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”.