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Shit No One Told Me About My Period

I knew the basics before I got it, but I had no clue…

* The blood wouldn’t necessarily be red. When I first got my period, I spent a few min looking at my underwear wondering how I shit myself. I didn’t know the blood could look brown, or be thick.

* That tampons weren’t a good idea yet. I was 10 or 11 when I got my first period and physically smaller than an adult woman. My first attempt at inserting a tampon was very painful and unsuccessful. I wouldn’t use them until I was around 14 or so.

* That when you use pads the blood can get on your bottom and I’d have to occasionally clean off the toilet seat after using it.

* That getting your first period DOES NOT mean you’re fully developed and fully able to bear children. I could have technically gotten pregnant at that age, but I was still a child and pregnancy would have put my life in danger because I was still physically immature.

* That it wouldn’t be regular for another few years.

* That very painful cramping is NOT NORMAL once you reach your 20s and is cause for concern.

* That the blood and tissue you pass can look chunky or stringy and not like blood from a cut.

* That stress can halt your period for months BUT

* That doesn’t mean you can’t get pregnant

Feel free to add your own

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18 Tumblr Posts About Bras That Will Make Anyone With Boobs Laugh

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if a guy is hitting on u and he is clearly the alpha in his group of guys.. go for the third in command and undermine their whole power structure

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this is such a good idea

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im going to bed for a week

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Tips That Can Save Your Kid’s Life.

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But wait, it gets worse. When asked by a TMZ reporter if she felt like (Re) Assignment’s depiction of transgender issues could potentially set back progress, Rodriguez brought up “Kris” Jenner and further illustrated her total lack of awareness.

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“Said #NoWomanEver” exposes the aggressive harassment women face every day

On Sunday, women on Twitter had a message for men: #NoWomanEver has fallen in love with her catcaller, harasser or stalker. The sarcastic tweets expose how pervasive and invasive misogyny is to women’s everyday lives. After going through the hashtag on Sunday, some men began to realize and tweet their complicity in this.

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#MasulinitySoFragile speaks the truth 

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Michelle Wolf discusses the end of New York’s controversial tax on tampons and the taboo surrounding periods and the word “vagina.”

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whats the difference between bi people and unicorns

i can see unicorns on movies and tv

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Straight men are fucking babies, pass it on. 

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Picture Of Mum Breastfeeding At A Wedding Goes Viral

This image of a mum breastfeeding her son at a wedding has sparked a debate [Photo: Instagram/dahs]

Dressed in an emerald green, floor-skimming satin dress with her hair swept back in a wet-look chignon, Haddas Ancliffe looks every inch the stylish wedding guest as she poses for a picture. But the blogger wasn’t the only one making an appearance in the snapshot, as the new mum was also joined by her 18-month-old son, who she was breastfeeding at the time.

‘Just me and my baby having a drink (Gotta do what you gotta do, wedding or not)’ the 21-year-old blogger, who goes by the name Dahsi, wrote captioning the Instagram shot with the hashtag #normalizingbreastfeeding.

Since posting the candid snap has been liked 2,619 times and received over two hundred comments many praising the mum for highlighting the normality of breastfeeding.

Haddas Ancliffe uses her blog to try and normalise parenting issues like breastfeeding [Photo: Instagram/dahs]

‘It’s so nice to see you put your baby’s needs before your own,’ one follower wrote.

‘Keep on doing what you do and be strong. Let’s normalise breastfeeding and make people realise how wonderful it is,’ added another

But while many comments came down on the positive side of the morality fence, some criticised the mum for ‘over-sharing.’

‘It’s cool you’re breastfeeding but don’t need to show it to the world,’ wrote one

‘Haha why post this on instagram. Do this in private,’ one man wrote

Another felt even more aggrieved by the shot writing that the photo made them feel ‘ill’.

Others stepped into defend Ancliffe’s choice to share the image: ‘How can people not been ok with this but ok with a girl in a skimpy thong bikini or less.’

It’s not the first time the blogger has shared pictures of her breastfeeding son Jonah [Photos: Instagram/dahs]

Claiming she uses her blog as a platform for ‘self expression and open sharing’, this isn’t the first time Ancliffe has shared photos of herself breastfeeding her son Jonah in a bid to breakdown breastfeeding in public stigmas. 

And she’s also used the photo sharing site it to tackle body issues, inspiring other mothers by sharing unedited photos of her post-baby body. Alongside a picture of her stomach the honest mum wrote:

‘So this is my tummy nearly 11 months postpartum. It’s covered in stretch marks, has a little sag and is nowhere near as flat as it used to be.

The new mum has also shared unedited pictures of her post-baby body to inspire other mums [Photo: Instagram/dahs]

‘Today I’m going back to the gym for the first time since having Jonah. There’s so much pressure in our society for mothers to “get their bodies back” and you feel a constant shame if you’re not working out to do that, but I can honestly say I am not ever going to try to get my body back.

‘I will workout to be stronger but not to change how I look. My body did the most incredible thing a human body could do and it should only ever be loved and appreciated for it. I am beautiful, screw what mainstream society says, I’m sexy too!’

Seems like this blogger is tackling parenting taboos one Instagram post at a time. 

What do you think of the image? Join the debate @YahooStyleUK

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