Tender boobs

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Is this a peri menopause thing ?

I am 48 and so far no real symptoms. My periods have started to slightly veer away from the rigid 28 day cycle - but no other real signs.

My boobs feel so tender. I am not huge, but they seem to be filling out my bras too well. It feels like the pre period boob tenderness.

Doubt that I am pregnant bloody hope not .

I suppose if it is one of the 'things' of menopause then there is nothing I can do about it really - but just be interested to know others' experiences of this.

Bumping this one as I was here with the same question!

Evidently all PMS symptoms get worse as we go into peri. So sore boobs can be part of that. I think I read it's to do with low progesterone during the 2nd half of the cycle. Diet is supposed to help- especially things like cutting right back on salt.

Thanks polly

I could have/thought I had written this 😂. I too am 48 and have had extremely sore boobs for about 3 days! Have been googling like mad and sadly it appears to be a peri-menopause sympton! I am not impressed 😢

I am only in my early 40s! I seem to be going straight from baby brain to menopause memory! For the last 4/5 months have had about 3 days a month of excruciatingly tender breasts - which is not very much fun with the bouncy cuddly small children I have . . .

I'm only 40 and I have noticed over the past couple of months that I get horribly tender painful boobs before my period, something that I've never suffered from before. I was guessing that it must be the beginning of the pre menopause years.

Not necessarily treacle. I had tender nipples all my fertile life as part of PMS (in the 2nd half of each month) - the day they stopped hurting was the day the bleeding would start each month, like clockwork.
I didn't notice is getting any worse during peri and I had a relatively late-ish menopause at 53-54.
It will be a hormonal shift, but not necessarily peri men- you're a bit too young for that, unless you go on to have an early menopause (before 45.)

I could have written this too! I'm 43 and seem to be spending about 2 weeks a month with extremely sore, swollen boobs. I look like I've had a boob job which would be great if they weren't so painful. I had blood tests earlier in the year with no indication of menopause, but Dr said it's diff to pinpoint at the early stages, so could well be pre-menopause. I used to get sore boobs a week or so before my period was due, but this is completely different. Way more swelling and way more painful. Not fun at all. It really affects my mood as I feel the ache with every movement.

Polly that's good to know. Maybe not such a strange symptom after all then.

I had forgotten that I started this thread!

Thanks for all replies. It's good to see it's not unusual.

Still the same here - about two weeks out of four my boobs are definitely more plumped up. also as Polly says they stop hurting the day that my period commences.

I'm 56 and on HRT and get very swollen breasts when I have my monthly bleed.

I had this when I was late 40s despite never having it before. Even putting in a t shirt was incredibly painful, it felt like my boobs were bruised and was generally (although not always) followed by a period
I'm now 51 and don't get it any more., it lasted about a year.