I know that most women differ widely on whether or not they experience sore breasts periodically, but most women I know have experienced it at some point for various reasons.  My most common reason, personally, is when I have PMS (pre menstrual syndrome), and the period about one week before my period comes, my boobs become huge and sore to the touch. 

Another reason for breast tenderness is commonly pregnancy.  This really goes hand in hand with PMS and tender breasts because the reason for both has to do with balooning hormones around these times when estrogen levels sort of are in a frenzy in the female body, causing the breasts to engorge with (supposedly) water weight. 

A reason that you really want to be cautious with is going to be when there is something that might be wrong with the breasts.  If you are experiencing breast tenderness and cannot correlate it to hormonal fluctuations in the body (the two most common being pregnancy and PMS), then you would want to contact your family practitioner and have them help you figure out what the reason may be. This is especially important if the breast pain feels like it is stabbing. 

If it’s not just a soreness, that may trip that alarms even more, but even if it is just tenderness with no correlated reason, you will want to get it checked out. With our breasts, it’s better safe than sorry, because early detection of breast cancer is the best defense against it.  Another sign of breast cancer, while we’re on the subject, is breast discharge.  This should immediately be reported to your practitioner so that tests can be done immediately. 

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