Aratrika R. • West Bengal, India • 18
I was 11 and on a stage when I first got my period. I went to another school for an interschool education competition. While I was waiting for my turn backstage, I felt a little weird. I went to the washroom to check. Only to discover, I was menstruating.
I came back, went on stage and performed my best (I was not even wearing a pad, beacause I did not have one). I finished performing, asked for some help, and managed to get a sanitary napkin from a nurse in the school infirmary. You could say, my period debuted on stage.
