A minha primeira menstruação veio quando eu tinha nove anos. Foi em Agosto. Um dia muito quente. Tinha ido andar de bicicleta com o meu pai. Cheguei a casa e tinha os calções vermelhos com sangue. A minha mãe disse-me o que era. Não fiquei assustada. Viver numa casa com quatro mulheres, aquilo era super normal e saber o que eram pensos higiénicos, tampões, períodos e pílulas era mais que normal.
No entanto, a minha reacção não foi positiva. Era muito nova, perdia muito sangue, tinha muitas dores. Só queria que parasse e odiava o meu corpo. Tinha nove anos, estava no quarto ano do 1º Ciclo e sentia-me um E.T.
Até que um dia chegou à escola alguém, que com 8 anos começou a menstruar. Tínhamos isso em comum. Senti-me melhor comigo própria e com os outros e depois quando entrei no 2º Ciclo os olhares eram de admiração e curiosidade e deixei de ser o E.T.
As dores continuam, as perdas de sangue intensas também, mas agora aceito-me como sou.
Mas aparentemente a minha história não é nada como aquelas que foram seleccionadas pela revista online Jezebel.
Fica aqui a minha preferida:
The Tupperware Incident
I have endometriosis, but I didn't know this yet. I was 22 and I had dealt with painful cramps since my period began at age 14 but one day the cramps were so bad that I was on the bathroom floor in a ball. I got up to change my pad and found a blood clot the size and length of my thumb nestled in the pad.
My first thought was "Oh my god! It's a dead baby!". It wasn't completely red and had some blue and purple parts to it...so I thought that, indeed, this thing was the beginnings of a baby. I cried about it and put it in a Tupperware. Once my boyfriend came home, it was off to the ER. I really thought that the pain was so bad and the bleeding so severe that I needed emergency care. And I really thought that I needed the blood clot evidence as well.
Well, the nurses and doctor treated me like the insane person I was. They told me that I probably just had endometriosis and made me feel like I was stupid and gross for bringing along the clot. Once I looked up endometriosis I realized how lucky I am for being a super trooper or being blessed with a mild case, since some women literally cannot function because of the pain.
Funny thing is, the discharge papers stated clearly that a woman should come into the emergency room if she passes blood clots. I realize that I was silly to bring the clot, but I didn't think they would believe me and, besides, I thought that it was a baby and was pretty emotional about that. It is now nine years later and I am pregnant with my second child. I'm happy to say the first child halved my endometriosis symptoms so perhaps this baby will cure me for good. (Although a nutritional diet, exercise, and pain management through metal efforts- ie. not feeling like a victim and just continuing on with my job and daily activities had helped previously as well)
Mais histórias sobre a primeira menstruação aqui.
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