My first period :-)

I got my first period when I was 11. I just got home from my volleyball game when went to the bathroom to shower. I took off my spandex and noticed a lot of blood in them. I knew alot more than I should have about sex and periods and that stuff, so I knew what was happening (my friends would always ask me questions about it and after a while started calling me mom because I explained it to them). I took a shower and blood started running down my legs. After the shower I found a pad in the cupboard and got dressed. I asked my friend how I should tell my mom and she said to just say “ I started my period”. I brought my dirty clothes upstairs and set my spandex and underwear on the dryer, my mom was sitting on the couch by herself so I asked her if she could spot my clothes then she said why I told her because I started my period. She asked me if I knew where the pads and tampons were and if I had made a kit for school. I made a school kit with pads, tampons, liners, and extra underwear.

After a while I noticed that my periods smelt like fish so I googled why I did, it said that when the blood meets air it smells but if you use tampons then it won’t. Ever since then i always use tampons (I only use pads when I am at my house)

I have bad cramps and I gain about 2-3 pounds when I’m on my period.
But I knew that I was going to start my period soon because I had seen blood on toilet paper before.