Sista, yu tu de kam stat menarch? Nɔ wɔri, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɔl dis!

Yu don stat fo bi big likl nau. So, yu bɔdi de go tru bɔku chenj, insay ɛn autsay. Yu go mɔs de wɔnda se, ‘Ustɛm a go bigin fɔ gɛt mi prɛgnɛshɔn?’ I rili nɔmal, ɛn bɔku gyal pikin dɛn kin wɔri bɔt am, ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin ivin mek pɔsin fred smɔl. So mek wi tok abaut am tide, and ol di kweshon dem fo yu maind go disappear, okay?

Wetin na puberty?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, fɔ bi yɔŋ pɔsin na impɔtant tɛm na yu layf we yu kin tɔn smɔl smɔl frɔm smɔl titi to yɔŋ uman. Insay dis tɛm, yu bɔdi kin mek mɔ kemikal dɛn we dɛn kɔl ɔmon . fכ bi prεsis, dεn כmon dεm ya na dεn de mek כl dis chenj dεm na yu bכdi – yu ayt, yu bכdi shep, εn yu stat nyu tin dεm de apin. Tink bɔt am, if yu luk yu padi dɛn, sɔm pan yu sista dɛn kin bigin fɔ sho sayn dɛn we de sho se dɛn dɔn rich 8 ɔ 9 ia. Fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn, dɛn chenj ya nɔ kin bigin te dɛn ol lɛk 13 ɔ 14 ia so. Dis na sɔntin we kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. So nɔ tink se yu strenj ɔ wɔri if yu bigin bifo yu padi dɛn ɔ leta pas dɛn. Ɔlman in bɔdi klok de wok insay in yon spɛshal we we dɛn sabi. I tan lɛk se sɔm flawa dɛn kin blo ali mɔnin, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn kin blo let aftanun.

Wetin na di fɔs sayn dɛn we de sho se pɔsin dɔn yɔŋ?

we yu rich di tεm we yu bכn, di fכs chenj we yu go notis εn כndastand na di divεlכpmεnt fכ di brεst. Insay mɛrɛsin, dɛn kin kɔl dis bak `(Thelarche)`. Dis min se yu bɔdi go big smɔl, bigin fɔ kɔmɔt na do, ɛn i kin ivin fil pen smɔl. Bɔku tɛm, dis na di fɔs sayn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin notis. afta dat, afta sכm tεm, fayn fayn ia go bigin fכ apia na yu prayvet εria, dat na, arawnd yu jεnital dεm (arawnd di vagina) . Insay mɛrɛsin, dɛn kin kɔl dis `(Pubarche)`. Afta sɔm tɛm, ia go bigin fɔ apia bak ɔnda yu armpit. Apat frɔm dis, sɔm gyal pikin dɛn kin gɛt smɔl ɔyl skin bak ɛn dɛn kin bigin fɔ gɛt akni.

Ɔl dɛn tin ya kin apin jɔs lɛk aw dɛn kin du am. Dis na sayn dɛm fɔ sho se yu bɔdi de gro ɛn rɛdi fɔ nyu bayolojikal prɔses. Nɔ panik we yu si dɛn tin ya.

Ustɛm a kin ɛkspɛkt di fɔs mɔnt we a go gɛt (Mearche)?

Di big kwɛstyɔn we yu gɛt naw na, ‘Ustɛm a go bigin mi prɛgnɛshɔn?’ Nɔto so i bi? כl di gyal pikin dεm kin stat dεn fכs pεriכd, כ 'menarche ' lεk aw yu kכl am, lεk 2 ia afta dεn brεst dεn bigin fכ divεlכp, lεk aw wi bin dכn tכk. Dis kin apin arawnd wae yu ol 12 ɔr 13 ia.Bɔt lɛk aw a bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, dis nɔto di sem tin fɔ ɔlman. Sɔm sista dɛn kin bigin fɔ gɛt mɔnt as ali as dɛn ol 8 ɔ 9 ia, ɔda wan dɛn kin bigin let, arawnd 15 ia. Dis na sɔntin we kin difrɛn insay wan rɛnj. Bɔku tin dɛn kin afɛkt dis, lɛk di ej we yu mama ɔ sista bigin fɔ gɛt mɔnt (i.e., famili jɛnɛtiks), yu bɔdi wɛlbɔdi, di it dɛn we yu de it, ɛn yu bɔdi wet. So no fil bad tink se Nimali neks do stat bifo yu. I go apin we yu tɛm rich, we yu bɔdi dɔn rɛdi.

eni sayn de we de sho se a de kam stat mi period?

Yɛs, ɔda gud sayn de we de sho se yu de kam fɔ bigin yu fɔs mɔnt. Dat na wata we tan lɛk wata we de kɔmɔt na yu vagina. Wi kin kɔl dis bak ``Vaginal discharge''. Dis dischaj kin tan lɛk wata, ɔ i kin stika smɔl, lɛk eg wayt. Sɔntɛnde, i kin tik, lɛk mכkus. We i kam pan kɔlɔ, i kin bi transparent, wayt, ɔ wayt we tan lɛk milk (ɔf-wayt). Yu kin si dis lɛk 6 mɔnt bifo yu fɔs prɛgnɛshɔn. Nɔr de ala we yu si dis, dis na nɔmal prɔses bak na di bɔdi. Bɔt if dis wata we de kɔmɔt na di bɔdi yɔlɔ, grɛn, i gɛt bad smel, ɔ i kin it wit di vagina, i kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt infekshɔn, so i bɛtɛ fɔ tɛl yu mama fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

A fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Pan ɔl we dis we aw pɔsin kin bɔn pikin ɛn di fɔs tɛm we i kin gɛt mɔnt kin apin bay wilful, sɔm tɛm dɛn de we wi kin nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Lɛ wi si wetin dɛn bi:

• If yu bigin fɔ gɛt mɔnt bifo yu ol 8 ia , wi kin kɔl dis ``precocious puberty '' ɛn yu nid fɔ luk insay am.
• If yu ol 15 ia ɛn yu nɔ bigin yu mɔnt yet .
• Ɔ, if yu ol 13 ɔ 14 ia ɛn yu nɔ bigin fɔ gɛt ɛni wan pan di fɔs sayn dɛn we de sho se yu dɔn yɔŋ (lɛk we yu bɔdi de gro ) we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt.
• Afta yu prɛgnɛshɔn bigin, if yu blɔd pasmak, yu gɛt pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia , ɔ if yu menstrual saykl nɔ de rili fayn (fɔ ɛgzampul, yu nɔ kin gɛt prɛgnɛshɔn fɔ sɔm mɔnt ɛn afta dat yu kin gɛt am wantɛm wantɛm).

Na tɛm lɛk dis, i go fayn fɔ mek yu tɔk to yu mama ɛn go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays. Dɔn di dɔktɔ kin si if ɔltin de go fayn ɛn if ɛni ɔda prɔblɛm de.

Aw a go rɛdi fɔ dis?

If yu fil se yu de kam bigin yu prɛgnɛshɔn, if yu rɛdi smɔl fɔ am, dat go mek yu fil fayn ɛn gɛt kɔnfidɛns.

• Ɔltɛm kip sanitayz pad ɛn ɛkstra ɔndawea na yu skul bag ɔ hanbag. Yu kin kip dɛn tin ya insay wan smɔl pɔs. Da we de, if yu bigin yu prɛgnɛshɔn we yu nɔ de na os, na skul, ɔ na klas, yu nɔ go wɔri.
• Yu kin aks yu mama ɔ big sista aw fɔ yuz ``Sanitary pad`` fayn fayn wan. I rili izi fɔ du. Dɔn bak, aks aw ɔltɛm yu fɔ chenj am (bɔku tɛm i fayn fɔ chenj am ɛvri 4-6 awa).
• If yu want, yu kin mak di de we yu bigin yu prɛgnɛshɔn pan smɔl kalenda ɔ ap na yu fon. Da we de, yu kin gɛt rough aidia bɔt ustɛm yu nɛks tɛm go kam.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat dis na sɔntin we kin apin to ɔl gyal pikin ɛn uman na di wɔl. So no rizin nɔ de fɔ mek wi shem , fɔ fred am, ɔ fɔ tink se na sɔntin we dɔti. Na sɔntin we de sho aw yu bɔdi gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

A gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn dɛn bɔt mi prɛgnɛshɔn, ɛn a kin fred smɔl. Na nɔmal tin dat?

Rili! I rili nɔmal fɔ mek yu gɛt ɔl kayn tin fɔ tink, kwɛstyɔn, ɛn sɔntɛm ivin smɔl fred, wɔri, ɛn kɔnfyushɔn bɔt yu fɔs tɛm ɛn di chenj dɛn we de apin to yu bɔdi, mi dia. No bi jos yu, na evri gyal we yu ej fo dis taim. Yu kin fil frayd bikɔs sɔm tin na nyu tin ɛn yu nɔ no ɔltin. Ilɛk wetin yu de tink bɔt dis, tɔk to pɔsin we yu biliv ɛn fil fayn fɔ tɔk to. I kin bi yu mama, big sista, anti, skul ticha, ɔ yu famili dɔktɔ. Dɛn kin ansa yu kwɛstyɔn dɛn, mek yu nɔ fred, ɛn mek yu gɛt kɔrej. Sɔntɛm yu mama bin fil di sem we we i bin ol yu ej. Tɔk to am.

Wetin rili na dis mɔnt?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ɛvri mɔnt yu bɔdi de rɛdi insɛf fɔ di pɔsibul fɔ gɛt bɛlɛ tumara bambay. dis involv fכ mek wan spεshal layn (layn) na di insay wכl na yu uterus (womb). Dis layn na in de ɛp pikin fɔ gro if yu gɛt bɛlɛ. Bɔt yu nɔ kin gɛt bɛlɛ ɛvri mɔnt, mɔ we yu yɔŋ lɛk yu. afta dat, dis layn we dεn nכ want, we gεt tin dεm na di uterus, wit sכm bכdi εn tisu, de kכmכt tru di vagina. Na dat wi kin kɔl yu period, ɔ menstruation. I kin te fɔ 3 ɔ 4 to 7 dez. Dis na wan sayn we de sho se yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Dis na tin we rili impɔtant ɛn we nɔmal fɔ uman in layf. Dis na aw yu bɔdi de rɛdi fɔ bi mama tumara bambay.

Tek-Home Message frɔm Wetin Wi Dɔn Tɔk

Okay, so sista, wi don tok abaut plenti impotant tins tide, no bi so? yu fכs mכnt pεriכd, כ ``Mearche,'' na rili imכtant, nכmal stεp na yu joyn fכ gro.

• Nɔ fred ɔ shem bɔt am. Dis na sɔntin we kin apin to ɛvri gyal we gɛt wɛlbɔdi.
• Yu fɔ no bɔt di chenj dɛn we de apin na yu bɔdi, bɔt nɔ wɔri tumɔs bɔt am.
• Una fɔ rɛdi. Kip wan smɔl sanitayz pad na yu bag.
• If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn, dawt, ɔ fred, mek shɔ se yu tɔk to yu mama, sista, ɔ dɔktɔ. Nɔto yu wan de, wi ɔl de wit yu!
• Mɛmba se yu bɔdi wɔndaful, ɛn ɔl wetin i de du na fɔ yu gud.

So, fes dis nyu ɛkspiriɛns wit gladi at. Gud lak to yu!

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