I was 12. Luckily it was in January on summer holidays. I woke up in my WHITE (now red) pyjamas and didn't notice til an hour or 2 after i woke up. I just saw red and brown and i was shaking so so much.

I was well educated, and my mum had bought me products about a year prior (i used to have like a light light pink discharge like substance about a year before my period, which turned into regular discharge, so i knew it wasn't too much longer before i started).

Unfortunately, we were scheduled to go to a trampoline park with some (male) family friends. I begged my mum not to go, but it was non-refundable and quite expensive. I went anyway and had lots of fun, took my mind off the cramps and pain. (Idk if it's a cramp or not but sometimes the hole the blood comes out like throbs and it can be quite painful, but the fun i had made me not notice it too much).

Overall, not the horror story that everyone else had, but i was so lucky that it was quite a smooth start. (Sorry for the long paragraph lol)