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Mom experienced 'extreme unhappiness' only when she breastfed — Diagnostic dilemma

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The symptoms: About two weeks after her baby's birth, the woman began experiencing intensely negative emotions at every breastfeeding session. These feelings of "extreme unhappiness" would start just before her milk ejection reflex (during which milk moves from the breast ducts to the nipples) and last up to two minutes.

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