Who makes girls aware of their menstruation?

I'm curious for those girls, who have grown up with their father as single parent. Who informs those girls of the advent of menstruation, how to face it, which things to be used for it ,whether tampons or pads and things like that. Similarly, who accompanies them to the pediatricians where they have to get naked, or who accompanies them to the gynecologist for their first exam?

I would think that in those situations a close female relative (aunt, older sister/cousin) or friend could fill the role.

I grew up with my mum and sister .

they didnt tell me i was going to start periods at all .i thought we didnt bleed untill i started on my sisters birthday 10 years ago and neither of them told me about the gyno at all either .

it was my now husband who took me and had me checked out and from that day i was hooked on opening wide for the doctor but my sister and mother didnt say a word about it at all to me

Although I grew up with both parents at home, my Mother was rarely around. She was normally working two jobs or playing the horses in what little spare time she had. So, my Father did most of the child care of me.

When I have my first menstrual cycle, my Mother did hand me a pad and simply told me to use it. No other explanation. For pediatric Doctor's visits, my Father did take me every time and I always undressed to my slip and panties.

I have already written about my first trip to the GYN where I knew absolutely nothing about what to expect. I went by myself and paid cash, so my parents never knew.

Lady Teddy

Where i grew up we were taught about it in gym class. But it was my older sister that showed me how to use my first tampon.

I attended a private religious school in Upper Michigan for grades 1 through 10. We were taught about menstruation around the age of 10 in 5th grade i believe. It was called sexual education, and we had to have our parents permission to take the class. Our class taught us how to use a sanitary pad, but i learned about tampons from my best friend who happened to be a few years older than i was.

i remember, a week before i started the class in school, my mother sat me and my sister down, and told us what she knew about "the birds and the bees" and how the menstrual cycle fit into it all. i remember her also telling us that women had it rough, and God spared the men from this torture...lol. i didn't realize it at the time, but my mother's negative attitude was probably brought on by the fact that heavy and severely painful periods ran in our family. Almost all the women in my family have had a hysterectomy before the age of 35 because of severe pain and heavy/uncontrollable bleeding.

Now, my daughter is 15, and she grew up hearing about "George"... Which is the name i called my period. She and i spoke about it openly, and when hers finally arrived, she was fully prepared, even before being taught in school.

soumise

Back in middle school we had sex education class. They would split the boys and girls up. They then talked to us about sex, menstruation, etc...They even gave us little care packages! :O! - The videos we watched should have been more realistic. They said having your period doesn't hurt. - UH they left the cramps out of that skit! HAHAHAHA!

Although my parents were together, they were from a generation that didn't talk about sex openly. so basically, we, the children were left to figure things out on our own.

I remember my older sisters telling me about menstruation and all the girl stuff. "It's a girl thing", that's what we used to call those talks. The birds and bees I learned in science class and reading women magazines.

I remember the school nurse giving all the girls in our class a letter requesting permission from our parents to see a film put out by Disney called "The Story of Menstruation." Oddly enough, my mother would not allow me or my sister to see the film. My mother was very strange when it came to things like this...lol. Needless to say, it was a very traumatic experience when the "event" finally did occur...lol.

shylady

I grew up with both parents but no one explained to me either. I just sort of knew about it cause I had one friend who got her first period at age 9 (bit early). I got it when I was 13 so I knew about it plenty by then. Didn't seem much of a problem to me. My friends used to always complain about it but I was just like meh. whatever. Nota big deal haha.

I explained periods and menstruation to my daughters when they were about four years old. I had to. They knew exactly how to make a baby and all about sexual intercourse when they were about three and a half, S&M when they were seven and ten and had our kinks and sexual deviations completely confirmed when they were 12 and 15 respectively.

I wish my parents were so open with me Susie. I grew up with my mom, dad, and little sister and I still learned everything from those awkward "All About You" Books.

See these clips on girls' first menstrual periods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEcZmT0fiNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XnzfRqkRxU

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and the last one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlHboAAwQoI

Susie: my daughter will turn 8 in the fall, but she has always been a curious kid and recently found my menstrual cup in out bathroom. She asked what it was so I did explain to her that mommy uses it for a couple of days each month and where it went and how it worked. She already knew what a period was and I keep no secrets from her although I usually prefer to respond to her questions rather than fill her head with lots of information that she just might not be ready for. There is no doubt in my mind that when she gets her first period in a couple of years that she'll be ready for it.

My situation was a little bit different, as my parents were divorced. After I learned about menstruation in school, I was scared that I would get my first period while I was staying at my dad's house, and I asked my sister what to do. She didn't venture into tampons, as I was only 10 or 11, but she took me out, bought me maxi pads, and showed me how to use them.

In terms of gynecological exams, my mom had passed away by the time I went, so I went by myself. To this day, I don't involve my dad in anything that personal. If he had had to take me to doctor's appointments ever, I would have been mortified.

It should certainly be the parents or at least mom. If you have left it to school it's to late.

My wife has changed protection in presence of girls before and they ask questions and were well aware of puberty and periods etc before they had started any development.

Whilst mom took control for talking about puberty she did tell me to join in so they know it's not some sort of womanly secret and if need something or want to ask something and she wasn't there they can speak to both parents.