Period.

No one tells you how freaking insane your first period post-pregnancy is. I’m not talking about the bleeding after giving birth (that’s another post), I’m talking about your first menstrual cycle. The one you’ve been dodging for a year and a half.
It’s a good thing the hospital sends you home with pads the size of your small child because holy cats. I never understood why people needed tampons that were Super Plus or Ultra, but now I do. And if you haven’t given birth and you need those sizes, god bless you. I am so sorry you have to go through that on a monthly basis!
So yeah, we all expect to get our period back. The when is a mystery, but still. We know it’s coming. What I didn’t know was that I was going to have to dredge up memories from my past of starting my period when I was 13. You wonder why you feel like garbage and then you pull down your underwear and HELLO. Except this time I pulled down my underwear and wondered if I was dying. Gross, I know. But again, NO ONE is talking about this.
So my advice to you is to hang on to those child-size maxi pads, girl. And go grab some Super Plus tampons next time you’re at the store. You enjoy your clean underwear bliss for now. The tide will turn.
And the next time you lay down a towel and put on a huge pad and a huge tampon and two pairs of underwear before bed, just know that you’re not alone, girl.