A nice, warm, soothing shower is the only thing that seems to help me if my cramps get that bad. Fortunately, I haven't had too many of them lately.

I got mine when I was 14. I was in school and my best friend had an emergency pad in her locker in case she or I started our periods. She was waiting for me outside the stall door and I said hey Ericka , psst, and she put her ear near the crack in the door and I said is anyone listening and she said no and I said can you get me your pad I just started my period! and she put her hand over her mouth and was like :O and got all excited for me. then the rest of the day went normal. i told my mom and she got all mystified and said "now you're able to have babies....." and got all sentimental about me growing up. I told my dad and he said "uh huh that's nice dear keep it up." and my brother made this annoying face like it was bad to talk about your period and he felt so awkward..

also note that I didn't drink much milk at all unless it was in a milkshake or something.. but usually I stayed far away from milk cause I hate how it tastes by itsself x)

Bella :D yay I know I was reading all these and I wondered if I was alone too, lol. Thats cool about your mom's reaction. Some of my friends moms got all weird about it!

I was thirteen when I had my first. I was lucky in a way, Mom had me prepare for it.

It seemed odd to me, because in other ways I had developed early. ::shrugs:: Who knows?

i had mine when i was 11 in the sixth grade, right around Christmas, WORST. CHRISTMAS. GIFT. EVER. D: yea.. i went to the bathroom and realised it like right away so i was calling mom (the annoying way "moooooommmmm!" XD) and she was talking on the phone so she didnt come upstairs and when she finally did come up she threw a roll of toilet paper at me and i said "no, I AM ON MY PERIOD >:(" not realising she was still on the phone ._.

It's wierd how some parents have no idea what to do and others are blabbing into the phone and text-messaging to all the people they ever knew and tells them about it. Like my dad, for instance. There were no more tampons and my brother was driving the car, and only my dad was home because my mom was doing that being a boss thing at work (which is really anoyying because at home she acts like it's her workplace). So I called my buddy to pick me up, but I dialed the wrong number and I actually called my dad and he knew about the missing tampons AND pads thing and he was twitching as we were buying them.

I remember when I started mine for the first time. I thought I was dying...
I always laugh when I think back to it, lol.

I got mine for the first time when I was about 12. It was really light and I didn't realize it... my mother did. I was sitting on the railing of our front porch in the summer, eating yogurt (It's weird that I even remember what flavor it is) and my mom noticed a spot on my shorts. I was really embarrassed.

Now I'm older and have poly-cystic ovarian syndrome so my periods can be really strange if I go off birth control... and they're sometimes strange even on BC.
>.<

I've had my period already I started it when I was about 9 or 10 I'm not really sure and it wasn't really embarrasing I was lucky because I was wearing black pants and my school uniform was black at first sight when seeing it I though I had poo'ed on myself but my period is pretty screwed up I missed it a couple of times and sometimes even had it for a day extra.

I really hate it when you think a period is over, but it's not. Sometimes, my periods get irregular, but the doctor just says it's because I'm too skinny for my height and age. (trust me, I look like a walking stick in designer clothing.) Okay, so one day, I thought my period was over, so I got really happy. When I got to school at I think in Math, I started bleeding, but thank god I was wearing black skinny jeans.

I was 11 when I got my first period, and I got it while I was camping! I had nothing but toilet paper to stop it from staining! Thankfully, my mom came with reserves. I was so excited about it then, but now it just sucks. Goodness, that was 10 years ago already! How crazy is that.

I was 13 when I started mine. OxO I was lucky enough not to start mine in public but I was in bed, sleeping. When I woke up I started freaking out because there was blood everywhere. I ended up cleaning everything up, changed my blankets and such but my mom questioned me. Why I had been washing my sheets and blankets. I tried to keep it from her but, it's kinda hard to hide it when your grey PJs are stained because I had no idea to get out such things. It was still a horrible experience for me. Every time I had it, I kept it from my mom. Instead I just took my sister's panty liners and pads for the longest time until I started using tampons, which I think are heaven sent. I never really got cramps or anything buy my upper back would feel like it was about to catch flame and I got a few pains in my lower back from time to time. I rarely ever get cramps, I only recall it once and I thought I was about to die. My mother was showing no sympathy, trying to make me pack to move. Had to get some Midol. And I get super mean as well.

Yes i started mine on my 12 birthday exactly, XD it was really embarresing for me cause i had just woken up and i was wearing a large shirt and no pants (just inderwear) and i sat down at my table and when i got up there was a huge blood puddle, and worst of all, my dad was right there ( im not very open with my dad, he makes fun of me cause of my large chest) so it was really embarresing for me,i almost fainted from seeing the blood too.

I started mine 7 years ago, it is really embarrassing, until you get caught in a public situation with something that leaks o_O Then it can be pretty embarrassing (luckily it doesn't happen often). Mine causes me to have violent cramps and I almost died once because it made me vomit once every ten minutes for 7 hours (during that time my mother tried to convince me to go to the ER and I told her I would rather dying at home, then die in the hospital waiting room. And I was serious o.O I ended up passing out from fatigue and that apparently fixed the problem (go figure)) Other than that it isn't much of a bother. I don't hate my period, I know it is a natural part of life and I respect it.
Edit: I make my boyfriend go buy me pads XD He is getting used to it. I hope we get to have a daughter, it would be so cute.

i feel ur pain. when i was 13 i started mine during gym class. i grew up with just my dad an he hadnt had the talk with be so i thought i was dieing. i didnt evn know how to tell my MALE teacher wat was wrong. the nurse told me. it sucked. royallly

Wow, people have some interesting stories. From what I can recall, I believe I started mine when I was in the 7th or 8th grade... Somewhere around there. IAt the time, I already knew what a period was because I had Sex Ed in the 4th grade (yeah I know, weird...) and I also had a friend who already started her period when I first met her, which was around my 5th grade year I believe. Well, I remember feeling something leaking in that area and I went to check it out... Turns out I started. Irritated and hurting, I went to go tell my mom and she just kinda looked at me for a moment before telling me that I was too young but go jump down the stairs. Yeah, jump down the stairs... Apparently it was suppose to hep with the pain so I did it a few times. It didn't and my dad came home and gave me some funny looks...

Gotta love those Filipino home remedies.

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