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Engorgement
Engorgement Swollen and tender breasts, usually beginning between two days and a weekafter childbirth, when a mother's milk comes in. Symptoms usually disappear in a few days when nursing is well established, but breasts can re-engorge during weaning, a sudden nursing strike, or a bout of mastitis, or if the baby's sick.
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Mastitis
Infection of the milk ducts in the breast.
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