Diya C • India • 21
I got my first period on a train journey!
I was 11 years old, visiting my grandparents for the winter vacations. The journey takes two days by train. On the afternoon of the second day, I was lying on my berth reading a book when I felt a continuous discharge below. Now my mom had told me about periods long back, but it was just another piece of information for me and hence, it didn't even cross my mind once that I could have got my period.
Soon it was lunchtime, I went to the washroom to freshen up. When I pulled down my pants, it was a bloody mess! I started shivering out of fear as the realization dawned on me. I hurriedly cleaned up as much as I could (the blood just wouldn't stop!), rushed back to my berth and told my mom. She immediately took me back to the washroom and showed me how to use a pad. Seeing me all shaking, she assured me that this was completely normal, there was nothing to be worried about, and I should go about doing my day-to-day activities without any restrictions!
It was one hell of an experience but also something I will remember lifelong.
