By: Allison Waldbeser
From soccer games to period stains, here are six first-period stories we thought you would get a chuckle from, because who doesn’t like to hear about other people's period stories?
How come this tampon won’t go in?
“It was the morning I had to go to a soccer tournament and I didn’t want to wear a pad, so I had to try to figure out how you put in a tampon. My mom was standing outside the bathroom trying to explain it to me and I think I was yelling at her! I definitely didn’t put it in the right way until the third attempt...and I’m pretty sure we were late to soccer.” – Cammie
Celebrating your first period at good ol’ Starbucks
“I didn’t tell my mom for four days, I was in 7th grade and used panty liners (like four together to make a pad) because that’s all I could find and I was too scared to try a tampon, and when I finally told my mom she took me to Starbucks to celebrate.” – Aubrey
Poop or blood?
“I got my first period when I was around 11 or 12. I was out with my grandmother and when we got home I went to the bathroom, pulled down my pants, and was like “Um...whoms’t??” because there was a big brown stain in my underwear! I honestly thought I shit my pants and just didn’t realize it while we were out. So I took my underwear and went downstairs to show my grandmother. She FREAKED and called my dad telling him how I got my period and he needed to come home. I panicked and texted my mom. She said “Yeah probably your period. Don’t freak out. Text your dad to get you some pads, you’re fine.” And that’s the story of my first period!” – Isabelle
When you and your bestie are on the same cycle
“My parents were away and my uncle was babysitting me, my brother, and my cousins. I went to the toilet oblivious to what was happening. To my surprise I found blood in my pants and freaked out! I knew vaguely of periods but felt very unprepared. I messaged my girlfriends for reassurance, and I discovered that my best friend had also started that night! We couldn’t believe it and both went through the stress together.” – Leah
Bloody family vacation
“I started my first period at 14 years old. I was on holiday in Spain. We were by the pool, and I went for a wee, and then noticed in my swimsuit something weird and brown. I asked my mum about it and she said it was my period. So we sent my dad to the local shop about a 5 minute walk away to get me some pads. My sister is seven years older than me, so luckily my dad knew what he needed to buy. If it hadn’t started on holiday I don’t think it would’ve been so memorable.” – Abigail
Saved by the mud
“It was the 3rd of October of 2011, and I was at a festival with my family wearing WHITE shorts. I happened to sit on a dirty chair and got my white shorts stained by mud. This actually hid the first vestiges of my first period, which I noticed when I got home and went to the toilet.” – Dory
What was your first-period experience? Was it funny, scary, exciting, or all of the above? Let us know in the comments below! :)
I was at sailing (yeah, I do that, but my period has kind of ruined it because my mom wouldn’t give me tampons for the first year. Lucky it’s COVID though, so I haven’t missed much, and I’ve just ordered a menstrual cup so that I can participate in sports and stuff while on my period without fear of leakage) and I was getting ready to go watch a volleyball game, and my stomach was cramping a bit- I don’t think much of it. I went to the game, and it sort of felt like something was coming out of my vagina (a bit like when you sneeze, just not on such a major level) I elected to ignore it because the game was almost over, and it would be embarrassing to be like, “can we go home- I uhhh think I peed my pants or something” when I got home I was getting ready for bed and my mom was in my room waiting to say goodnight to me, and I used the bathroom, and lo and behold- blood. I kind of stood up peeked around the bathroom door, and said “mom? I think I got my period…”. She went and got me a pad- told my dad all about it (ughhhh) and then just kind of ignored it…
Thank you for having these wonderful resources where I can read about things that my mom and I don’t talk about because we don’t really have that closeness, and thank you for creating a community where I can feel comfortable posting this. I truly appreciate it!
-Anonymous
I got my period when I was 13 , I was sitting at the balcony of the house and
I felt a great rush, I thought I pee on myself, I rush to the toilet and I saw a big pink on my panties
I wiped it and I saw a reddish pink
I told my mom and she got me a sanitary napkin. It wasn’t that easy
But am happy to be grown up
I am 10 years old I have not started my period yet or gotten my first bra I think I will get it soon I am exited and suuuuper nervous but scared I just hope I get It when my mom is home and I am just chillin
It was just another day on 16th of April 2020, and me and my older sister had just finished swimming, my sister got in the shower first as I waited in my mums room (butt naked with only a towel around me). I sat on her sofa and went on my phone, a couple minutes went by and I noticed that my kitty had a long brown colored string hanging out of it ( I know realize it was old blood clots), I was curious and decided to pull it out and saw that it was about 1 inch long, I didn’t really think anything of it but… later that evening me and my sister were sitting in my mums room, I went to the bathroom and saw a red circle in my underwear… so I wiped myself and saw the same long 1inch string but it was BLOOD RED!!! I freaked out and got my sister “sis go look in the toilet” I said to her “you got ur period” she said back to me… I then bursted into tears and was crying for about 10 minutes even tho I knew I’d get it someday
i got my period when i was in ss1,i woke up and went to pee in the toilet and i saw blood on my pant.I was super excited,i hurried to tell my sister and then she gave me pad.