Nasra A • Nairobi, Kenya • 14
I was playing with my little brother when I suddenly felt the worst stomach pain. I usually had regular stomach issues so I just took one of my tablets and let it be. But it didn't end. It was there throughout the night and I had to go to school the next day. In the morning, there was nothing on my panties, not that I bothered to check. But when I got to school, it felt like something was wrong but I just ignored it and sat down.
We were in the middle of a lesson when I felt the boy who sat behind me tapping my shoulder and he started giggling as he told me that my chair was covered in blood. I took one look and just started screaming my head off.
The teachers had to call my mother to calm me down because I honestly thought I was dying.
When I finally understood that it was just my period, I had to face the humiliation of being the girl who bled all over myself in school. I was teased and called names like the "bloody baron" in school for a whole month. I hope that nothing like this never happens to any girl because of not knowing about their period.
