I know it is not a friendly topic but I want to share it. I want to let others know how we as a young and naive girls go through a very socially hush-hush experience.

My school was a private school with a very friendly principal who knew all of the student by name and take cares of each and every student without any discrimination. I am who I am because of him, he discipline each and everyone of us to a very well mannered person with pride and dignity. Our school did not have any school nurse nor did any other school because it was not common in our state but our principal has a box of sanitary pad available for any student who needs it in emergency. He was that kind of principal who would carry you to the hospital on anytime of the day.

So, the day when I first got my period was the day we had to wear white skirt and I would like to mention that my school was a co-ed school. We had schools on weekends too and on that day we had to wear a Jersey and a white skirt. All of the classmates has already gotten their period except me and few of my friends. Few of my friends got when they were 6 and slowly everyone was having it except me and few of my friends. Just like that the years went by and when that day reach I was class 8. 

On that auspicious day, there was nothing new, no change everything was same. My friends complain of cramps or bodyache but I did not feel any of such thing. Our school timing for Saturday was from 8:30am to 12 pm, we were enjoying our day just normally all our class was over and we were on our last period and waiting for the bell to ring we were laughing and talking with one another, I was very active on that day playing and running around. Soon our bell rang so we were all packing our bags and mind you as our school is a co-ed school it was normal to have bench partner as a boy or a person on opposite rows to be boys, I too got up to leave when one of my classmate whispered that there is a stain on my skirt, I was shocked because I was not sure what and she are you having period, then it hit my mind so I hurriedly exit to toilet, I did not cry nor felt anything i was just using my skirt with water when my friends came to toilet with a sanitary pad and gave it to me. They stayed with me till I washed it off. They told me that they went to ask our principal sir for sanitary pad when I asked whose was it and I am grateful for them and sir for being there for me when I am pretty sure I would have been in a very embarrassing state.

So I went back to my class with my friends and some of my girl classmates were congratulating me saying welcome to motherhood, I was shy and happy we were all just enjoying the moment. The boys did not ask nor question anything they just went about their day and we all left for home.

The most common thing for us in our school was that if we stain our white skirt we will wash it and if the stain is still visible we would go back to classroom and use the duster and dust it on our skirt. Atleast ot would make our stain little less visible.

Girls were always half excited or scared of period, we used to carry sanitary on our school back not knowing when we will get, opening a back with sanitary pad infront of boys were and is still embarrassing but these days all are being educated and no one is being shy to share and even the boys are willing to help girls who go through such situation. I hope it will not be a taboo in coming years.