I want my period

Okay so wanting your period can be like, a super normal feeling. Maybe you're excited to feel more grown up, or your friends are all getting theirs, and you just want to be part of it, which is totally fair!

It's impossible to make your period come faster though. Your body is on its own schedule, and it's doing all the important growing and changing behind the scenes. Puberty is a whole process, and periods are just one part of it. The average age for a first period is around 12, but it can totally happen anywhere from 8 to 15, and that's all normal. There's no fast-forward button.

But you can look out for other signs that your body is getting ready. Things like breast buds starting to form, growing taller really fast (like your shoes suddenly don't fit!), and then usually a few months before your first period, you'll start to notice some white or yellowish discharge in your underwear. That's a super good sign things are moving along!

If you want to know roughly when yours might arrive, there's a quick quiz you can take on this site: how close is my first period?