With a cramp in my lower belly, I immediately knew what was coming next.
And rushing to the bathroom, my suspicions were correct.
My period had come.
Taking my scheduled week break from my contraceptive pill, I knew it was coming.
But for me, it never used to be this way.
After all, I’d only recently started my period.
Back when I was 12, I expected to get my period, just like all my friends and my sisters Izzy, now 28, and Lydia, now 24.
Only, as the years ticked by, there was no sign of the magical change happening.
Maybe I’m just a late starter, I thought.
Only, as the years went by, my period never came.
I had bleeding once when I was 13, but it didn’t last.
Although, I got pounding headaches that would leave me bedbound.
Skipping classes, I was
