So my first period is actually today. I haven’t told my Mom yet and am nervous to tell her. My period blood was a sort of purply maroon color and I stole one of my Mom’s pads. The first thing I did after that was go online and then (apparently) post this. I was kind of expecting my period so I’m pretty calm about it. After all I AM 15. I also quit gymnastics (you know, 20 hours a week) less than four weeks ago. I pretty much knew that the cut back on physical activity would lead to me having a period.