DD11 is set to go on a school residential next month. It is activity based, building rafts, canoeing, swimming.. and other fun outdoors activities. Unfortunately she’s due to start half way through. She’s still getting used to the whole concept of periods and just about managing with pads and period pants. But occasionally she leaks on to the sofa/bed sheets (she has the highest pad scale and length so I’m not sure why it’s happening) and I’m worried for her. Plus she’s not able to use tampons yet so I’m worried about how she’ll cope with anything water based.
I wish she didn’t have to deal with it whilst she’s there, such rubbish timing!
any advice on how I help her as I can see she’s already starting to fret about it.
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Period during school waterbased residential plan!
MercurysMeteor · 19/05/2022 06:34
MercurysMeteor · 19/05/2022 12:53
Thanks @MolliciousIntent i was wondering the same but I didn’t think they would give it to someone so young….
JennyAct3 · 19/05/2022 14:02
@Changednamesorry just to clarify, my daughter worn her modibodi period swimsuit under a wetsuit for swimming in the sea and surfing. If there was swimming in a swimming pool the plan was to be excused as she had her period (normal at her school). It was all sea swimming on her activity week.
beachcitygirl · 19/05/2022 13:47
I do have to say I think it's time school water based activities were a no-go.
It's just a totally thoughtless activity when 52% of the cohort will be young girls dealing with this. Just the day to day casual misogyny of the accepted way
beachcitygirl · 19/05/2022 13:47
I do have to say I think it's time school water based activities were a no-go.
It's just a totally thoughtless activity when 52% of the cohort will be young girls dealing with this. Just the day to day casual misogyny of the accepted way
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lu9months · 19/05/2022 15:37
does the modi bodi swimming stuff actually work? how does it not leak in the water??
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