The Lifesaver tw:menstruation
(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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9:00 pm • 2 August 2011 • 1 note
[TW: Menstruation.]
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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7:41 pm • 2 August 2011 • 3 notes
celebrationofmenstruation:
[tw:menstruation,blood]This is a part of my final in my Modern art history class. People shouldn’t be ashamed of the fact that they bleed.
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5:31 pm • 2 August 2011 • 217 notes
starbellygirl:
wjy do i recognize emma’s menses
Emma from Degrassi’s first period.
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1:54 pm • 2 August 2011 • 95 notes
[TWmenstruation]: The truest Little Woman
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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1:52 pm • 2 August 2011 • 1 note
TW Periods
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.
submitted by: friendlyneighborhoodcurmudgeon
1:50 pm • 2 August 2011 • 1 note
TW: Blood, menstruation, awkwardness!
I was twelve at the time. I remember it being a Saturday. I went to the toilet in the morning and saw brown stains in my knickers. Of course, I had been an avid reader of teen girl magazines since the age of 9, so I knew a lot more about puberty and menstruation than any biology lesson has ever taught me. It never even crossed my mind that period blood would dry and be brown, when I started.
So I changed my knickers in the morning and went to see tutor, as I always did on a Saturday morning. When I returned home, there were more brown stains with a hint of red! For a few seconds, I was confused and assumed that I had somehow managed to injure myself in the groin area. Then I realised that it might actually be my period. My mum kept pads in the bathroom, so I attempted to put one on. Only, as much as I knew about the facts of menstruation, I had never actually learned how to put a pad on! So instead of laying it down lengthways, I put it across my pants. After doing this, I told my sister, who was two years younger than me, what had happened. She was a little mystified because it was obviously something that she didn’t have much experience of!
I remember telling my mum later that day, as we were walking in a shopping centre. I didn’t know how to break it to her, because it seemed like such a huge deal, so I kind of held her arm and said “muuuuuum, I need to tell you something.” I didn’t know what response to expect from her, but what I least expected was her the incredibly matter-of-fact response that I did get. She also said that my dad, of all people, had said to her the day before that I was looking a little pale and perhaps I was starting my period soon. My dad sensed that I was starting my period before my mum did!
After going through all the basics, my mum then proceeded to tell my dad and all of my female relatives that I had started my period. I went to my aunt’s house, the next day, and sat through stories of when my mother, my aunt and my cousin had all started their periods. My mum also rued the fact that I had started at 12. She had apparently started at 14 and regretted the fact that I would have to go through the regular pains every month, so soon.
Luckily, my periods are something that I’ve generally been fine with. I just wish that other issues relating to my vagina were so easy to discuss with my mum! Only recently, she felt the contraceptive rod in my arm and I had to fabricate an awful lie about what it was. I guess it’s her old-fashioned opinions which are to blame for why I had to lie about that, rather than my responsible attitude towards babies!
submitted by: thepowerofzealots
12:35 pm • 2 August 2011
tw:menstruation
It was August, the summer before 7th grade. I was staying at my great grandmas house while my mom was at work. All day my stomach had been hurting and I only had one thought, OH GOD MY APPENDIX. All day I curled up watching tv thinking I was going to die. Eventually I went to the bathroom, and there it was. Blood. I couldn’t have been more horrified. I felt like my childhood was over so I layed on the bathroom floor crying. Between sobs I made the embarassing call to my mom at work who drove right over to deliver reinforcements. For years I hated my period and felt like a gross person, but just recently something has changed. Periods are a beautiful thing, life creating beauty from the earth. It wasn’t the end of my childhood, just the beginning of my life as a child, who bleeds every month. :)
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12:25 pm • 2 August 2011
Thoughts I Have: Why I love my Diva Cup tw:menstruation
friendlyneighborhoodcurmudgeon:
What is a Diva Cup? It is a small silicone cup that you can insert into your vagina to catch menstruation blood. It is reusable and easily cleaned. So basically it’s like a tampon but so much better. It does take some getting used to (like a tampon does) and if you put it in incorrectly it can be…
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11:54 am • 2 August 2011 • 19 notes