The nurse speaking to a group of junior high girls cautions them that their breasts may feel tender:
a. at midcycle at ovulation.
b. at intracycle on the first day of flow.
c. at intracycle as the flow begins to slow.
d. after menstrual flow has stopped.
A
Hormonal changes during the midportion of the cycle may increase breast tenderness.
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