I got inspired to write this after reading these posts on this Whisper App about when girls first got their periods. Ewww, right? I didn't know if I wanted to share about this because I don't know why menstruation just seems like such a taboo, disgusting thing to talk about but I am a woman and it's a natural part of life so there should be no shame in my game about. So, story time begins now... I got my period when I was 10 years old and heading into 5th grade year of Elementary. I was so mortified to wake up and find this bright red blood in my underwear. I lived with my dad at the time and I was so embarrassed that I didn't want to say anything to him. For 2 days, I just used toilet paper because I didn't have any pads and was a nervous wreck to say anything to anybody. I think I started around the 4th of July too because I remember there being a family function and I still hadn't said anything. Finally, I was at my mom's house, sleeping in my big sister's bed. She was commenting about the smell or something (periods do have a scent and it's not necessarily a pleasant one). I finally came clean and told her. She ran me a bath and asked me how I felt. My mom brought me these pads home and that was the beginning of my "womanhood" experience. School started and we had to let my teacher know so that I would be able to be excused to the bathroom often. I remember feeling like I thought everyone knew and being all "weird" every time it was that time of the month. I would carry my little purse around with my pads in it and try to act as if my uterus wasn't shedding its lining in my pants and I wasn't dying severely of cramps in my tummy. By the time I got to middle school, I felt so much more free because girls were more "woman" about it and asking each other for pads/tampons if they needed and it didn't feel like it needed to be some big secret anymore. It got better after that... definitely.
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Claudia
11/29/2016 04:42:40 am
Omg I started in 4th grade and felt everytime I was on it everyone knew lmao it was horrible i hated it. I never thought it would be that early lol but all the girls on my moms side started early too. Now having a period is awesome the sign of not being pregnant hahahhahhaha
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