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What is inside
- Your body is changing
- How you might feel
- Breasts and a first bra
- What discharge is
- What a period actually is
- How heavy, and when
- The day it arrives
- Pads, liners and more
- Using a pad, step by step
- Changing and binning
- Staying fresh
- About tampons
- At school
- Sport, swimming and sleep
- Tracking your cycle
- What to look for
- A period tracker to fill in
- Cramps, and what helps
- When to tell an adult
- What do I do?
- A page for your own notes
- True, whatever they say
- Starting the chat
If something worries you
This guide is general information, not medical advice, and it cannot know your body.
A doctor, nurse or pharmacist can. If anything frightens you or does not feel right,
tell an adult you trust and ask them to help you get it checked.
For parents, carers and teachers
The pocket guide comes printed in every Ready Girl Kit. This page is the same guide, free for anyone to read or print, so a girl who does not have a kit is not left out. Our facilitator notes and trusted adult cards are free too.
Write to hello@thereadygirl.com and we will send them.
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