"Girl"
"Could you be pregnant?"
"When was your last period?"
"Time to schedule your annual pap smear."
"In a few years you will need to start having mammograms"
"Your body is still female, you need to treat it that way"
"You will regret making it so you can't have babies"
"All women want to have babies eventually"
"That's just part of being a woman"
"Of course you have a uterus"
"Of course you are a woman"
"Cramps are normal"
"You are female"
"Sex: F"
pain
confusion
frustration
words withheld
lies
lost
alone
scared
why?
regret
panic
denial
self doubt
self blame
men don't get pregnant
I shouldn't have a damn period!
close my eyes and wince
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