Uhhh idk

So today I got it. I’m 12 btw, and a couple years ago I had this puberty class thing so I knew all about it. My mom had also given me some pads a little while ago, so I was prepared but I wasn’t really expecting to get it. This morning/around noon I went with my dad and bro to play tennis, but that was pretty much all I had to do today besides some chores around the house. Lucky me, at least I wasn’t at school or a party or something. (I was kind of hoping id get it this summer just so I wouldn’t have to deal with worrying about an accident at school) A while after I got back from tennis, I went to the bathroom and saw a patch of brown stuff, with a hint of red. I’ve had discharge before, and I know about spotting, so I wasn’t sure if it was my period or something else. I know pretty much what it is and how it works and what to do, I just didn’t know if I’d actually gotten it.

After that i changed underwear and figured out how to put a pad on. I spent basically the whole day looking on the Internet and trying to figure out if I got my period or not which is how I found this blog.

An hour after putting the pad on (I set a timer bc I really wanted to know) I checked again and there wasn’t any blood or brown stuff, just a faint hint of red/clear. That made me less sure if I got it but I decided to wait longer.

After dinner I checked one more time and a similar colored blob was in my underwear so I decided to tell my mom, even if it wasn’t.

I texted her and told her the whole story and everything she might want to know, with as little detail as possible, making sure she knew I didn’t know if it actually was my period. That way, I could phrase it like a question. I was wayy too scared and way too awkward to tell her in person, and I knew she would come talk to me but I tried to give her as little to talk about as possible.

She texted me that I probably got it, and then came to talk to me about how I was growing up and she was happy for me and blah blah blah. It was incredibly awkward and she talked about what she usually does, and how heavy the flow could be and cramps and everything and what I should do. She mentioned that now if i had sex I could get pregnant #extremelyawkward but I was relieved once it was over and glad I told her.

That was only like 10 minutes ago and I’m so glad it happened the way it did, I’ve read a few horrifying first period stories and mine was pretty much the best I could ask for. Even if it was a day of stressing out over nothing and a reallyyyy awkward talk with my mom, I’m glad the anticipation is over.

The funny thing is yesterday I was with my friend, and I btw I have basically two groups of friends, even if some of them know each other. The first is from school and we would never talk about stuff like this but the second is a group of girls a little older than me (im the youngest and the oldest is 15) anyways she was telling me how she and everyone else in that group had already gotten it, and i told her nope I still haven’t. But now I have bahaha.

Tbh I don’t really know what to expect for the next few days of my period, hopefully there won’t be tooooooo much blood.

WOW I wrote a lot. Sorry for wasting your time if anyone’s reading this lol. I was just kinda getting it off my chest since I’m not telling my mom details and my friends would be like tmi.

So far, my first periods been okay I guess.