Periods - A woman's perspective

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Some things about women in general men can never empathize. Especially the mood swings during menstrual cycle. Those five days specially! Three days plus two days to become normal. I had seen men mocking about periods in women – it’s very insensitive. Only women understand the pain and agony. I really envy men who never have to undergo any pain. Their lives are so cool! For sure God is a male – had He been a She, women would never have had periods! Or for the matter pregnancy! If I were a God I would have given those to males! I still remember my first time. I was 10 years old then. That night I was about to sleep. Throughout the day, I had a feeling of abnormal pain in lower abdomen. I am a strong girl, I kept it ignoring. Till all of a sudden I sensed some fluid coming out and running all over the place! I ran into the bathroom in panic! I washed and washed and washed – all in vain! I had seen my mom and the hygiene she used. I woke up my mom silently and she took care of everything. She is the best mom in the world! That night I couldn’t sleep in pain and panic! Next day things began to worsen. I cried throughout the day, bunked school. My mom helped me to understand things – explained why it happens; otherwise a woman can’t be a proud mom! I realized – menstrual cycle is a necessary evil. Life would never be the same again as it was – my days of innocence. For last 10 years I am dealing with it. I never get mood swings but the onset of cramps take my natural cheerfulness away. Somehow, I am not the Dipa in those days, I become someone else. I get emotional – very very emotional. Still I absorb all the pain and agony with a feeling that all this pain is someday going to make me proud mother. I feel comfortable then – it’s worth to bear this pain. In this case, the pain that a woman bears to deliver a baby also takes a lot of toll on my fragile mind. I’ll discuss my feelings about it someday later. Guys, who are reading this piece, please try to empathize with the pain that a woman, say your mother, did undergo to give birth to you. Then you’ll understand the real worth of a woman. I feel proud to be a woman when I think I’ll some day be a mom! Always a mother is a lot closer to the baby than the father – it will be my child – only mine!