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This is the OPENING to your VAGINA.
This is where you bleed from during
your period.
Around the VAGINAL OPENING you may be
able to see the HYMEN. When you were
born, the hymen was a thin membrane
surrounding the vaginal opening,
partially blocking it, but almost
never completely covering the opening.
"Popping someone's cherry" means
breaking the hymen.
The first time the vagina is
penetrated, there may be some blood
from the hymen being stretched.
MENSTRUATION
("period," "being on the rag,"
"that time of the month"
The shedding of the lining of the
uterus which bleeds from your vaginal
opening. Occurs every month after
ovulation unless an egg has been
fertilized and implanted in the
uterus. Most girls start menstruating
around the age of 12, but anytime
between the ages of 9 and 18 is
normal. You don't menstruate when you
are pregnant. Fasting or over-exercise
can decrease your menstrual flow or
halt it completely.
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