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Pathology
Consultation note — mother 3 weeks postpartum
History: exclusively breastfeeding; infant gaining about 300 g a week. Since day 5 she has pumped for 15 minutes after every feed "to build a freezer stash" and freezes about 600 mL a day.
Last 18 hours: a painful, red, wedge-shaped area in the upper outer right breast. Temperature 38.6 °C (101.5 °F), chills and body aches since this morning. She has been using hot packs, massaging the lump hard and pumping the right side after every feed.
Infant: feeds 8–10 times a day on cue; deep latch; no oral lesions. Mother: "I've never had a problem like this before. What did I do wrong?"
Which practice in the record is MOST likely to have contributed to her current condition?