Period Talk!

[Alienfish]

Got mine when I was 12 I think and had pretty bad cramps later on in life, going to BC peeps in August though thank goodness, they are becoming a bit too much lately with the cramps so I need something (plus for other stuff obviously) so I hope they can help :>

About if I would get weight issues, that would be interesting since I've been very thin most of my life (only about 170 cm in height) so ye and I think I'm only around 50-55 kg as of now...

 

[visibleghost]

oo i missed a cool thread .,

anyways i got my period a few weeks before my 12th birthday i think..? it was really horrible and i was scared and embarrassed, i didn't tell anyone but my mom saw my bloody underwear and asked me if i had gotten my period and i was like "yeaa.," while on the verge of crying lmao.
i've always used pads but ehh there's no real reason to why, i guess it's just because those are the ones my mom buys.

i've only bled through in public twice i think? i was wearing the same light gray jeans both times, then i threw them away because they were Cursed. (nah not rly but i threw them away.)
the first time was in school, around lunch. i noticed it pretty quickly. i was suuuper lucky because that afternoon we had some jogging thing all afternoon, so i could change into my jogging pants and no one thought it was weird.

the other time i was Not as lucky. i got my period when i was in switzerland with my family to visit my brother and his then new girlfriend (now fiance). i was 13 i think, and i didn't have any pads with me. i was too embarrassed to say to my mom that i had gotten my period in front of everyone, so i put a bunch if toilet paper in and hoped that it would suffice. It did not. we got pads but i had to walk around with a stain the entire day and i Died.

another thing !!! ignorant ppl who dont have periods make me want to kms l m a o. i told a boy in my class to stop makig sexual comments at me because it was making me uncomfortable and was sexual harrassment. guess what he said? (no actually dont guess) He said "umm weLL you bleed from your vagina, THAT's GROSS !".
i was This Close to throwing a chair in his face, but it was in class and i didnt want to make a giant scene ...

 

[Vizionari]

Thank god for the thread.

I got my first period last year (at 15, now 16), but I haven't had an incident...yet. So far it always come when I'm sleeping, except for that one time where it came when I was getting ready for swim practice.

My body also decided to make my period come on my birthday this year, what a gift, eh? :^)

 

[Nightmares]

Yeah, I'm 16 next year and I haven't started yet but I'm glad lmao

I'm terrified tbh

 

[blossum]

I was 13, I believe. Lucky it was no hassle for me because I have an older sister and an easily approachable mother, but for those in all-male house holds, I feel sympathy for ;^;
Pads feel like diapers a lot of the time so I stick with tampons.
One of my friends is scared of using them because when she first tried it somehow got stuck? Like, that's not supposed to happen at all and you hear about those kinds of stories so I really don't know how it happened. Ultra yikes.

Anyways, anyone heard of or use the Diva Cup? I'm interested in that because it sounds so much more convenient and better than tampons.

 

[Locket]

Anyways, anyone heard of or use the Diva Cup? I'm interested in that because it sounds so much more convenient and better than tampons.

I personally think that the cup would fail me. I'd wear a pad underneath just in case.

I generally use pads, because tampons scare me, like, what if I put it in wrong and cant get it out . Tampons also sound painful

 

[Chris]

My body also decided to make my period come on my birthday this year, what a gift, eh? :^)

I find it is every birthday, Christmas, and vacation without fail.

I went on birth control to regulate periods as I was getting it every fortnight. Destroyed my mood. After 8-9 months took medication to try to combat the effect it was having on me and the combination of the two turned me into some beast from hell over late 2015/early 2016 lol. (And sorry to anyone on here who was a victim of me in hell-beast-form). Angry crying mess 24/7. Came off the pill while waiting to get implant (ironically, the doctor who does it at my practice is off on maternity leave of all things) and now back to bleeding 2-3 times a month again. So need to get something else to regulate that which hopefully doesn't turn me into a psycho like the combined pill does. So right now I just spend a good half of the month feeling like crap. Kill me. My next doctor's appointment can't come fast enough. On the other hand, it's a great form of contraception: leaves you completely unwilling to even want to get up to no good haha.

To answer questions in the OP: 13 years old (I'm 24 now) / tampons for day / pads for sleep / paracetamol + heat pads since coming off the pill but no where near as effective. And I swear chocolate must help medically despite what doctors say.

 

[Alienfish]

Thank god for the thread.

I got my first period last year (at 15, now 16), but I haven't had an incident...yet. So far it always come when I'm sleeping, except for that one time where it came when I was getting ready for swim practice.

My body also decided to make my period come on my birthday this year, what a gift, eh? :^)

Trust me it loves whenever I have holidays and vacations to pop down bloody hell :^)

Tbh I'd rather have mood swings than my cramps.. let's say I don't function so well and I p much roll around in pain.

 

[Miii]

This is just...way too personal.

 

[Nightmares]

This is just...way too personal.

Look seriously, if you've got a problem with hearing about this very natural occurrence, no one is forcing you to come here lmao, just leave

 

[namiieco]

i got mine when i was 11. they didnt even have one bin the the toilets so i had to sneak outta school building to put it in the bin xD

 

[strawberrigod]

LOL this thread.. anyways I was 9 or 10 I think and on vacation. I use whichever is immediately available and based on what I'm wearing, I prefer pads though. I think tamps are way too much effort.. Um.. The only "horror" story I can think of was when I first got it my mom literally told everyone. My grandparents, my best friend's parents so she actually knew before I told her. I actually died of embarrassment. AND THEY ALL HAD TO TELL ME I WAS BECOMING A WOMAN. Why do they do these things.

OH ALSO! I take 4 ibuprofen every 8 hours = NO CRAMPS! I also eat a lot of soup and keep some chocolate on hand c: For anyone that didn't know, eating chocolate actually helps lift the moodiness even the tiniest bit! I tend to get super emotional and tear up at just about anything.

 

[Bulbadragon]

I started 10 days before my 12th birthday. I always use tampons because pads make me feel gross and tampons are just easier for me. But since I've been getting pretty bad acne I started birth control and it screwed my cycle up by moving it back a week but I'm hoping it'll actually make it regular and consistent for once. And also help with all the wonderful side effects I get with my period like a mega screwed up stomach. So far it's made my acne worse, which might be that since it's changed my hormones it's getting worse before it gets better, but I'm very hopeful it will fix my periods at the very least. I don't really have any embarrassing or horror stories though, thankfully.

 

[Shawna]

I got it in 8th grade AT SCHOOL, I was 13! I talked to the nurse and my mom let me come home, since it was my first time and I needed to get used to the whole "you're a woman now" thing. It scared me a bit. I use pads. I get cramps while I'm on my period and once I had to come home, they were so debilitating. It's been over four years since my first period. I am now outta high school.

I wish boys would get periods instead. -.-

 

[nintendoanna]

I'm 14 right now, I got it first in grade 5 so I was 11? anyways I literally thought it was a **** stain until my mom told me it was my period and I literally wanted to kill myself but yeah my whole cycle was weird for the first few months so I didn't get it again until summer of grade 6, I've always used pads BUT OKAY THIS IS FUNNY I just tried tampons for the first time a few days ago and I wasted like 5 because I didn't know how to take the applicator part off but then the last one I tried the applicator came out but the tampon wasn't even in properly and I couldn't even walk properly it hurt so bad but then I couldn't take it any longer so I tried to pull it out and then I googled what to do and I just like threw some water on it and it popped right out HAHAHA god damn that was the most painful experience of my life

 

[Cudon]

Got my first one when I was 11 or something. I use pads, since they're pretty easy to use. Thankfully my periods are very short and light pain and emotion- wise, so haven't had any need for medication and often don't even realize I'm on my period.

 

[eeveelovee]

when i first got it, the cramps were so EXCRUCIATING i could not move, i could not walk i was basically paralyzed for 5 days. it was horrible. i was like, how do people give birth? periods should be NOTHING how the HECK do people deal with birth, which is 100 times more painful than cramps??

i never want children, its much too painful , if i cant handle period cramps how can i handle birth? no thanks !!!

thankfully tho birth control DOES help with the pain of mensuration !

 

[Corrie]

I was 13, I believe. Lucky it was no hassle for me because I have an older sister and an easily approachable mother, but for those in all-male house holds, I feel sympathy for ;^;
Pads feel like diapers a lot of the time so I stick with tampons.
One of my friends is scared of using them because when she first tried it somehow got stuck? Like, that's not supposed to happen at all and you hear about those kinds of stories so I really don't know how it happened. Ultra yikes.

Anyways, anyone heard of or use the Diva Cup? I'm interested in that because it sounds so much more convenient and better than tampons.

I have been a strict pad user due to the fear of sticking things up my vagina but after 8 years of uncomfortable-ness, I decided to take a large jump and skip tampons and go right for menstrual cups.

So I am on my period right now and this is my first cycle using the Diva Cup and it is really odd in the sense that if you insert it correctly, you don't feel a thing (which is the same with tampons I have heard). I am so used to pads and making sure it is sitting right in my underwear that I find myself feeling around for the pad. XP I have actually forgotten I am on my period several times now.

I highly recommend that you are familiar with yourself down there or you might have a tough time. For me, I have a very high cervix, meaning that if I stick a finger up there, I can insert the entire finger and still not feel the cervix. Some women can only get to their first knuckle and some to their second knuckle. This is important because it determines what size of cup you need in terms of height. The Diva Cup is a fine fit for me. In the photo, it shows that the cup's stem is supposed to be near your opening but mine rides up pretty far. That gave me a panic attack on the first day when I went to remove it as I legit had to go in up to my second knuckle to grab the base. It's fine though, as long as it's comfortable and doesn't leak, you're good. Some people cut the stem off but I kept mine on because it helps me indicate where it is since it rides up far on me. But for grabbing purposes the stem is virtually worthless cause it is too flimsy.

As far as messiness goes, I legit am surprised. I have had no bloody fingers during removal as I thought except once but that was because I didn't insert it correctly.

It takes a few tries to get used to but I definitely won't be going back to pads.

 

[mintellect]

Wow, many people here is getting it at ages 10 and 11. I'm turning 13 in two months and still haven't gotten mine.

I suppose it's for the better because I am not looking forward to it at all.

My mom got it pretty late, I think she said it was at 15.

 

[Sanaki]

does anyone here ever get painful ovulation? i used to when i was younger, i could always tell the day i was ovulating because it always felt like a pinched nerve around your hip area. now, i don't really feel it at all when it happens and i never can tell