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menstruation questionnaire response 45 |
how old were you when you first got your period, what was it like, and what did you know about what to expect?
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i was 12, 3 months before turning 13. it was on st. pattys day (how lucky...) i saw a big red spot and freaked out. i didnt really know what to do. so being embarresed i went into my mom's bathroom and searched through the droors until i found the stash of pads. i sorta knew what to expect but i was nowhere near as prepared as i would like to have been. all i knew is that there was going to be blood and you use a pad.
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how did you feel about it, and who did you tell about it?
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i was really sad, i hated getting my period. i thought it was the end of the world. i cryed a lot. i was really depressed about the whole thing and the pad felt like a diper. i felt like a baby. but i didnt know it stopped i just thought blood would keep going out(soo thankful that it doesn't). my friend lauren had gotton her period a while back and so i told her, she got all exited, and tryed to cheer me up. but i never told my mom, she found out because the supply of pads was going down. till this day i dont think i have ever talked to her about my period. only my friends
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what menstrual product did you start with? how did you learn about it?
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pads. that was the only thing that i have heard of and in the (very uninformitive) sex ed. class we got to take home a pad.
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are you still using the same method to deal with the blood; what methods have you tried; which do you prefer and why?
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no way! i hate pads, there discusting, blood goes everywhere. and im always afraid that i will leak in public. i love tampons, there my life saver!! but unfortunatly I, being my paranoid self use pads at night so that i dont get TSS. plus im on the swim team so in general tampons are what i use
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do you experience cramps, bloating, soar breasts, get pimples...? - if you do, tell us about it, and also, what remedies do you use?
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ughhh...yea. unfortunatly. cramps hurt soo bad. i just want to lie down and sleep and do nothing the whole day. and my breasts get really soar and swollen and if anybody bumps into me it hurts. also i eat and eat and eat! mostly i end up eating chocolate
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do you feel emotional changes relating to where you are in your menstrual cycle?
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not as much as some but yes. i get cranky and i feel like everything is my fault. and i feel bad and one little thing will piss me off. and im really aware of myself so if i do something wrong im like "sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry" and there like "whatever! no prob"
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how do the men in your life relate to your period, or periods in general?
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no "men" really in my life. im only 14 and just started my period 2yrs ago. but my dad doesnt know(or at least i think he doesnt know). but i have some really good/close guy friends sometimes the subject of periods come up but mostly we talk more about pregnancy, abortion, sex, ect. but i know if any of my friends who were guys were my actuall boyfriends then i know i could trust them and they never abuse the fact that they know my cycle(like annoy me more when im PMSing)
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this conversation makes me think....
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that im glad to be a girl, but i still wish i didnt have to have a peirod(guys are so lucky)
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