Renuka Shahane got her periods at the age of 10, she said- her mother used to explain it by drawing figures

Renuka Shahane is an Indian actress, best known for her role as Pooja Choudhary Nath in the famous classic film ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’. The actress often uses social media to create awareness about many matters. Recently, she spoke openly about her childhood struggle with menstruation. During a chat, the famous TV and film actress recalled her periods when she was 10 years old. Talking about menstruation and the taboos around it in society on the We Are Yuva podcast, Renuka Shahane revealed that she had her first period when she was 10 years old. Sharing this, she said, ‘I am 58 years old today and I have spent most of my life with periods.’

Renuka Shahane remembered her period

She said that due to her periods, she enjoyed her childhood physically for a very short time. Since she could not understand what was happening to her body, her mother came to her rescue.

Renuka’s mother helped

Renuka said, ‘I was lucky because in my case, my mother made a figure to explain how it worked. I was lucky because at my home, they used to discuss all this very openly. I could not understand what was happening and what was the reason behind it. However, people around assured that it was nothing bad.’

I felt lonely

In the same interview, the actress recalled feeling lonely in school as she couldn’t talk to her friends about her menstruation. She said that none of her friends in her class got their periods for the next three years. So, they had to wait until they got their periods to share things. She was feeling very lonely.

has an impact on children

However, Renuka did admit that it has some impact on the children psychologically as they are growing up in a way that no one knows. Also, no one in school was talking about it.