i was 8 just going on 9 i tried to pretend it never happened having to sit out of swimming atthat age was horrendous my mum refused to let me use tampax at that age which i understand

I was in the 6th grade and kinda knew becuz my cousins would talk about! I didn't tell my mom until the 2nd time..had to use those stupid belts! then thank goodness for New Freedom!! of course my mom was skeptical about them but I begged and begged and finally got them!!!! but she told me that men would notice when I was on my period..what the heck?! so I would stay away from the men as much as I could! I still don't know what she said that cuz it really freaked me out knowing that men knew I was on my period! hey I was very sheltered!

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i was sixteen.almost 17.i was on steroids at the time and so when i told my mom she called my doctor up and all my sisters and aunts to tell them i was going to be o.k (doctors we're worried as steroids can stunt growth and thus puberty) i was so embarassed at my next doctor appointment as all the nurses on that floor came rushing over to give me hugs and gush about me being a women now, for petes sake:) oh, when it happened i cried for like two hours, i did NOT want a nasty period. weird, come to think of it it may have been tremendous relief too:)ha ha

I was in 6th grade and spending the weekend with my dad...I freaked out for a minute because I didn't know how to tell my dad! I remembered what my aunt taught me though and kinda made a makeshift pad and told my dad I didn't feel good and wanted to go home.....My freakin mom cried and was all mushy about it...that was embarrasing!!

I was 12. I didn't freak, I was actually kinda pleased. I have two older sisters who had already gotten theirs and liked to behave terribly towards me during their cycles because they knew they wouldn't get in trouble. I remember thinking 'Yes! Time for payback!' LOL

I was only 8 1/2 years old when I got my first period. A few months prior, I'd gone through being raped and also had surgery due to a chronic medical condition I've had since birth. I totally freaked out! I was taking my school clothes off to take a shower and change into my swim suit so I could go to my swimming lessons. My grandma looked at my jumper and it had blood all over it. She went to my mom and said, "Do you think...?" My mom came into the bathroom and showed me how to put a pad on. I was uncomfortable with it and wanted to go to my swim class. At 8 years old, my mother had to teach me how to put a tampon in... :(

I'm 33 now and have never had a period in my life :0)
I know some thnk I'm the luckiest person ever but then I just remind them that thay can have kids where I can't.
But I have to say, I tend to think I'm pretty lucky too - no horrible mess ever month to put up with and no horrible kids to put up with either :0)

i was about 10 i think and i was at school my mom never told me anythign about it ......
i was afriad that if i told my mom that she would be mad at me for getting red stuff all over my
pantyies i finnaly got home at 8 oclock and went strate to the bathroom and my sister who was i think 8 at the time came in a saw it and i begged her not to tell mom but she went out and told her that there was somethign wrong with so my mom came in and asked what was wrong and i was like there is red stuff on my underwear ...... and ofcourse she laugh and handed me a pad ......
after i stoped bleeding i thought that i was suppost to where them all the time cuase she didn't tell em taht after i stopped bleeding that i didn't have to where a pad ......

I was 19, a bit of a late bloomer I spose but I thought it was awesome not having it. Yea, I never have cramps, or discomfort. I think I would have waited abit longer even but I went riding horses and I think thats what started it. I got it two days later so idk.

I was 12... I am dreading my oldest's first period...she is fully developed.. hair boobies and 5 ft tall but she is only 8!!!

i was 9 almost 10 when i started but being raped i think that's why i started so early i hate it cramps bloating and for what because i cant have kids because of my meds that i'm on i hate it

I guess due to the sexual abuse by mails and females and due to the sexual openness of my family, that's probably why I knew about periods beforehand. I was at my great-grandma's house and I was sitting in the bathroom thinking about the small spot of blood on my panties and whether it was good or not and what to do about it. I was in fourth grade, so I was about... I'd say 10. I had always had stomach problems and I was there alone with my grandma. She came to the door and asked me softly if I was okay. I felt like crying but couldn't and I told her that I had blood in my underwear. She came in and looked and told me that I'd started my period. She told me what it meant and all of the things that come with it and how to put a pad on, not knowing I knew most of what she was telling me. She brought me a pad and comforted me, then stepped out so I could put the pad on. Then, noticing I was upset when I left the bathroom, she took me to get Frosty from Wendy's to cheer me up. She was always doing things like that. I love my grandma. I wish she will never die.

I was 12 years old when I had my first period. My mom had told me about it but it still was a little freaky at first. I had a pamphlet from the 5th grade that talked about menstruation and all that too.

I was 10yrs old. It started while on a hunting trip with my dad and five brothers (no babysitter for me and noone wanted to watch a "little" kid). Needless to say it sort of ruined the whole following my brothers around thing cause of cramps. lol.

I was 9. I freaked out because I didn't know what had happened. I was not told about this type of change and was scared to tell anyone but did when I told my mother, she didn't say anything other than "here put this on." She wanted to avoid the whole subject.