My first menstruation started when i was ten years old. I was scared at first because I thought I was dying or having a horrible illness. Then my mom gave me pads, telling me that I'm having period. So ladies, tell me about your story.
Girls, your first menstruation (Girl thread)
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lilmutegirl
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Mine was shortly before my 12 birthday. I actually was concerned because all my friends started before me. I guess I was a late bloomer. It happened overnight, so I woke up and dealt with it. When I got home from school, I told my mom and told her not to get all mushy, because I don't handle that well.
Lea
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It started so about a week after my 15th birthday. I was very ashamed of it so I was attempting hard to hide all evidence of it. I can´t understand now why I was so ashamed..
I wanted to ask another question about it. How many days lasts your period? Mine 2 days, I thought it was normal until my gynaecologist wondered. My mother said then that it was normal for her one week o.o.
I wanted to ask another question about it. How many days lasts your period? Mine 2 days, I thought it was normal until my gynaecologist wondered. My mother said then that it was normal for her one week o.o.
this_portrait
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It was a few months after I turned 12. Luckily, my mother had already talked to me about it, so when I saw blood, I didn't freak out much or think I was dying. I didn't want to start it, though, so I was still a little upset.
Phoenixx
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Mine started about a month after my 11th birthday. My mom already talked to me about it before though, but I still got upset over it for some reason. I guess it scared me, I don't know. I didn't feel like I was dying though. My first one lasted 2 weeks. God that was awful.
@ Lea: Mine varies a ton because I'm so irregular. Sometimes it's 5 days, sometimes it's 10+. Usually though it's a week. Have you gotten checked out at all about why your periods are so short?
@ Lea: Mine varies a ton because I'm so irregular. Sometimes it's 5 days, sometimes it's 10+. Usually though it's a week. Have you gotten checked out at all about why your periods are so short?
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I think I was about 11 or 12 when I started. I was absolutely terrified. I knew what it meant, though, and I told my mom. She was so proud and emotional. I don't think I'll ever understand why. To me, it's just the beginning of years and years and years and years of awfulness. 
I started having really heavy periods in high school and my first experience with tampons was, looking back, absolutely hi-lar-ious. So naive and so, so stupid. Mine have actually settled down though. They usually last about 5 days, give or take a day. I did have a really weird spell where I didn't have a period for 8 months. Aunt Flow stopped visiting the month I was made a manager at my old job and came back the month I quit my job. At the time, I was too scared to go to the doctor, so I'll never get a real explanation, but everything is back to normal now. Can you be soooooo stressed out that you don't have a period?
I started having really heavy periods in high school and my first experience with tampons was, looking back, absolutely hi-lar-ious. So naive and so, so stupid. Mine have actually settled down though. They usually last about 5 days, give or take a day. I did have a really weird spell where I didn't have a period for 8 months. Aunt Flow stopped visiting the month I was made a manager at my old job and came back the month I quit my job. At the time, I was too scared to go to the doctor, so I'll never get a real explanation, but everything is back to normal now. Can you be soooooo stressed out that you don't have a period?
Lea
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@Superfluouslyme: I didn´t have ANY periods for about 10 years, like 23-33? I think it was because I was underweight, maybe because of a lot of physical activity.. I had a lot of stress and anxiety too of course, but that´s what I have always so I can see it doesn´t influence the periods.
@Phoenixx: I have no idea why they are so short, maybe it is very individual and can be normal for some? When I had the amenorrhea for years they found that one ovary is underdeveloped or something, also suggested that I take some hormonal supplements, which I didn´t take. In fact I didn´t give a crap about my period absence, was rather pleased about it.
@Phoenixx: I have no idea why they are so short, maybe it is very individual and can be normal for some? When I had the amenorrhea for years they found that one ovary is underdeveloped or something, also suggested that I take some hormonal supplements, which I didn´t take. In fact I didn´t give a crap about my period absence, was rather pleased about it.
Phoenixx
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^I did have a really weird spell where I didn't have a period for 8 months.
The longest I've gone without one was 3 1/2 months. It's happened more than once though. Just this fall it happened again. I had horrible, sharp cramps, but no period. Never did go to a doctor for it either. My period eventually came and the sharp pain went away. I have a feeling it was just a small cyst. Plus, I was really stressed with college during this time as well, so I believe that just delayed mine even more.^ Oh I see. I imagine it would be normal for some too that have no health problems or development issues. Every woman is different. I used to have a friend who's period only lasted 4 days and she only used those thin pads, not even regulars. Must be nice!
I know I certainly don't complain when mine doesn't come for 3 months.
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MollyBeGood
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Yay girls got a thread
men have Menses too Men-ses LoL
ok...anyone want to have a PMS pity party with me? I am feeling so yuck:
:like jaba the hut with an tude.
Aletheia
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Menarch for me was a couple of weeks after my 13th birthday, and I was starting to worry since all of the girls in my class had had theirs so much earlier. Too skinny possibly.
Thankfully I knew what was happening so I didn't freak out. I can't imagine not preparing your daughter for it; what terrible parenting. Give her a book if you can't face having The Talk. (We were taught about it at school as well.)
A lot of cultures celebrate menarch as a passage into womanhood. Wish ours did, it might help us feel less weird about menstruation.
I'm really irregular by nature, so it varied from six weeks to over three months, and lasted five to seven days. Now it's four weeks and two to three days. Yay contraceptive pill!
I've never been able to detect any PMSing but the cramping can make me grumpy if it's bad.
Menarch for me was a couple of weeks after my 13th birthday, and I was starting to worry since all of the girls in my class had had theirs so much earlier. Too skinny possibly.
Thankfully I knew what was happening so I didn't freak out. I can't imagine not preparing your daughter for it; what terrible parenting. Give her a book if you can't face having The Talk. (We were taught about it at school as well.)
A lot of cultures celebrate menarch as a passage into womanhood. Wish ours did, it might help us feel less weird about menstruation.
I'm really irregular by nature, so it varied from six weeks to over three months, and lasted five to seven days. Now it's four weeks and two to three days. Yay contraceptive pill!
I've never been able to detect any PMSing but the cramping can make me grumpy if it's bad.
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MollyBeGood
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Flowers-Of-Bloom
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I was 11 and thankfully it was a day that I skipped school (school excursion - I didn't want to go). My mother wasn't home so I had to tell my Dad, who immediately called my mother because he wasn't sure what to do. I don't recall feeling ashamed because I was just a kid and it was sort of all a shock to me. My mother had spoken about it briefly beforehand, but I didn't know it would turn out to be such a pain in the ass... or rather, uterus. I felt depressed when I found out that I would have to deal with this every month for another 35 years. And I don't even want kids! I've considered such things as going on birth-control pills and even going so far as thinking about getting an Oophorectomy due to my shame and discomfort (though the pills seem a much better option, I might add). My symptoms are bad sometimes, but the worst is my shame. Like I'm ashamed of the female reproductive system and afraid of being a woman, especially a mother. I'm not sure if I'm entirely comfortable with my sex, but then don't really want to be a man either.
Uh... anyway, that's enough rambling for today. >_> (Well, I have no one else I can talk to about it).
Uh... anyway, that's enough rambling for today. >_> (Well, I have no one else I can talk to about it).
Come on! I'm just wondering! Some girls do have funny reactions on their first period.
I know this is a pretty common thing, but does anyone else turn into a "bitch troll from hell" around that special time? I am a sarcastic person by nature, but when that week comes, I turn into a crazy, crazy person that I don't recognize. I am so uptight and mean! I'm glad I don't have to deal with me.
Remus - your avatar makes me feel like I'm being watched.
I am a sarcastic person by nature, but when that week comes, I turn into a crazy, crazy person that I don't recognize. I am so uptight and mean! I'm glad I don't have to deal with me.Remus - your avatar makes me feel like I'm being watched.
Insanewoman389
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I don't really remember how old I was, maybe 11-13? Not sure but I was at home and watching Look who's talking too and during the scene where they show the sperm moving around I had to go to the bathroom and I saw that I was bleeding XD. I don't think I freaked out at least not too badly and my mom just told me it was my period and to use a pad.
MsBuzzkillington
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I got my first one on my 13th birthday and my mom and I were at the airport coming home from Florida. I was SO embarrassed I didn't say anything, that was a really awful plane ride home. I am not sure why I was so embarrassed, I also hid it from my best friend for a few months.
I think a long time ago mine were 5-7 days on average. Then because I was dieting I didn't get mine for a year and when it came back they only lasted about 2-3 days. I haven't gotten one in about 4-5 months now though. :/ but also
I have to say I think it is really sad that so many of you were scared because you didn't know what was happening when you got it. I guess I was lucky that mom talked to me about that kind of stuff and I had a place where I could learn about it before it happened. That must have been a really scary time. I am also kind of shocked at how many of you were 11-13 when you got yours and you were one of the last out of your friends. That seems like a really young age to start!
I think a long time ago mine were 5-7 days on average. Then because I was dieting I didn't get mine for a year and when it came back they only lasted about 2-3 days. I haven't gotten one in about 4-5 months now though. :/ but also
I have to say I think it is really sad that so many of you were scared because you didn't know what was happening when you got it. I guess I was lucky that mom talked to me about that kind of stuff and I had a place where I could learn about it before it happened. That must have been a really scary time. I am also kind of shocked at how many of you were 11-13 when you got yours and you were one of the last out of your friends. That seems like a really young age to start!