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D-MER Self Test

D-MER Self Test

This quiz is not meant as a medical diagnosis but as a tool to better help you understand if your experience and situation could be related to dysphoric milk ejection reflex.
  1. Do you think you have D-MER?

    2. No
    Yes

  2. Do you have feelings like homesickness, depression, anxiety or agitation when you breastfeed?

    3. Yes
    No
    Sometimes

  3. Do you experience feelings like homesickness, depression, anxiety or agitation when you pump?

    4. Yes
    No
    Sometimes

  4. Do you have feelings of homesickness, depression, anxiety or agitation with spontaneous letdowns?

    5. Yes
    No
    Sometimes

  5. When do these feelings happen

    6. Before nipple contact
    Upon nipple contact
    Sometime after nipple contact
    Before you feel the letdown sensation in your breasts

  6. Do these feelings come on suddenly?

    7. Yes
    No

  7. Do these feelings dissipate after a short while?

    8. Yes
    No

  8. Do these feelings stay throughout the whole feeding?

    9. Yes
    No
    Comes and goes throughout feeding

  9. Do you have a *continually* dysphoric mood even when not breastfeeding?

    10. Yes
    No

  10. When did you start noticing these feelings during breastfeeding?

    11. Within the first month of breastfeeding
    Between month 1-12 of breastfeeding
    Sometime after 12 months of breastfeeding

  11. Are you currently pregnant or nursing a toddler?

    12. Yes
    No

  12. Other than your emotional reaction to breastfeeding, do you enjoy nursing?

    13. Yes
    No
    Not Applicable

  13. Does your *emotional* reaction to breastfeeding manifest in your stomach?

    14. Yes
    No

0- 20 It sounds like what you are experiencing, though bothersome and uncomfortable, is different than D-MER. Try learning more about nausea with letdown, breastfeeding aversion, postpartum depression, general dislike of breastfeeding or psychological responses to breastfeeding and keep up the good work, you’re doing a great thing for you and your baby.

21-29 You may have D-MER but if would be a good idea to look more closely at the explanations and specifics of D-MER and compare them to other experiences with breastfeeding such as nausea with letdown, breastfeeding aversion, postpartum depression, general dislike of breastfeeding or psychological responses to breastfeeding. Then decide what the best fit is for you. Your feelings and experience is very real and you are doing a great job getting through it.

30-35 It sounds like you have D-MER, look around the website for helpful information and hang in there! You can get through this!




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