Did your mom talk to you about your period?

My mum told my sister that blood was going to come soon, that it was normal, and that she'd have to wear "knicker fresheners" when it happened.

Ha! Knicker fresheners. Still, it's better than fairy hammocks.

I think it's a bit cruel to let a girl have her first period before telling her it's going to happen.

I think it's quite irresponsible of a mother or parent not to say anything. If you have a daughter/daughters surely you should say something to them to prepare them. I know of a girl who was really freaked out and thought she was dying when her period started at age 13. That's not on! Any parent who can't talk about menstruation needs to grow up and re-arrange their priorities, in my opinion. If you can't put your child's needs and feelings before your own awkwardness, embarrasment or whatever it is around the subject - that's very immature. I feel sorry for girls who were left in the dark about it. Most will get some info from school but it's not enough. Also no good for the early starters (one of my friends got hers at 10.) Also, without menstruation, none of us would be here! Life fact.

Mine did, bought me books about sex facts and all, but at age 11 I was too young to really understand any of that. My first period was unforgettable and, in my mind, very chic. I woke up to bloody white sheets in a hotel bed in Firenze:

-- "Eww, mom! This hotel is dirty!"
-- "Haha. No, Nora, it's you!"
-- "Uuhh..."
-- "Yes, it's you. Haha"

So it was established I was the dirty one, that it was natural and normal, and I spent a week walking with my legs a little bit far apart, so as not to squeeze the pad, still unaware of where exactly that blood was coming out of.

By the time my mom got around to telling me, I'd already seen two detailed videos and a presentation at school, I'd been given free pads, and my friends and I talked and giggled about it. I didn't get mine until 13, so several friends had shared plenty of knowledge with me.

That's really crummy of your mom that you had to use wads of TP...making fun of you for something natural and unavoidable is ridiculous.

My dad's girlfriend actually pulled me aside one day to talk about it. My mom was furious but never talked to me about my period just that another women told me. His girlfriend was so helpful and I'm happy she did. I got mine when I was 11.

I know that more conservative Mothers are like that and would prefer you learn on your own (wtf?). My Mom and I kinda talked about it but she was kind of a bitch and was the type to tease me too =/

I was brought up being talked to about sex and periods daily since the age of 8.

Nope, I didn't get any special talks either. I did the google thing.

Yes.

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My mum never actually spoke to me about it, I have three older sisters so they were the ones who taught me how to handle it etc. My mum would just ask when it's my time of the month ahah

YES. My mom always wanted to talk about 'developing'. You should have seen her face when I told her I wanted to covert into a guy.

You poor thing, I wish I could hug little you and tell you it's all right. No it's awful that she didn't help you or teach you. Maybe she was neglected when she was growing up, and never acquired the tools necessary to be a good mother? I don't know. Sad!

I got my first period when I was 12, & I was really upset & cried all day because I thought it was way too soon for all that ,& I wasn`t ready to be a woman. My mother carried on as if I`d won the nobel peace prize! she kept saying that i should be proud, & she had the nerve to callup my school & tell my teacher! That was totally unecessary, & I was mortified.

How come there's a lot of girls saying that their mother never told them about menstruation? My mother had a story that she had told me when I was a kid about how when she started her period she had just finished from riding a horse, and when she noticed blood running down her leg, she freaked out and got scared. She wasn't told about menstruating by my grandmother either for some reason. Fortunately because I heard this story so many times, I know what to do when my period started. When I first started, I was 11 and I was doing something in my room until I noticed. I was like, "Well I just started my period" and went to tell my mom and she told me how to use pads.
I think mothers should prepare their daughters for this so they won't be in for a scare.

My mum never talked to me about this. I'm 31 and i still haven't had one.

My mom never told me a thing. I learned about it in school so when I got it I wasn't blindsided. And I have an older sister so there were supplies available to me. When I told my mom I remember her words exactly, "let's see how bad it is." Then she showed me how to wash the blood out of my underwear.

Oh gosh that's terrible. My mom never told me about it, but she bought pads when I needed them. The subject is mostly ignored here.

Op, your mum is a selfish bitch!

I remember mum reading to me a book about period info when I was 8/9... I got my first one when I was almost 10.

She was fine with me having periods, but I never found out for sure why I got really awful PMS, right from the start, until I was TWENTY-THREE.

I realise that people didn't understand that much about the hormone cycle in the 90s, but it was still horrid to go through. 4WIW, this website and Gabrielle have been a total life-saver: http://myhormonesmademedoit.com/

Even now, I have to remind myself that I am not sick or dying when in Week 3/4 (See the website) and that it's just progesterone being evil.

Periods were made such a normal part of life for me that I don't even remember exactly how I found out. It was just... normal. I even had the opportunity to be excited about it before it happened, but I was almost 13 and ready to be a woman. I think that is the best way, just to not make a big deal out of it (neither by ignoring the fact nor exaggerating it) and let it be as normal as it is.

I'm so sorry. No, that isn't normal, and it was horrible and neglectful of your mother not to tell you.

My parents never told me anything to prepare me. We watched a video in school, and all the video explained was that it was a "discharge". I thought it was that clear stuff that's just normal fluids because I'd had that a few times and I was *shocked* when I started bleeding one day.

Im glad i wasn't born a girl lolz. I don't think my mother has ever taught me anything. I learned everything on my own.

That must have been hard learning your body and how to take care of it all on your own.

Is it normal for your mother not to teach you basic life skills? From personal experience i will say yes, but i am sure this is not normal.