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writes:Hey well its been about a year since I first started my period (I was a late starter) and I havnt told my mum yet. I dont realy know what to do... do I have to tell her?? Im getting along fine as I am tbh I bought some tampons and its fine, no big deal. Im not close to my mum at all and I dont have a dad so I dont realy know what to do because I keep telling myself I need to tell her but then I never can! Its just too embarressing although I know its natural. And if I told her then she would just get me pads and I HATE them and I couldnt exactly go straight on to tampons (although thats exactly what I did before, having no other choice). Oh jeeze what do I do?? I realy just want to not tell anyone and then move out so I never have to say it. Im blushing and cringing just writing this I realy cant talk about that with my mum! But the thing is she has started asking me if I have got it yet and everytime I get a erfectly innocent stomach ache its always 'i think its your period starting!' Please help me :( x
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reader, anonymous, writes (26 August 2008): hello,
the exact same thing happened to me, but after 3 months (yes im not close to my mum either) i told my mum. trust me the later you leave it the harder it is. i felt the same way as you it wasnt the period that was bothering you it was the fact that you had to tell someone. major cringe lol! well yes so i just told her and she was fussing for a bit which i hated! but hopefully it will all pass soon. good luck x x x
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reader, rebecca.megan +, writes (26 August 2008):
 hey, i'm notclose to my mum at all, and don't live with my dad, when i first started my period i had no idea what to do, but after a week or so, i managed to pluck up the courage to tell her, and as cringy as i felt for doing it, she couldn't of handled it anymore casually.
By the sounds of things, your situation is a bit different, but your mum seems to be fine with the idea as she's obviously mensioned it to you before. i get the worst stomach pains too, and tbh, if my mum didn't know, then i don't know how i'd handle the situation.
At the end of the day, your mums had to go through the exact same problems as you, and its only a natural thing that women have to deal with. next time she mensions anything just tell her, plain and simple, at least its out in the open then and you don't have to be a secretive, she won't make it into a bigdeal and it'l just blow over. there's no need to feel embarrased, and put it this way, she's going to guess one day, and afterall; she's your mum, and she's there to help you, and most of all, she'll want to help you (:
good luck x
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