When my younger sister first got her period, she thought that once she got it, she would always have it, and the bleeding wouldn't stop until she got pregnant
A childhood belief about periods
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you had to be on your period to get pregnant........— Tricia
- I used to believe that if you went swimming after you got your first period, then you could get pregnant. — Mel
- I knew someone who thought condoms were so that the MEN wouldn't get pregnant!Anon
- i thought - when i was pregnant - i could dye my hair blond, and my baby wouldn´t be brunette as i am.— judi (peru)
- When I was younger I thought that to elope was to run off and get pregnant before you got married.Anon
- My mom told my sister that if she didn't eat her peas, her period would last for an entire month.— Maya