I got mine when I was 10. It was 3 weeks before my 11th birthday. I was so embarrassed and didn't tell my mom for hours. How did she handle it while she was at her dad's?
I was 11. The summer before 6th grade. I wasn't allowed to get my ears pierced until I got my period so I was excited to go to the mall that weekend and finally get earrings. My boobs were pretty big in middle school though and I used to hunch so people wouldn't notice them. I'm sorry she was at her dad's when it happened.
Same here, except I was 12. It was so light I didn't put two and two together. The way my mom had explained it, I thought it was supposed to be a bloody mess.
I was in 5th grade so whatever age that was. It was very inconsistent though.it stopped for a whole summer. My mom said it went on vacation. Not complaining. Pre period my mom used to make me practice wearing pads. I hated that.
I was 11 but I knew what was up because I was a little nerdy researcher. However, I was too embarrassed to tell my mom and ended up hiding all my ruined underwear in a plastic bag in my closet. I had a paper route and when I was delivering papers I noticed all the houses had these maxipad samples inside promotional pamphlets and I stole them all from the whole block! ahahaha.
I was 11 but I knew what was up because I was a little nerdy researcher. However, I was too embarrassed to tell my mom and ended up hiding all my ruined underwear in a plastic bag in my closet. I had a paper route and when I was delivering papers I noticed all the houses had these maxipad samples inside promotional pamphlets and I stole them all from the whole block! ahahaha.
Love it!
I don't remember when mine started...12 maybe?
When my mom's started she woke up her dad (a doctor) to tell him she was bleeding bc she didn't know about her period really (her mom had issues). He told her she probably wiped too hard
I started mine when I was 10 and had no idea what it was.
My Mom had just told me if I started bleeding down there one day to come get her. Well, getting ready for school, I felt a gush like I had peed my pants so I ran to the bathroom and there was blood everywhere. It seriously all came out in one gush and went through my underwear, pants and the chair I had been sitting on. I yelled for my Mom and she didn't even have any pads in the house so my brother had to walk to the neighbour's house. She told me I was a woman and I cried.
I hardly remember getting mine. I'm pretty sure I was around 14 or 15, so I was a little on the late side. I remember my friend getting hers in 6th grade more than I remember anything about myself, which is weird.
I was 14. After watching the movie "My Girl," I was convinced that it was coming when I was 11. So for 3 years, every single time I went to the bathroom, I had a mini panic attack that "this was it." It happened at 3am and I was like "it's just a cut! It's just a cut!"
Post by lauranicole91 on Apr 9, 2013 21:40:01 GMT -5
I was 11 or 12? It was the very beginning of 6th grade. I knew what it was. I came after school one day. My parents weren't home but I knew where my mom kept her pads so I just stuck one on and told her when she got home.
I ruined a lot of clothes before I figured out proper pad placement though. Ugh. My mom never liked tampons herself so it took a couple years before my older cousin introduced them and I never looked back. I hate pads.
Aww poor girl. Ten seems young but I think it's normal. I got mine at 14 but all my friends had theirs around 11-13. I also didn't tell my mom.... For like 6 months! I rode my bike up to Rite Aid and would buy pads and tampons with my own money. How funny is that? She only found out because my sister came out and said, "Juliet you can't flush plastic applicators down the toilet!" And my mom was all "What?!!" I don't know why I didn't tell her...my parents had just gotten divorced and I wasn't really feeling close to her then but I also think I just didn't want the attention about it. It really sucked though cause when I had my first real one, like more heavy, I got it when I went on a trip with my Dad and brother to Las Vegas and was gone a whole week. But I had prepared myself for the trip with pads and panty liners... Haha I crack myself up.
Post by wildcatprincess on Apr 9, 2013 22:03:19 GMT -5
I was 10, I can't imagine not knowing what was happening! I think my mom told me about menstruation when I was 5 lol, plus we had a basic sex ed in 5th grade.
Wow that's young but at least you were prepared. My mom did tell me that 10 was the age she had the "talk" with us girl. I don't remember it though. Then again I didn't get my period until I was 14.
I was 10 and hadn't really had the chance to have that talk with my mom yet, she was surprised I was so young! Thanks to movies, I knew I wasn't dying.