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! :)
Hi! Lovely to hear that so many have had supportive family members, sisters, moms and friends :)
First period stories can always be a little bit embarrassing or unexpected, but it’s always great to hear stories and not feel so alone. Open discussions around periods are super important, let it be the first period or after many years of having periods! Talking about periods (and everything else) we can eliminate the shame and embarrassment from it, together. Keep those stories coming!
For the first day of my period it was brown and I thought I shit my self so I cleaned up a left. The next day I went to school and a girl said she had gotten her first period and she ask did u start I was like I don’ know bcuz something’s happened. I went to the bathroom from extreme cramps and was like shit why did this happen now… I just left it there didn’t even put a pad on just left. It was so uncomfortable for the whole day until I came home and started crying to my older sister. Haha! Thank god I wore black pant though.
hi,so i had my period at 11 i was with my mom coming after school but when i was everybody was seeing me but 1 women came and said that ur child is having periods pls cover it so my mom covered it losing the bag towards my butt so yeah that was my periods story oh wait when i told my father about this he came and hugged me. :)
I knew abt periods from a young age cuz some of them had sisies who had periods. So i still remeber the date october 12 2020. i was 12 at that time and it was the day of my maths exam
it was a tuesday so saturday i was at my grandparents and i wokeup on the morning and I had intense cramps in a way i couldnt even get out of the bed.
And When it lessened I went to the bathroom saw that there was brown colour thing on panties at that i had discharge and i though it was that and all even though i first thought i had my period but according to me silly me I thought it came out like #1 so i thought that i didnt have it saturday and monday . so on tuesday after i wrote my exam (mathematics) and sat on the steps and played with my lil bro using slime and i was wearing a white pants that day.mom saw a little dot stain took me to the kitchen where my grandma and auntie was there .and well she took me to the kitchen i was anyway abt to take a bath and well took a bath and mom handed me a pad and i was like having a huge lump in my throat even though i didnt know why . My uncle called me asked me i i wanted cake or biriyani to celbrate ( which was embarassing ). that night itself my uncle got me two set of necklace and earings (gold) and a gold ring. On my 7th day I got other uncles and aunts came and i got a gold coin,2earrings,abangle,and a ring.
i mean it was grt.
but embarassing
Umm.. i havent gotten my period yet but i’m kind of scared and king of excited my mom told my about everything