All of my lay-deees

Here's a friendly reminder for all my lady friends: Don't just read it. DO IT!

Step 1: Begin by looking at your breasts in the mirror with your shoulders straight and your arms on your hips. *Look for....Breasts that are their usual size, shape, and color without visible distortion or swelling.
If you see any of the following changes, bring them to your doctor's attention: Dimpling, puckering, or bulging of the skin, nipple that has changed position or inverted, redness, soreness, rash, or swelling

Step 2: Now, raise your arms and look for the same changes.

Step 3: While you're at the mirror, look for any signs of fluid coming out of one or both nipples (this could be a watery, milky, or yellow fluid or blood).

Step 4: Next, feel your breasts while lying down, using your right hand to feel your left breast and then your left hand to feel your right breast. Use a firm, smooth touch with the first few finger pads of your hand, keeping the fingers flat and together. Use a circular motion, about the size of a quarter. Cover the entire breast from top to bottom, side to side — from your collarbone to the top of your abdomen, and from your armpit to your cleavage.

Follow a pattern to be sure that you cover the whole breast and do it the same way every time, that way if something changes, you'll notice!

Step 5: Finally, feel your breasts while you are standing or sitting.

**Try doing your breast exam in the shower when you are soapy, its easier to feel lumps and distortions that way.

**Best time to do a breast exam? Right after you finish with your period, don't do it before you start because many women have lumps that show up every month with hormone changes, this is ok. Lumps that come and go are usually benign.

**Rubbery feeling, movable, and fluctuating lumps...usually ok, but if you're worried about it DO NOT hesitate to tell your doctor!

**If I no longer have a period or a uterus do I need to do a breast exam every month....uh...YES!!

**Just as a side note, if you have a cervix.....YOU NEED A PAP SMEAR! (i don't care if your uterus is gone, you can still get cancer in your whooo haa!)

Have a happy monday---don't worry you'll be getting another reminder next month to

FEEL THOSE TA-TAs!