A woman has just learned that she is pregnant.What are some things the nurse should teach her about her breasts?

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The areolae become larger and grow a darker brown as pregnancy progresses, and the tubercles become more prominent.(The brown colour fades after lactation, but the areolae never return to their original colour).A venous pattern is an expected finding and prominent over the skin surface and does not need to be reported.After the fourth month of pregnancy, colostrum, a thick, yellow fluid (precursor to milk), may be expressed from the breasts.

A Woman Has Just Learned That She Is Pregnant