwi (fruit).

♥ The colors can very from very bright red which is fresh shedding from your uterus filled with blood and tissue, as the days progress the color can or will start to turn darker & darker, burgundy, brown, and then even black. As blood & scent ages, the color gets darker and the scent can be no scent, a faint odour, to a much more intense & noticeable sour smell.

♥ The period itself can last a few hours up to 7-10 days. Everyone is different and will have their own routine and schedule. Along with the period, is uterine contractions, cramps. They can be mildly unnoticeable to bedridden discomfort.

How Can I Prepare For My Period To Come?

♥ First, order your first period kit from Kotex at the following link:

http://www.kotex.com/na/FirstPeriodKit.a%E2%80%A6

http://www.dotgirlproducts.com/

♥ Then you want to print off a blank calendar for the next few months. You can decorate the calendar so it's not so boring or so it blends into your room, binder, or notebook.

What Do I Record on the Calendar?

♥ You will want to create a legend of symbols to represent various symptoms that will arise as your body matures and prepares for your period. I usually use colors and three simple symbols ~ circle, square, and triangle.

What Changes Should I Expect?

♥ Emotions ~ Anger, Bawling, Irritable, Mellow, Rage, Sadness, Screaming, Weepy

♥ Physical ~ Larger, Heavier, Taller, Hair Growth in Underarms & Pubic Area, Abdominal & Intestinal Cramps, White Creamy Discharge, Spotting, Mixed Discharge with White/Red Cords/Stringy, Tender Breasts (hurt, irritated, or itchy), Uterine Discharge for Monthly Cycle.

♥ Psychological ~ Self Image, Relationships With Others, Moods, Sexuality and Future Outlook both Emotional & Relational

♥ Each time my daughter had an emotional outburst we recorded a coloured circle on the calendar. These feelings included anger, rage, & screaming as a red circle, bawling, crying, tearing, & weeping as a blue circle, and impatientience, irritability, sarcastic & disagree ability as a green circle. They are all symptoms of your hormones and will affect all your relationships and social groups.

The rest of the answer is on another site because there isn't enough room.

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The first time I got mine I had no idea I was going to get it, I just saw blood in my underwear and in the toilet. There weren't any warning cramps or anything. I think as you get older you become more acquainted with your body and you start to recognize the subtle warnings. Some people can just tell when they're going to get it. As for when you actually have it, sometimes you can feel it come out, especially when you sneeze or stand up. You get used to that, but it really bothers some people. That's what's good about tampons :)

Are you talking about getting your first ever period? If so, no I did not have any warnings besides obviously reaching the age where it should come. I just went to the bathroom one day when I was 14, wiped...and tada! My first monthly gift from Mother nature. oh yay

If you arent talking about your first period...usually cramps and bloating are a sign of your period coming monthly. Your periods usually come about 28 days apart

I got this strange feeling, not pain or anything and then i had to pee and there it was.

My periods didn't start hurting until after I had a child and now they are unbearable!

No sweetie you normally can't feel anything coming out you just feel wet.

um, when i first got it, I was in the bathroom, needed to go pee. xD You don't really feel it, and it comes out like very very little.

yeah. usually before you might have cramps, bloating, etc...when it comes you CAN feel it. it just feels like water coming out of your vagina...you'll know what i mean when you feel it!

you could have camps and you might not...everyone is different..when i first started i had cramps really bad..

google it.

or wait...I feel like God put some kind of resource on this planet with this kind of information.....ooooh thats right...

ASK YOUR MOTHER.