When My mum first started her periods she didn't know about them and she was bleeding to death!
A childhood belief about periods

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when I started menstruating, I would bleed to death from losing too much blood.— Debbie
- I also used to think that Mommies didn't have periods. I thought it went away once you had a baby.— T
- I used to think that guys had periods, too. — Laurie
- When I was in Kindergarten I was told if I picked my nose my nose will go into eternal bleeding— Sam
- i thought the phrase "getting a boner" referred to men getting their periods. — astrid
- i used to believe that women wore bras because their periods happened in their boobies.Anon