Your menstrual cycle is the time between the first day of your period through to the first day of your next period. Your period is the part of your menstrual cycle when you bleed; it is also called menstruation or menses.

When you first get your period it is a sign that your body is mature enough to have children. It may be irregular at first but then, in most women, it will happen once a month and last for between three and seven days.

All women get periods but the age you are when you get your first period (called menarche) and when the last one stops (called menopause) varies. Your first period can arrive at any time between the ages of nine and fifteen.

Signs of puberty. Your breasts may have started to develop and you may have started to get underarm hair and pubic hair (around your vulva and vagina). Most women are in their late forties or early fifties when they have their last period.

We at Star hospital are here to help you with any problems in your menstrual cycle at all ages from adolescence to menopause and to take care of their effect on your health, body and moods.