During a phone follow-up conversation with a woman who is 4 days' after birth,the woman tells the nurse,"I don't know what's 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:
A) taking-in.
B) postpartum depression (PPD).
C) postpartum (PP) blues.
D) attachment difficulty.

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During the PP blues women are emotionally labile,often crying easily and for no apparent reason.This lability seems to peak around the fifth PP day.The taking-in phase is the period after birth when the mother focuses on her own psychologic needs.Typically this period lasts 24 hours.PPD is an intense,pervasive sadness marked by severe,labile mood swings; it is more serious and persistent than the PP blues.Crying is not a maladaptive attachment response; it indicates PP blues.

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