tw: menstruation
Alright, so I was 12 and in 7th grade. Middle School was horrid.
One day, I got these god awful cramps. I seriously thought I was going to poop my pants or something. I was mortified. I ran to the bathroom, looked, and saw the dried blood (I thought it was something else). When I got home later, I told my mom and bawled and we went out and bought pads.
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tw: menstruation
I got my first period a little after I turned 12. I woke up one morning for school, and when I went to the bathroom there was blood on my underwear and in the toilet. My mom had never taken the time to talk to me about menstruation or sex or my vagina or ANYTHING, but luckily I have 5 older sisters, and they took care of that :) Thanks to them I was anticipating my period and when it finally happened I knew exactly what was up. So I just approached my mom nonchalantly and said “I need a pad please”. She looked at me kind of wide eyed and laughed. I didn’t tell my dad myself until I was about 15 and needed him to pick me up some pads while he was out, although my mom must’ve told him. I guess at that age I was mortified about talking to my dad about “girl stuff”.
It’s funny, I remember that this was around the time me and my friends were reading and loving Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret :)
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tw: menstruation
It was my last day of sixth grade and of elementary school. We got out of school earlier than usual and so I went with a bunch of my friends to Disneyland for the day. I was in the bathroom at Disneyland when I noticed some blood spotting in my underwear. My stomach dropped and I was terrified. I didn’t say anything to anyone, but just put toilet paper in my underwear and went about my business. It wasn’t heavy or anything so I figured I’d be fine until I got home. I think I sort of didn’t believe I was getting my period.
The next day I was still bleeding, so I called my mom into my room.
“Mom,” I said, “I think I got my period.”
My mom jumped for joy and started screaming and started explaining to me all about pads and tampons and other joyous things.
I was twelve and I felt like a woman.
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