When I was about 9 or 10 one of my friends had told me that while you were on your period you could not get wet or your head would split open. When I got my period at 12 I was terrified to take a shower, but my mother insisted that it was not true.
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya
- I used to think that toilets led to the shower head. That's why I never took a shower :D— scared
- I used to believe that you had to be on your period to get pregnant........— Tricia
- HA! I used to think when you got your period, you would just pee blood...I wish it was like that...if only.Anon
- i used to think that had to wear diapers when you were on your period— Jess
- I used to believe that if you went swimming after you got your first period, then you could get pregnant. — Mel