K G • USA • 13
One fateful day, 10 year old me went to bed and slept as usual. A few hours later, I was woken up by a wet sensation and my first thought was that I had peed myself. After seeing that I was sitting on a giant red spot, I knew it wasn't pee.
I heard about periods before and I suspected this was my period but I wasn't for sure and I didn't want to tell my mom. So I went to Google for answers. All the results were not relevant to me so I concluded that this was my period.
I was extremely embarrassed so I did not tell my mom. Ultimately, she still found out when she used my bathroom and found blood on the toilet paper. All she did was reassure me there was nothing to worry about and handed me some pads.
There was still some curiosity inside me, so again, I resorted to Google. Google told me about menstrual cycles and that I was now a woman capable of getting pregnant and that the blood was actually the lining of my uterus.
After about 6 days, I stopped bleeding and breathed out a sigh of relief. But deep down, I knew this was not over yet and this would happen about every month from now on for about 40 years.
