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My daughter was 11 and while we had discussed it and she had supplies available, when it actually started she didn't say anything to me. She came to the office with me that morning and was moping around and putting her head down on my desk. I was going to taker her to lunch and she said she wasn't feeling well. I finally asked her "Do you have cramps? Is that whats wrong with you?" She said yes, and I gave her some Motrin and told her she should have said something in the first place and she wouldn't have wasted all of that time suffering for nothing. After that I couldn't shut her up!
I told my daughter what to expect when the time came, and provided her with supplies well in advance. She didn't tell me right away. I wasn't checking her supplies to see if they had been used, and it was at least a couple of months before she told me. I didn't make a big production of telling her about what to expect, so I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised that she didn't think it was a big enough deal to mention. She was kind of late to start, and I had previously mentioned to her that we might want to make sure there were no medical reasons for that, but I don't think that really crossed her mind as a reason to tell me right away.
I told my mother immediately. I had no choice. I started at 10, and the supplies were kept in my parents' bathroom, which was off-limits to children. When I told my mother, she didn't believe me. The bloody sheet did the trick. And while some girls have light periods the first time, other girls have heavy periods right from the beginning.
I told my mother immediately. I had no choice. I started at 10, and the supplies were kept in my parents' bathroom, which was off-limits to children. When I told my mother, she didn't believe me. The bloody sheet did the trick. And while some girls have light periods the first time, other girls have heavy periods right from the beginning.
OMG my sister who is the mother of four teen girls swears by this as well LOL ....
What they say about close females having the same monthly cycles is true...until my oldest left home at 20, when youngest was 14, there were the three of us having our periods the same week of the month. It just worked out that way. Poor DH!!!!
When I got mine, it was three weeks before my 13th birthday. And I was still unprepared and scared to death.
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Daughter may have told mom, but mom may be hesitant to tell others (ie. you).
I still very clearly remember the day my grandparents came over to visit, and my grandpa asked me if I had gotten my period yet. I was so shocked that he would ask me that, I was speechless. So then when I did not answer, he asked my mom. She told him no, I had not. I had. It was none of his business!!
I remember that incident as clearly as if it had happened last week, and that was 40 years ago.
Thank gawd in 5th grade they told us what to expect. I doubt my mom ever would have told me, and I'd have thought I was dying. When it happened, I'll never forget she was eating a popsicle and laughed when I told her. I'd like to think she acted that way because I was scared to tell her. It was late and she didn't drive, so she told me she didn't have any "products" and gave me a stack of cloth diapers. (she used them for cleaning)
After I went to bed, she came in and told me now I could get pregnant, but don't! That was all that was ever said about it. I swore I do better for my daughter, but only had sons.
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I was so shocked that he would ask me that, I was speechless. So then when I did not answer, he asked my mom. She told him no, I had not. I had. It was none of his business!!
