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It was April Fools' Day and I was 13. I was at school and it felt wet down there and I didn’t think much of it. Fast forward to when I got home and used the bathroom. There was blood everywhere, so I went to tell my mom but she was at work!
My panicked self texted her saying, "I started my period and it’s not an April Fools’ Day joke!" When she got home, she came to my room and gave me a bag of my favorite candy and all the other stuff I needed!
I was 10 years old and I was at a summer camp called "The Hunger Games." It was fun and all but I had an annoying pain in my stomach and honestly I thought I just had to poop. But when I went to the bathroom, blood was in my underwear and I started panicking.
We were doing craft time in 5 minutes, so I wrapped toilet paper where the pad should be. I grabbed my phone from my backpack and ran off. I told my mom what happened and she said "look in your backpack and you will see a purple bag. There are pads in there. Put one on and welcome to womanhood!"
I got my first period a couple weeks after my 14th birthday. (Yes I know, I was a late bloomer.) It was my last week of 8th grade and it was on June 5th, 2019. Almost every girl I knew already had their period and I knew all about periods because of my friends, ( one of my friends even got her first period at my house). I was feeling very left out and embarrassed that I didn’t have my period yet. I even thought something was wrong with me and that i didn’t think I was ever gonna get my period and would never become a woman.
But little did I know that when I went to the bathroom before taking my dog on his evening walk, my dream would finally come true, that I would get my period. Coincidentally, I was watching period videos on tiktok before going to the bathroom because I had a feeling I was gonna start soon. I went to the bathroom and when I wiped, I noticed there was blood and then I looked down and there was blood on my underwear too. I immediately knew it was my period so I went to my mom and told her that there was blood in my underwear and I thought that I got my period. She gave me a pad and taught me how to wash out the stain. When I was washing out the stain, I was filled with so many emotions. I was scared, happy, excited, nervous and I felt like crying but overall it was a special moment in my life and I’m glad I have it even though it is annoying sometimes.
