Advising young girls about menstruation

Document Type:Coursework

Subject Area:Health Care

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In order to give her an understanding of what menstruation is, I would use a simple and direct definition which is when the body becomes physically ready to be capable of becoming pregnant. Every month, the body becomes ready to receive an egg for pregnancy but since she is not to have sex, the egg will not be fertilized which then sheds and drains through the vagina. I would assure her that the changes happening to her friend is a normal thing and she has nothing to worry about and it is part of becoming a mature woman. Being a 9-year-old, I would let her know that menstruation occurs at different ages for females and at her age, it might begin anytime until the high school years.

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