Ok this is as much as I can remember

My mother had to have a hysterectomy after having me and I am the youngest and only girl in a family mainly dominated by men. So when I started needing a bra at 9 my mum and her close friend went out and raided the feminine hygiene Isle I was presented with a huge assortment of products and my mum explained that unfortunately she only had real knowledge of tampons which had been her method of protection.
At 10 I went off to the loo and was confronted with what seemed like the scene of a crime in my underwear luckily since I had been given my bag of products. I had been carrying a towel in my school bag. So to the annoyance of my Teacher I appeared back in class only to disappear again. I don't think I told my mother about it but that was the one and only pad/towel I ever used I was conscious that I felt sticky and uncomfortable and was paranoid that I smelt. So like my mother had I became a tampon user.
I went on to be a competitive swimmer so that when in my favour.