well i did get my period today which is 10/30/06 i hate it. now my friend who is going to be the last of my gang wants her period what could i say to her that would make her understand that having a period is not everything. please i dont know what to tell her about it except that it is a pain in the ass. help. oh when you first start your period when you stop bleeding the blood in the pad can be red one sec then brown the next? also i think i stopped menstruating is it ok if you only mentruate for one day though this is my first period. im scared!!!!!!! help im desperate.
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Health & Fitness category? Maybe give some free advice about: Health? MelLeDisko answered Tuesday October 31 2006, 9:09 pm: Whenever your bloods red one second and brown the next, it's probably just drying. Also, whenever a girl starts her period, it's always going to be strange and out of balance. Sometimes you'll have it for the whole week, sometimes 4 days, sometimes 1. It'll even be irregular after you've had it for awhile, like mine right now, I've had my period since the seventh or eigth grade, I believe, and I haven't had it for like.. a month or two, now.
The next time your friend mentions it, just jokingly be like,"Haha, noooo you don't! It's horrible, haha. You get stomach aches all the time, and I really don't think you'd enjoy bleeding all day, would you, haha?" And just joke around with her about it. It's normal for girls to want to get their period even though it sucks. She probably just feels out of place because all the other girls are "growing up" and she's not.
kaycilane answered Tuesday October 31 2006, 12:25 am: Um, sweetie, it is just the blood drying...and your first several periods may be weird..also you may not have another one for a while.. it could be that way for a bit..it's totally normal and it will work out. [ kaycilane's advice column | Ask kaycilane A Question ]
xojessii answered Monday October 30 2006, 11:10 pm: yeah the red to brown thing is normal.
& your first period is like wacked out. like usually it doesnt last long and stuff.
tell your friend about the cramps and aches and that it feels like weird and then having to wear a pad that feels like a diaper. oh and the PMSing, gawshhh thats gotten ME into so much trouble! and having to change the pad like every 4 hours and how annoying it is.
and a little extra advice - most people prefer tampons the earlier the better. they are more comfortable (my opinion) b/c you don't feel like you are in a diaper.
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