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Why do pregnant women have swollen breasts? what is the biological reason behind it?
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Hormones: In the pregnant women, her ovaries and other organs will produce hormones to support the uterus and the pregnancy. These also tend to cause breast gland growth and engorgement over the time of the pregnancy to get her body ready to nurse the infant after birth.
Answered 11/12/2013
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