I feel like this is weird but does anyone ever get like really negative feelings and discomfort mentally when they're pumping or breastfeeding?
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Agree with above, sounds like D-MER. It's fairly common actually. I have D-MER and going on 6.5 months EBF with my little guy, I wish I could say it's gotten better but honestly I've just had to power through. Mine manifests as anxiety and nausea, definitely not my favorite thing in the world.
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I’m opposite. I get a rush of tingles and sense of eurotica. Almost like that buildup before an orgasm. Lol. Huge relief (maybe from engorged boobs though, I didn’t collect colostrum) so it’s interesting for me to hear others get DMER symptoms coz mines a rush of, arousal almost. I dunno it’s hard to explain. The letdown is immensely satisfying for me
Yes ! But we are eight months along now so it’s been better for me personally, I didn’t end up getting it diagnosed because I didn’t know that it was a thing. I just thought I was depressed until recently when I saw a video about it and I was like wait a minute I did that.😭
yes it happened to me every time i had to stop 😔
Yes. It went away after a few months
DMER or my fave: Sad nipple syndrome 🙃 I get it too. It tends to fade after 4 months or so. For me it mostly manifests in nausea when baby first latches and for the first 10 minutes or so. I was so relieved when I found out it was 'a thing'!
I've never experienced this, but it sounds like it could be something called Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER)