I was 11 and I got it just before my birthday. I had cramps the day before and I remember the I went to downstairs toilet because I thought I was going to be sick. I think I knew what was going to happen though. The next day I went to the toilet and there was brown all in my underwear. I was sad because I wanted it to be red and pretty. I went out and my mom was paying bills and I told her. She said “Congratulations, it happens to the best of us.” “But it only happens to girls…” I said. “Right.” She looked at me with a DUH face. I always get really bad cramps but I never say anything, it’s not something I’m comfortable speaking about with her. She was going through menopause when I was going through puberty, emotions were running high in the house at that time. My mom asked me if I was pregnant a few weeks ago because I haven’t put tampons on the shopping list. I forgot to mention that I got a menstrual cup, she was completely grossed out.
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I just got my period yesterday! (2 am, basically Friday night).
I was having a sleepover with my best friend ever. She was already asleep. I had to pee and I went downstairs. I wiped and there was this orange-ish reddish color on the toilet paper! I texted my mom.
I dance every day, and the next morning I had to perform at my dance studio’s open house! I wore a panty liner (because I had only my period for 12 hours, i wasn’t using tampons lol) but I was nervous my skimpy leotard would slide and show my liner OR i would bleed through to my tights!
LUCKILY none of this happened! the open house went fine and today they cancelled dance so i can wear a normal pad!
I’m REALLY happy i didn’t get my period at school or dance! :)
When I first got my period, I honestly thought I shit my pants. I kept changing my underwear and it kept happening and happening. I never thought I had started my period. I had no cramps or anything. My mom came upstairs and was like, “yo, i’m pretty sure you’ve become a women. Here’s a pad, put it in your undies.” More than anything, I was psyched. My best friend had gotten hers before me and I was mad jelly. And now here I am, telling the internets about it six years later. Not ashamed at all
I had my first period when I was three. I was sat watching teletubbies and drinking strawberry milk when all of a sudden, I started to bleed! My mum bought me some taempons straight away and was like awww this is cute. The end :) :) :) :) :) xxxxx
Ahaha I remember my first period and my first period fake-out. When I was about 10 I had a urinary tract infection so I had a few drop of blood in my underwear… I thought that I had started my period and my childhood was over, etc, so I cried in the bathroom for a few hours until my mom kindly informed me that I hadn’t started yet. When I started for real it was the summer between 6th and 7th grade and I was at my aunt’s house. My best friend was the first person I told and I texted my mom to let her know. I just sort of cleaned up, put on a pad and went about my business and it wasn’t a big deal to me, considering I got all the drama and horror out of my system that first time around xD
I was 11. A few weeks prior my mom bought me “The care and keeping of you.” Which was basically a little book introducing puberty and periods for girls. So I knew what a period was and hoped for mine. Mostly because it was the induction into womanhood, and I’d always identified myself as an adult.
I got invited to a co-ed sleepover with some 4-H kids. I had a huge crush on one of the boys in the group and I was so excited. We played games and ect. So when we went to bed my crush wanted to sleep next to me. Man was I siked, I got all butterflies in the tummy and what not. The next morning when we woke up I was covered in blood. All the kids saw, my crush and all. But they were cool Homeschooled kids and they had sympathy. even the crush was cool with it, surprisingly enough.
Anyway, I didn’t tell my mom for like months and months. and my fraternal grandmother was from a generation of woman who treated their menses like a disease. Unfortunately I had the same outlook until I discovered reusable products and the cup! Now I am very comfortable and confident about my cycle. I take great empowerment in discussing menstruation and taboos with others.
Ps. I love this Tumblr! (:
I got my period for the first time when I was 10.
The night before, I remember that even the smell of dinner was making me feel sick, so my mom let me go up to my room and read instead. The next night, I went to the bathroom, and saw some brownish stuff on the bottom of my underwear, and for some reason I was convinced I was having blood in my poo and this was what it looked like (I had been reading about medicine side effects recently, and one of them was blood in the poo, which I thought sounded AWUL!) I called for my mom, terrified, but she explained that I wasn’t dying, or bleeding from my rear, it was just my period, and that that was probably why I hadn’t been hungry.
I then proceeded to skip a few months, and despite not having any weight gain, and not having any sexual contact, I was terrified that I had somehow become pregnant. I remember feeling relieved when it started again.
At first, my cramps were horrible. To the point of me being curled up in a ball every month on the bathroom floor, wishing I could just puke and get it over with, so that I could finally get on with my life. It was especially bad because I couldn’t figure out how to swallow pills until I was 16 and my girlfriend cornered me in front of a water fountain and wouldn’t let me out until I had taken them, and my teacher was really mean to people who were late. After that, they got progressively better, until I got the pill and barely felt them, and now on the patch I sometimes get cramps, but never enough to puke.
I hate it, simply because no matter what I’ve tried, none of the methods are comfortable…tampons, pads, you name it, they feel uncomfortable to me. But otherwise, I don’t mind it too much,
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I was 9 when my period started and about to start 5th grade. It was a fabulous summer day when I started. I had a horrible stomach cramps for a few hours and my grandmother suggested that I go ride my bicycle to alleviate my cramps. After I rode around for a bit I noticed my cramps were gone so I thought everything was all fine and dandy. I went to pee and my underwear was covered in blood. Of course, being that it was the rad mid-90s, I had seen that awesome video starring Orphan Annie so I knew what was going on. I told my grandmother and I got to wear a huge pair of underwear she had just bought (that was more embarrassing to me then my period for sure). She gave me some water and said that I’ve taken my final steps into womanhood (I was already developed and hairy). When my mom came by to pick me up she flipped out. I remember her crying and saying I was a woman now in that depressed voice moms get but I certainly didn’t feel like a woman. Basically all I wanted to do was call my best friend and tell her then go out and play some more. I never thought my period was gross or weird and I carried around my period kit that my elementary school provided with pride. When people say it’s disgusting and nasty it reiterates that women are still seen as unclean which is obviously wrong. Be proud of your body and your period!
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I didn’t have the greatest first period because I was stuck in school, aged 14 , in Maths. My teacher said I looked “green” and told me to go the medical room. Once I arrived I was told to go home and upon my arrival I realised that I’d finally began my period. All I remember is feeling really sick and unwell during Maths but as soon as I was home, I felt so reassured; it’s my first period, what’s so bad about that? I told my mother when she got got home from work and it was just a really cool thing. No worry, no fear anymore. Just a little cramp which painkillers can help :)
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