#DignifiedMenstruation to #SchoolHelathNurse, coming from Chitwan, Dolakha, Kavre, Dolpa, Salyan

Asked to write their first menstrual experience in five minutes without letting their name. 

Common Practice : First sharing to mother, sister, friends

Chitwan

·       Feeling discomfort

·       Feeling cry,

·       Nervous at first

·       Missing mother a lot

·       Don’t know about menstruation and management

·       Mother asked to hide in separate and dark room

·       Brought me at paternal aunt’s house

·       Feeling lower abdominal pain

·       Used cloth pad

·       Not allow to see even sunlight

·       Separated for five to seven days

·       Not allow to enter in to Kitchen and temple even now  

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Kavre:

·       Cried

·       Mother explained it and asked to use cloth pad

·       Pain –lower abdomen

·       Use cloth pad

·       Embarrassed to wash and dry the cloth pad

·       Not allow to see father and brother

·       Not allow to go anywhere

Dolakha:

·       Not allow to see father

·       Restricted for five days

·       Use cloth pad

Dolpa:

·       Don’t use anything for first three months due to ignorance. Later use the handkerchief

 

Salyan

·       Stay in separate room

Use hankerchief