Getting your first period after childbirth is a step in your body’s recovery process. The answer to this depends on several factors, including whether you're breastfeeding and how your body is ...

Girls in the U.S. are getting their first period earlier than in decades past. Researchers say there are multiple factors causing early puberty, including obesity and environmental pollutants. Girls ...

Girls in the U.S. are getting their first period earlier on average than they did in the 1950s and '60s. That's according to a large new study published this past week in the journal JAMA Network Open ...

The age you got your first period, also called menarche, is one of those milestones people remember forever. It feels loaded with meaning, and for good reason. Hormones, growth, fertility, and the ...

Breast development usually starts about two years before the first period. Emotional changes and mood swings can occur just before the period. Growth spurts and pubic hair growth are early signs of ...