Sarah J • Canada • 16
I was a late bloomer in every single aspect of life. I kind of expected that my period would come later since my mom had told me she got hers quite late. It was like a month after I turned 16 and I had literally started to think that my period was never going to come and that I would just be a woman without a period.
At this point, I knew a lot about periods because I was so eager to get it that I researched about it A LOT. I was just lying in bed and felt something in my underwear which felt similar to discharge so I didn’t think anything of it. I went to the bathroom and wiped and on the toilet paper was something brown/red mixed with my discharge and I realized I had started my period.
Even though I was super excited before I got it, I got super nervous and didn’t know what to do so I just put on a pantyliner and told my mom. I only got my first period for like 2 days so I thought there was something wrong with me. But don’t worry, it was all good!
