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First Period Experience
Where were you when your first period started? How old were you? Did you talk to your mom, friends? What was your initial reaction? Retrospectively, could it have been different or more positive experience, and, if so, how?

Well prepared, but circumstances could not have been worse!

Posted by: LovingWife on Sat Jan 19, 2008
My mom had many talks with me before I started my period and we had read books together about puberty--she had even let me try on a pad before, so I could be prepared! I was even looking forward to starting my period! In that way my mom was very encouraging. The day my period started, I was 11 years old and on vacation with my family. After I went to the bathroom, I "dripped" on the toilet seat and saw light blood! So I told my mom, who hugged me and gave me a pad. I was scared but felt very grown up! Unfortunately, the first night I leaked on the sheets of the bed I was sharing with my grandma, so I woke her up, extremely embarrassed, and she got me a pad (proceeding to tell my grandpa I had started my period, which I was horrified about!). Then when we left to fly home, our flight was canceled so we had to rent a car and drive home. Traveling is hard enough without being 11 years old and on your first period! I remember feeling so gross and going to the bathroom every couple of minutes to make sure I hadn't "leaked". I felt so out of control of my body and felt like I could tell something was constantly leaking out of me. Later I found out that my mom had told my aunt and her boyfriend that I started my period--another thing that really embarrassed me. At first I was pretty private about my period; I viewed it as something secretive because it was scary for me! Now my girlfriends and I (and our husbands sometimes too!) chat about our periods openly and I know it is not something to be ashamed of.

My experience was good because of the encouragement I had from my mom and family, but the circumstances couldn't have been any worse! Being on vacation, away from what's familiar, and having to travel when you are still learning the timing of changing your pad, all was difficult for me at such a young age. But alas, that's one thing you cannot help. My periods always start at inconvenient times. Your body will do what it wants to do! :)
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