Teen Girls: Period Question? Please Please Please Help? :) ?

Oh I totally feel for you, having a period that young sucks and I went through alot of the same things. First and hardest thing to get over is to remember that half of the population of the world is women and we all have had a period at some point in our lives, it is nothing to be embarrassed of. When you first start having periods they are often very irregular and not fun, what you are going through sounds totally normal. I can't believe your bathroom has no garbage cans at all? What about for paper towels? You cannot be the first 5th grader to ever get a period there so I am sure that the office has pads/tampons for emergencies, but you have to get over being embarrassed and ask for one. I found tampons to be the best for me, but when I was younger I couldn't use them because they hurt....so you could try it but you might be stuck with pads for a while. The only way to get your period to be lighter is to go onto birth control which you might not be ready for so for the time being you might just have to give your body time to get used to this new thing. It is hard but itll become routine and no big deal eventually. I got my first period at camp which was also my first week ever being away from home without my parents. I was too embarrassed to tell anyone and just dealt with it for the week. I really wish now I had asked someone at the camp for some help because it really isn't a big deal at all. Good luck!