My first period wasn’t really bad at all. I was 14, (I’m 18 now) so a little older than most, and I found light spots of blood on my undies. My mom asked me if I’d gotten my first period and then I cried for ten minutes. She jokingly told me that I would probably survive, and gave me a pad. About 10 months later, I started using tampons and never looked back. So to all girls reading people’s period horror stories, first periods aren’t always that awful. You have nothing to be worried about, it’ll be okay, I promise:)
i woke up on the morning of volleyball tryouts (at five! that was the earliest time i had ever woken up!) and i usually havd to pee in the morning so i went and i saw blood on the toilet paper and i was kinda freaked out for a sec, but i remembered my mom got me pads just in case it happened so i quickly grabbed one. and i remebered how it worked from the fifth grade puberty talk. so i went to tryouts and school without telling my mom because she might want me to stay home from volleyball tryouts. i got home and had to go pee again and i didn’t tell my mom and today is the day after that. im kinda scared to tell my mom… also im not sure if my flow is heavy or inbetween, cuz i can tell its not light. how can you tell? im twelve but i think i already had my growth spurt (im 5 8 or 9") but nothing else has happened to me except small curves hair and zits. oh yeah girls you will get hair and curves and light cream colored stuff in your undies. tell your mom for sure, and if you’re not sure how, just ask her to buy you some pads. she’ll know what happened! tampons are best for sports,but ive never used them so i cant reccomend them yet.
I was 11 and at a boys house, the day before I was to start a new school. I had little to none close friends who were girls that I could tell, and so I kept it a secret from all but my parents. After a while I made some really good friends, but every year on September 1st I am reminded of that joyus occasion. My attitude towards my period has certainly improved since then, and I am much better of an advise giver because I can say things other than “this sucks”. Happy Bleeding! :)
Ok, so I think I may have started my period last month but I’m not sure because I barely had any blood and it only lasted three days… So I didn’t tell anyone but my best friend. So this month I had it again and I get a little blood everyday and that’s it. I don’t know how to tell my mom because I don’t know if I started or not. It’s been three days so far. I’m twelve almost thirteen. My mom and my sister started in 9th grade and I’m in 7th, that’s another reason why I thought I didn’t start. Like I said I have never had a lot of blood only like a quarter size or a little more a day. I don’t know what to do…
Lol i started my period at Kohls.. Yesterday. I was cramping the hole time then later that day when i got home there was blood all over my undies. It was pretty heavy at first and occasionally still is but ya thats my period for ya.
My first period I got the other day and I woke up went to the toilet coZ I was busting and look down into my panties and there’s dried up brown stuff in my panties I thought that I had pooPed myself truly So then I just changed my panties and pit another pair on I started to feel quite wet so I pulled my panties down and sure enough I’ve got my period I told mum an she just smirked at me she knew straight away lol
I got my first period on Christmas Eve back in 2009 (I was 12). I was in pain the whole day, but I didn’t know why. Then in the evening, just before I went to sleep, I went to the bathroom and noticed a little blood in my panties. “No biggie”, I thought and put the panties to the laundry basket, put on a clean pair, put on a pad (I can’t remember how I knew how to use one) and went to sleep. The next day mom asked me if I got my period, because she’d seen my bloody panties, and without unnecessary embarrassment, I answered; “Yes”.
OMG! Today I was supposed to be helping Mom clean up our house, this weekend is my pool party (12th) so we were cleaning up outside. Anyway, I woke up and went to the toilet. When I went to wipe I was all stressed out because the was blood everywhere! I didn’t tell Mom for hours but I finally did and she was all like, do you feel ok? She said I could stay home from shool but I was like, Seriously mom? It’s just my period, i’m not dying! But I was so scared, I had been expecting it for a while but when it happened I was like, WoW.
I’m 12 almost 13 and yesterday I got my first period I knew it was going it was going to happen sooner or later but I never thought it was sooner. I was sleeping and I woke up and noticed I really had to pee and when I started to pee.. There was brown stuff in my undies and it kinda looked like dried up blood but I wasn’t sure so I stood up and saw blood all over my legs I was super in shocked but I had to tell someone so I decided to tell my mom but she was at work :/ so I woke up my older sister and told her and she started LAUGHING! She said I got my first period and gave me 1 of her pads and told me to go back to sleep.
It was mothers day and we had the whole family over for lunch. We were sitting outside eating when my grandmother noticed how much i’ve grown. My mum (mom) agreed with her and told her that I’m going through a growth spurt. As all 12 year old’s do, i got up and went to the toilet. I think i stood there for about 3 minutes just staring at my red coloured underwear. I called out my mum and she came in. (luckily i was in my parents bathroom) She quickly took the knickers and went to my room to get me a new pair. She gave me this diper looking thing (pad) and told me how to use it. BEST MOTHERS DAY GIFT EVER! not.
i just got my period this morning! i’m 12. so i woke up and i went to the bathroom, and i was wiping when i saw blood on the toilet paper! i didn’t freak out or anything, (no, really i didn’t! i knew everything about it already) i just finished up in the bathroom then i went to go and find my mom to tell her. she just said “oh okay well keep checking your underwear today and tell me when i get home” so i did and just a couple minutes ago i went to the bathroom again and found more blood! it’s a little weird cause it’s not getting on my underwear or pants.. whatever lol
I got my first period today. I was in my 5th period class and my stomach hurt really bad so i went to the bathroom when i went to the bathroom i did my business and was about to pull my pants up when i noticed blood in the toilet. I am not to personal with my mom…… i still haven’t told her
ok, im 13 (and a half) about 30 minutes ago i went to the restroom and there was black stuff all over my pantyliner and at first i thought it was just weird discharge but then realized it was blood. i didnt flip out-yet i felt like there were butterflies in my stomach. i simply just zoomed to my room and pulled a pad in my backpack in case anything ever happened like that at school. now im here typing this, ok this is like my second time-the first time was 3 years ago and there was barely anything so i was 10.
yep.
I just got mine today and I am 14 and happy because I really don’t have boobs and I hope that comes soon and I am scard. Well I went to the bathroom any did my normal thing and I noticed when I wiped and saw a dark color at fist I was all maybe this is a mistake but then I looked at my underware and I got a mini panic attack(I get panic attack easy cus I was born with a nerve problem) so I just cleaned myself and told my mom all calmly cus I was still in shock and she just gave me a high five and said it is about time, well then I went back to the bathroom cus I forgot to put a pad on an I was confused on the wings but I understand now and also I still didn’t clean my underware yet and going to do that right now.
My first period was today, im 11. I was watching tv and it was exactly 2 mins before children in need was on and i vent to the toilet. I found in my knickers red everywhere, so i wiped myself with blood on the tissue yuck and put some new knickers on. I told mum to come upstairs as i wanted to show her something. I told her and she gave methe tampon thing. Now im happily watching tv with cramps :(
I just got my first period a few days ago and I’m thirteen hahaha I finished watching a movie with my sister and went to the toilet while my dad turned off the tv and I pulled down my pants, saw dark red and blotches on my discharge pad and was like ‘nfejdnenajdj!!’ (Ineligible word) and I didn’t realise my dad finished with the tv and was near the bathroom helping my sister and was like ‘WHATTTT???’ And swung the door open. I, of course, stretched my underwear as far away from me as possible and so when my dad opened it, he saw me, my hand, my underwear, then the bloody pad. All he said was ‘Mars! (My mum, she was playing bejewelled in her room) your daughter has got her period!’ And left. My mum replied ‘okay.’ And so I was left to fend for myself. Well, I was already told by my mum about it and what to do so yeah I changed my pad.Lol hahaha the next day was so funny it was school holidays and my dad woke me up going ‘last night I brought the garbage down and I picked up the plastic bag and my hand met with your pad!’ I started laughing before I realised he wasn’t laughing along and put on a serious face ‘OK daddy. ’ and rolled over laughing with my comical picture of him reaching into a blood covered pad.
I was at my dads house in my aunts room when it happend. now my mom had been out so i started freaking out and messaging people on facebook. My friend was about to bring me pads but luckily i found some in the bathroom fortunately it was only spotting but i still havent told my dad lol
So I was 12 and I went to the bathroom at school towards the end of the day. I pulled down my pants and saw blood. I didn’t actually freak out (no joke) and just shoved a ton of tp in my panties till I got home and used a pad. Except I had no idea how to use one, so I told my mom and she showed me. Why does everyone freak out at that?
I was 11 when i was sitting in class during silent reading andi felt someting wet as i moved to get another book i asked my teacher i could go to the toilet as i pulled down my pants i just saw red stuff and yelled at my friend to get the teacher she ran got the teacher and she gaveme a pad it wal inbarssing cause it was the firt day of year six and i didnt know the teacher that well
I was 10 years old, and my pants felt wet. So I go to the bathroom and LOOK there’s blood in my underwear! I did not know what it was. So I changed my undies and got it over with.
THEN LATER I felt wet again. ok repeat the “feelwetchangeunderwear” sequence a few times.
So I went to good old Mom to see what was happening. She said the Words of Truth and told me to use a pad. So I go to the bathroom again and rip up one of her pink thingies with a pad inside them. But alas, I didn’t really know how to work it and I didn’t tear off the sticky sticker thing.
THE END
Okay so my first period was simple, but a bit different. So it was the day after the party for my 12th birthday. I woke up with a couple of my friends, because I had a sleepover. I realized I felt a little wet, but I didn’t think anything of it. After they all left, I went pee, not even thinking about a period. I pulled my pants down and when I went to wipe I looked down and my underwear was flooded with blood. I freaked out and immediately starting crying. I was crying #1 because I didn’t want a period and #2 because I was about to go to a waterpark with my aunt. I called my mom and told her and she ran to the store and got me pads. I know it’s not the best period story, but whatever. Hope you enjoyed!
I got it on Friday it lasted less then a day I’m only 12. You would think I’m young but I’m the last of my friends kinds wierd ya. Ok so I was at target yes target and I had really bad cramps so mum was like being really slow then I’m like can we go home then I’m like hurry up would you So she had a go at me so awkward then I desided to go sit down thinking it was proberly my period. Cause that morning there was brown thick thick kinds like goo in my pants I thought it was discharge as usual but I had never had coloured discharge so I went to have a shower so ya we wer at target and cramps so I say down bout half a hour later we went home I’m like mum my tummy hurts then she was like maybe you are growing up wierd how she knew what I ment. I went to the loo nothing but discharge then I had to pee so I did but then when I wiped there was blood yay 😁 great 😐 k but I was very very light I told mum and she got all excited it was really awkward. So then she went and got pads ive basically only used the liners it was that light but it hurt like hell at first the nxt day I had to go to my friends and by ten in the morning it stopped I thought it might come back but it didn’t it was Australia Day and we went to the pool I went swimming even though I was scared it might come back but it didn’t still hasn’t don’t think it will till nxt month so ya Im glad I got I now though cus I start high school not tomorrow the nxt day so ya that’s it bye
So I’m 15 and I got my first period last night. I was expecting it anytime now because I’m 15 for christsake. It was about 10 at night and I went to the bathroom because I really had to pee. I pulled my underwear down and freaked out a little because I saw this dried brownish stuff in my underwear. at first I though it was odd colored discharge, so I just finished up and went to my bedroom to change my underwear. I couldn’t help notice how it really looked like dried blood.. I had to be sure so I poured hydrogen peroxide on my underwear and sure enough it started bubbling so I knew it was blood. I’m still unsure how to tell my stepmother so if you have any ideas message me at boredom-or-apathy.tumblr.com
I got my period yesterday.I didnt really think i had got it because while i was wiping, I saw some redish stuff and I thought it was pee or some crap or something. So, just in case, i put a really thin pad on and went to bed. Thank god i did. If i hadnt, there probably would have been dried black shit all over my bed. And that stuff is freaking GROSS. So I still didnt want to believe it, but i went to school with a new pad on, but that didnt help much. Luckily, my school has pads in a container in the bathroom.
When i got home, I was so nervous about telling my mom, so i just said, I think i got my period and my mom was like, okay. WHich surprised me after i read some of the reactions on here.
I am pretty nervous, because i dont want blood or some of that black shit staining any of my stuff. or letting anyone see it.
So ya.
Ok so it was like . 2 am today . I had this brown stuff in my panties all day but I didn’t care Cuz sometimes I shit myself when I fart so I thought it was shit but then I went pee and whipped and had red on the paper so I went in my parents room and said “"mom”“ and started crying . She told me it was my period and gave me pads. So if you look like you shît yourself it’s ur first period .. Oh and if you have white discharge that happens six months before your period I didn’t tell anyone about my discharge and also cramps keep to yourself unless you wanna feel awkward .. Yeah. My mom told me to change the pad every 4 hours .. And always bring some to school with you . Also it’s not shit it your pants . But if it smells you have an infection .yeah we’ll I started on my laptop playing roblox warrior kittens me lake . Lol I thought it was shit -_- smh ..
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.
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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The first time I got my period I thought I pooped myself. Then my Mom gave me a hug and said “Welcome to womanhood sweetheart”.
- Lauren (sugarbutch)
My parents had just divorced, and there was a restraining order against my mom. I was barely 10, and didn’t really understand what was happening. I guess the stress brought it on early.
Anyway I went to the bathroom one day and noticed a weird brown sludge. I showed it to my dad and asked him what it was. He was totally uncomfortable, but told me that it was my period (because really, that’s all he knew/cared to know) and quickly scampered away to get the most uncomfortable no-name brand of pads that existed.
I feel like I was pretty oblivious due to adult discomfort and my mother’s absence. I was old enough to know in theory what a period was from rudimentary sex-ed, but only through strange abstract diagrams and allusions. There wasn’t any hostility, but there also wasn’t any help.
It was pretty uneventful, especially compared to everything else going on in my life at the time. I was always pretty independent, so I started buying decent menstrual products on my own pretty soon afterwards. (Now I use a mooncup - delightful! GO GET ONE.)
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It was the first of many, of course, but it was much unlike the rest.
I didn’t get The Talk beforehand or afterwards, but I was excited for it to come.
I had my own stash of tampons (to the chagrin of my mother - probably because she came of age when TSS was still a reality) and I was absolutely, completely ready.
When it came, it was quiet and warm and tame and docile. There weren’t any surges of heavy flow or intense emotion or searing pain or anxiety or weird dreams or huge waves of libido crashing over me just beforehand.
It was brownish-red, copper like a shiny new penny, and I welcomed it like a new friend. I felt lucky, blessed, relieved.
My period ended three days later.
I missed it.
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I am fourteen years old, and have always been overwhelmingly well informed on sex, bodily functions and puberty, having grown up with a crass father, who shared his outrageously sexual sense of humor with me from a young age, a mother who disapproved greatly of such a young girl knowing so many adult things, whom I was desperate to displease, and six older cousins who took delight in teaching me everything their was about girly-bits, boy-bits, and the like.
I got my first period last October. I had just gotten home after a two hour drive, during which I had what I believed to be agonising stomach cramps and throbbing backache. I went to the toilet and found a small brown stain in my knickers. Despite my common sense and my profound knowledge of “what-vaginas-do”, it didn’t even occur to me that I had experienced my period.
I was, for two hours (before my mother corrected me) absolutely terrified and convinced I had bladder cancer.
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(TW:Menstruation, Blood, Slight Language)
Okay, so in middle school I was bullied a lot by this one crazy girl. She would pull on me, corner me, rip my sketchbooks, you know. I was 11 and it was December 14 in the seventh grade. Our school had two buildings at the time, the upper school (Middle, High) and lower school (Elementary) buildings. And during lunch this girl was especially ruthless. I remember she had dragged me to the swings and started pestering me about whether or not I was a lesbian because of my short hair. I was on the verge of tears when…
“I think I just wet myself…” I mumbled.
“What?!” She looked at me funny.
“BITCH I THINK I JUST PEED MY PANTS.” I yelled, (something I have never done before), and ran into the lower school building.
I went to check, and lo and behold, a sanguine oasis greeted me.
My period has become very heavy, and has given me anemia, so we aren’t exactly pals. But I’ll never forget the day it gave me the courage to yell at my middle school bully.
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I was twelve years old and it was the end of August. My little brother’s birthday, actually. We went swimming at a lake, stopped at a restaurant to eat after, and didn’t get home until it was really late. When I peeled off my bathing suit, I saw the brownish spot in the crotch and told my mom. She got me a pad and showed me how to use it.
I was really lucky. I already knew about menstruation from school and my mom and that first one was really light. But man, that first year at school was rough- the flow got super heavy and the cramps were awful. I didn’t know how to manage it yet at first and ruined a lot of pants and sweatshirts.
Although I did get pretty creative, one time during school I had bled through my jeans and I used duct tape to write messages on my butt to cover it up.
Oh, and my brother’s turning nineteen soon and still has no idea that his birthday is also the anniversary of my first period.
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I don’t remember the time of year, maybe it was mid-fall. I was in the 7th grade (so middle school in the US) and I had the flu. This was one of those flus where you had it so bad that thinking and breathing were almost impossibilities. I had a fever high enough to fry an egg on my head (as my mother put it).
In school I had just read “Little Women.” You know, the classic novel about a family full of sisters by Louisa May Alcott. So since I was home, and sick, my mother thought it would be good for me to watch the film. So I’m sitting on the beige leather couch, sicker than ever, watching the likes of Winona and Kirsten and Susan etc. and I pause the film so I can go to the bathroom.
I stand up and there’s a large red splotch on the couch and a matching one on the seat of my pants.
Having been prepared for my period to come for months, I quickly ran to the bathroom and dealt with the necessities. I am so thankful that my mother was with me that day or else I may have panicked (being sick). When all was cleaned up we sat back down to finish the film, laughed at the irony of the situation and all was well.
But there’s more… the real kicker. The next day my grandmother was to come over and take care of me. She walked in the door. Took one look at me and said, “Well, now we know you can have children.”
I find my story a bit lighthearted and I’ve heard of and read some pretty awful first times. At the age of twelve, I wasn’t thinking of having children, and I hope that as time progresses the next generation of women will have an easier batch of first times.
That’s all.
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I got my first period when I was 17. I was the last person I knew and I wanted it so badly. So, when I was 16 I started faking that I had my period. I would ask friends to borrow tampons and then put it back in their purses later.
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