Birds & Bees 101

Today Amir asked about why Acik 'bleeds' when she's not even married. He thinks only married women bleed.

Now...Mama has got think hard and fast.

What shall I say? I know this would lead to a lot of questions from this 8 year old.

So here goes my story:
'Amir, all women bleed, no matter whether they are married or not'.

And of course he had to ask why.

'Every woman has an egg produced in her tummy every month. The egg needs to wait for another egg to produce babies. So when there's no partner egg, the blood will come out.'

'So mana egg satu lagi mom?'

Hmmmm...what shall I goreng without really twisting the fact?

'Err, the other egg is from the husband!'

So he rationalized 'so kalau no husband, darah keluar?'. By this time Aina who was listening quietly started to become dizzy. She cannot hear the mention of the word blood or anything related to that.

I said 'as long as there's no other egg to couple that egg then blood comes out'. Aina was covering her ears already.

Then came the dreaded question, 'so how the egg masuk the tummy mom?'

Guess what I said? 'How do you think it gets there?'

He said 'I know! Kiss!'

Thank God! We're gonna end this conversation soon!

'But macam mana egg tu masuk kalau kiss?'

Adoi, cepat Mama, think!

'Ehmmm, masuklah kalau kiss, that's why I never allow you guys to watch kissing scenes on tv! Nanti when you're slightly bigger we continue this discussion!' I just had to end it there. Adam never ask this sort of question. Luckily Amir accepted the explanation.

Next time I have to think harder I guess.