It would be too easy for your period to just sabotage your pelvic region. Way too easy. Because having female hormones often feels like being on a roller coaster from hell, your menstrual cycle can also wreak havoc on your boobs. Breast pain pre-period is extremely normal... 
if not incredibly unfair. Here's everything you need to know about that fun time of the month when your breasts double in size and feel like they were pummeled by a power drill.
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Why Your Breasts Feel Like Sandbags👇🏻
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Why Your Breasts Feel Like Sandbags👇🏻
After ovulation — which happens about midway through your menstrual cycle, or two weeks after your period — the hormone progesterone starts to rise. Around day 21 of a standard, 28-day cycle, progesterone peaks, and as Rebecca Brightman, an ob-gyn in New York City explains,
one of the rude symptoms of progesterone is that it can cause the ducts in your breasts to expand. Progesterone can also cause increased water retention. So between expanded breast ducts and water retention in the breast (and all over your bod),
it's very normal for your breasts to feel heavy and painful before your period.
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#Menstrualmonday #Mondaymotivation
#menstrualhygiene #Healthforall #Publichealth #Womenmatter #Girlsmatter #reusablepads #GiveGirlsDignity #Equalrights #Equalopportunity
