Becoming a Woman - Your first period?

Ragtime

Well there are some who 'enjoy' talking about periods.....

What a strange comment.

Maybe if they they were spoken about more, the whole thing would become less of a taboo subject. A bit like menopause.
I would hate for the next generation of women to feel shame that we were made to feel.
When you think about it, roughly half the world's population at some poin, will or will have experienced periods.
It's a normal function of a healthy female body.

This business of 'We musnt talk about that is a very old fashioned attitude to have and doesn't belong in this day and age.

When did I say they shouldn't be talked about? Not a taboo subject in my house.

My dil tells me my granddaughter (13) has just started.
She stays over from time to time.
So I am going to have to start keeping supplies in I suppose..

It's what prompted me to start this thread.

Well some people like to read stuff like this for thrills. That is all.

Curlywhirly

I started a week after my 12th birthday and finished when I was 50 years old. I'm not sure weight had anything to do with when my periods started; I was skinny and about 7 stone when I started. I never had heavy periods, they only ever lasted 2 days, I counted myself as very lucky.

Interesting. I always thought weight started off puberty.
Maybe not!

Am I alone in thinking that asking this sort of question is a bit odd? I was never made to "feel shame" and I don't think girls today are either

Why is it odd?

Don't understand why people have to read too much into everything.
Boredom?

Yes it's odd

No it's not

Ragtime

Well some people like to read stuff like this for thrills. That is all.

Who do you think likes to read about periods for thrills? What a strange comment.

What IS strange perhaps is that in all this reminiscing (why?) nobody, least of all OP seems to have thought about the very serious issue of period poverty in Third World countries.
Yes, we’ve all seen the charity ad on the back of the loo door at motorway services haven’t we? But how many have done anything about it?
Access to menstrual products and safe, hygienic spaces in which to use them is essential for anyone who menstruates. So is the right to manage our periods without shame or stigma?
But around the world, millions can’t afford or don’t have access to the safe menstrual products they need. A lack of access to menstrual products means some people are forced to manage their periods in dangerous, unsanitary and ineffective ways.
And it’s not only the potential health risk – period poverty can also mean girls’ education, well-being, and sometimes entire lives are affected.
If in remembering your first reaction to starting your periods you think you might do something for the well-being of other girls and women you might like to click the link, or even better, donate.
www.actionaid.org.uk/changelives/rg/share-a-better-period?src=ppc&utm_content=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImPfr_dKa9wIV_4FQBh37Cwf3EAAYASAAEgKbpPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

snowberryZ

Why is it odd?

Don't understand why people have to read too much into everything.
Boredom?

It is odd that anyone should ask relative strangers such a personal question - what is next "when did you first have sex and become a woman"!!

MawtheMerrier
Thanks for pointing that out.
I'd forgotten about Period Poverty

I m as guilty as the next person for reading those motorway service station ads, feeling empathy but not doing anything about it.
Good idea putting a link. Will go on there later and see about donating.

I was 11. My periods stopped, eventually, when I was 59 1/2

Going off track a bit.
I wish there were an option on these charities sites to donate a one off payment.
I think people are sometimes put off by getting tied in to direct debits etc.

Well said Maw if we have to talk about periods, let’s do something useful like you suggest!

I remember a charity stopping me on the high Street last year.
I was ready to hand over a one off gift of £20 but they wanted me to sign up and donate so much per month, which I couldnt afford at the time.

BlueSky

Well said Maw if we have to talk about periods, let’s do something useful like you suggest!

Yes!

I agree snowberry. I refuse to go the regular direct debit route other than by choice. I have experience of being asked to increase a regular contribution so feel that the request for a small amount each month is often just to reel people in. I do give quite a lot of money to charity each month but on my chosen basis.

Not forgetting that foodbanks also desperately need hygiene products

First period at 12 no real pains just a bloody nuisance the same as breasts that appeared about age 9 but didn’t get a bra until age 12 I have to say that my breasts are still an ongoing irritation to me but the periods are long gone.

Germanshepherdsmum

I agree snowberry. I refuse to go the regular direct debit route other than by choice. I have experience of being asked to increase a regular contribution so feel that the request for a small amount each month is often just to reel people in. I do give quite a lot of money to charity each month but on my chosen basis.

Yes
I dislike getting tied into direct debit but will gladly donate a lump sum amount.

snowberryZ

Not forgetting that foodbanks also desperately need hygiene products

Yes Snowberry!

Oh dear if you don't believe there are likely weirdos who get off on this talk.......