Becoming a Woman - Your first period?

Plastic pants ?!! labradorlinda33 I don’t remember those. Were they like those horrid crunchy/crinkly ones babies used to wear over terry nappies. They sound ‘orrible

Hello everyone, I woke up one morning when I was only 9, nearly 10, to find all this blood!! My mum was devastated...she had no idea my body was changing so was horrified. I remember the plastic pants to wear over my knickers...?
It was a horrible time at school because as I was 'well developed'...
Mum went to tell my teacher and apparently I wasn't the only one...

11 finished at 35 ( hysterectomy)

First at 13....last at 53
My DD was 15

Sorry Ragtime but that’s their problem!

Some people have strange imaginations. If you don’t like the thread find another one.

Ragtime

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

Well, it certainly attracted you, didn’t it. Are you a regular poster by the way? #just asking

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

snowberryZ

Not forgetting that foodbanks also desperately need hygiene products

Yes Snowberry!

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.

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.

Not forgetting that foodbanks also desperately need hygiene products

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.

BlueSky

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

Yes!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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"!!

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

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.

No it's not

Yes it's odd

Why is it odd?

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