During a phone follow-up conversation with a woman who is 4 days postpartum, the woman tells the nurse, "I don't know what is wrong. I love my son, but I feel so let down
I seem to cry for no reason!" The nurse would recognize that the woman is experiencing: 1. taking-in.
2. postpartum depression.
3. postpartum blues.
4. attachment difficulty.
3
1. Incorrect. The taking-in phase is the period following birth when the mother focuses on her own psychologic needs. Typically, this period lasts for 24 hours.
2. Incorrect. PPD is an intense and pervasive sadness with severe and labile mood swings and is more serious and persistent than PP blues.
3. Correct. During PP blues, women are emotionally labile, often crying easily and for no apparent reason. This lability seems to peak around the fifth PP day.
4. Incorrect. Crying is not a maladaptive attachment response-it indicates PP blues.
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