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I remembr when I was 13 and I got my period. I told my mom and she said finally! she got hers when she was 9!!She bought me some kotex pads and spray deodorant for my "area" ( i know.. how horrible) told me to light spray the outside of my underwear No idea what she was thinking! Anyway She and I have my sisters children one being a girl that is now 10 years old. I have a feeling she's gonna get her period soon and i just wanna make it more of a loving celebration and healthy experience for her. Anyone have any ideas? I thought maybe a womyn-box with a mix of products/book/small gifts and of course I want to take her out to dinner and talk to her about it like "grown women" Any suggestions? Anything you wish your MOM would have done? Thanks in advance..

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[finding_helena]

An acquaintance of mine has lesbian moms, so she grew up in a very woman-positive household. She said that when she started her period, her moms took her out to a restaurant AND ANNOUNCED TO EVERYONE that she had just gotten her period. Quelle embarassment. I'd recommend not doing that.

My mom just handed me pads and treated me like it was normal, which was pretty nice. I wish we'd had a bit more of an open dialogue about it, mostly so I could have asked her a couple of years later when I tried to go for tampons. Basically, having it as a topic of conversation is good.

I unexpectedly got to be the one to initiate a nine-year-old camper a couple of summers ago. As I recall, I handed her some pads and said "Welcome to the sisterhood, it gets boring after a while." And answered her questions the next day about whether she could still go in swimming.