So I’m 13, and I wasn’t expecting to get my period yet as my whole family were very late bloomers. I was on holiday in Hawaii, and we (my parents and I, I’m an only child) rented a car so that we could drive around the island. We picked up breakfast at a McDonalds, and I went to the bathroom. I didn’t notice anything unusual, until I turned around and the toilet bowl was red! I just about jumped a mile in the air and I stood there staring for over a minute! Just as I was about to put loo paper in my undies, it ran out! I finished in the bathroom and headed out to where my parents were waiting. I was so embarrassed, and I didn’t want to tell my dad. As we were walking out I whispered to my mum that I needed to talk to her, and I told her I was bleeding. She thought I had constipation, but I told her my suspicion, and she agreed with me. We stopped at a drugstore in the next town and i stocked up, it was so embarrassing buying them though! We were in the car for eight hours, and I had bad cramps the whole time. It was one of the most uncomfortable days of my life!
Trouble in the tropics