Whether you call it being on, your monthlies, Aunt Irma visiting or something else entirely, with the first time you get your period comes the dawning realisation that life is never quite as simple as it was before.
Suddenly you're carrying pads, tampons, painkillers and other bits and bobs around in case you get caught by surprise and, when I was younger at least, I felt self conscious if anyone at school or college realised what was going on.
In recent times, the increased availability of period pants has been something on my radar but I haven't got round to trying them - not least because there's quite a few different versions out there and I wasn't really sure where to start.
