While
breast-related health topics such as breast cancer and mammograms seem
to be making news headlines all the time for various reasons, there is
one subject
related to breasts that affects many mothers and simply isn’t getting
much attention, despite the fact that it affects an amazing
72% of women.1
Known
casually as “PMS Breasts,” this term refers to breast tenderness,
swelling, achiness or heaviness coinciding with the menstrual cycle.
More formally, this
is known as
fibrocystic breast condition, (FBC). The lack of conversation about this condition may be part of the reason that 45% of the women who experience this each month
do not seek a solution from their doctors because they think that breast tenderness "is simply part of being a woman.”2
Due
to the discomfort, some women are not able to exercise, be intimate
with their partners, or even hug their children. In fact,
44% avoid sex, and 22% even avoid walking during “that” time of
the month. This adds up to an average of one month of "lost days" per
year per woman.3
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