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I was in 5th grade when I started and I thought I was dying no one told me what it was beforehand. What’s worse I was at school when it happened and I wore white corduroys that day 😑
I remember getting mine at about 13. My brothers yelled Maaaaa! Lord, they got on my nerves. My aunt was like you are a woman now. I was so scared when I heard her say that. I spent most of my childhood in Brooklyn, EasT NY until age 13. I grew up way too fast. It's like many of us children in that environment has to be adults before we were children.
This is awesome. I teach child development and in my class we spend about a week on the menstrual cycle understanding it and how it works. I would ❤️ ❤ to show this to my students (male and female). They always have great questions.
Great conversation! I was diagnosed in 2016 had pain and issues years before. It finally was unbearable in 2022 and 4 doctors later i got a myo done. Then they discovered i have Adenomyosis. This pain is still unbearable. And i haven't had children yet and im married. But there's so much more to this conversation i feel was missed. Why do fibroids return years later. Why are doctors still not giving info on how to prevent them after the first procedure.
I'm excited about this. We as women need to be properly educated about the things that are going on with our bodies. We are never too old to learn something new. Sidenote: 2 days ago I was thinking about when I started my period and how I waited until the evening time when my mother came home from work to verbalize the fact that I'd started it. One of my older sisters was in disbelief that I didn't tell her when I had been with her for hours before my mother came home.
NO woman can forget when she got her first period. My experience was horrendous!!! I wanted my daughter's experience to SOOOO MUCh BETTER than mine. I did not leave it up to the schools and social media to "educate" my daughter (and my son----men need to "period-educated" too). We continue to have open and honest conversations and information-sharing which helps my daughter AND me. I love that they are doing this film. Keep It Going, Sistas!!! We need you!!!
Yes sons need to know as well because when I was telling my boys about their bodies, I told them about a period for girls as well. Why? So if a girl starts her period at school, they won't be alarmed, and so they can have compassion.
6th grade. I had really horrible cycles too where I had to be rushed to emergency so many times, starting in the 8th grade. I eventually found out as an adult I had fibroids. PRAISE GOD, he Healed me. Through changing my eating habits, walking in forgiveness and going through my healing journey, they aren't bad anymore! Won't He do it!!!!
I don't know why RU-vid is just recommending this channel....but i needed it years ago! Nothing like hearing about these things from someone who looks like me ! All journeys are valid...but hearing it from sista's and auntie's hits different ❣️
This is beautiful and much NEEDED I remember starting my period on April fools day and my mama thought I was joking with her. We were in a damn furniture store. Ghetto ass Aaron’s to be exact! 😂😂
Thank you for this video, it was a white dr at my job who told me not to have a hysterectomy (afterbleeding for 2 and 3 monthsback 2 back)and explore my options. I lost weight and changed my lifestyle and now have a reg period. Thank you ladies again
I think (and hope not at the same time) that this is a film resource that has to be purchased. Kind of like when Bible study authors make videos, the church has to pay to facilitate the Bible study. But I really hope this is available for streaming somewhere!
Dear RU-vid: Why am I getting videos about black women’s health? I am neither black nor a woman, and I see no reason for medicine to be discriminatory in any way.
