Isabella E • Germany • 32
I was 13 years young, when I got my period over night and was shocked and crying about the amount of blood. We had no period products at the house because my mother was already in menopause. If I would have seen the sign of brown discharge as what it was, I would have been able to prepare myself. But I only knew of red period blood.
When I saw brown discharge in my underwear, I thought I had a bladder issue from sitting on cold ground in the early spring. And I was too embarrassed to tell my mother and just hoped the brown discharge would go away.
Why don’t they teach us in school about these things? It’s just sad, and I want to spare other girls that kind of situation.
