My dd started her periods yesterday afternoon at school. She only turned 11 in May

I feel so sorry for her, although I had prepared her and spoken about it she's so young to have to deal with it all. I was nearly 13, my Mum was 15 and her friends Mum was 17 so 11 is just so young I know its part of growing up and us women have to put up with it but it breaks my heart that she's got to deal with this every month from now on.

I woke her up this morning and I wasn't going to let her stay at home but I took one look at her and asked her if she wanted to stay at home. She said yes, but 15mins later she said she wanted to go.
She was worried about being allowed to go to the toilet and having time between lessons to go without having to rush. Poor love, I could cry

She seemed ok when she left for school. I'm dying to ring in and see how she is but I know she would hate it if the teachers knew and came to see how she was so I'm probably going to leave it.