Is there a connection between D-MER and the breastfeeding aversion?
Breastfeeding aversion is a term used for when women dread breastfeeding because they get irritated feelings throughout the feeding, starting with latch on. It is true that often mothers who are nursing while pregnant resonate with how D-MER is described, mostly with the anxiety experience that includes irritability. But it’s currently the thought that these mothers are “annoyed” or “irritated” when they first sit down to nurse, probably because of nipple contact (sometimes the feelings dissipate with milk release, for many it is throughout the whole feeding.) In D-MER, mothers feel fine with latch on and when the milk release process is triggered their feelings emerge. It is thought that mothers with nursing aversion handle the dopamine drop normally, and that its nipple sensitivity that prompts them to feel irritated.
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