Prakarsha P • India • 20
I knew about periods before getting mine. Whisper (they make sanitary pads) came to our school and explained it to all the adolescent girls every year in detail. Also, my grandma told me to be prepared for menarche because I was showing signs of puberty. Yes, I'm lucky like that.
I was at home on a 10 day break and it was about 1 am. I woke my grandma up and casually said I got my period. She is a science graduate herself. She said, "Okay, go back to sleep." That morning, mom gave a sanitary napkin. They were surprised that I knew how to use it!
My only regret is that all my classmates got to be absent for five days when they got their first. Mine just had to be during a vacation.
