The scariest word in the English language

Engorgement

Trust me, you don't want to know. If you really do, click here and feel my pain.

Comments

Jenny said…
Good luck with the pain in multiple places. I hope you recover fast!
6/01/2006 10:54 AM
AmyJane said…
Ow, ow, ow!!!!! I'm dying for you. Did you ever hear my HORRIFIC nursing story? It involved 3 rounds of mastitis, 3 million plugged ducts, having to stop nursing the baby, an emergency flight home from Oklahoma, and three surgical pocedures to remedy. Now you've heard it. Just saying. If anything is at all wierd in a few days I am highly in favor of haunting the OB until they DO THE HECK SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Only you've done this once before and probably know all that. Good luck.
6/01/2006 11:18 AM
Tolkien Boy said…
Wow, you were right.

I didn't want to know. Um, good luck with all that.
6/01/2006 11:39 AM
Desmama said…
Oh, man. It is the most horrific word in the English language. When I had my first and my milk came in, I remember just being at a loss for words. All I could do was moo.
6/01/2006 1:10 PM
svoid said…
I was afraid and thought that I might not want to know but it wasn't nearly as bad as I imagined it might be. So, basically you just have really big boobs? :) I'm sure that it's more painful than it sounds. I was imagining that some part of your body 'engorged' some other part of your innards. It sounded really bloody, grotesque, and curable only by a surgical procedure. Sounds like you just need little Timmy to get to work.
6/01/2006 1:10 PM
Cricket said…
I had forgotten how bad it hurts between babies, so when it hit with the second one it seemed worse than it prolly was.

and NOTHING helps! it sux and I feel for you right now!!
6/01/2006 2:07 PM
FoxyJ said…
Today so far has been going much better than yesterday. Timothy is really doing his job and we've been making him eat every two hours so that's helping things a lot. My mom is here cooking, cleaning and reading to Sophie, so that's helping me a lot too. Last night was pretty yucky, so I hope that if I get things under control during the day it will help. Having done this before helps too. With Sophie the same thing happened and we spent several days just trying to figure what was going on before we fixed it.
6/01/2006 5:15 PM
Jenny said…
Yay for moms! Also, what kind of a yogurt maker do you have? Obviously, you may respond at your leisure to this question. :)
6/01/2006 7:00 PM
Th. said…
.

Sux....

I get it....
6/01/2006 9:18 PM
Mrs. Hass-Bark said…
Ow, ow, ow. I'm totally adopting.
6/02/2006 7:20 AM
Lady Steed said…
Yes, it HURTS! I remember it still, two and a half years later. OWOWOW!!

But I do know one mom who would love to being going through such pain right now so she could provide nourishment for her baby.
6/02/2006 6:03 PM
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