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Originally Posted by Ladyhawk  This is what Dr. Rice DMV says: A sure sign that uterine labor contractions have begun is the presence of a green vaginal discharge. It is the result of early uterine placental detachment and may be seen several hours before a bitch produes her first pup. The green fluid, called lochia, is intermittently observed until several days or a week after whelping. |
That is so weird how it can be so different in dogs and humans...lol. In a dog you look for the green fluid and it is a good sign, in humans you look for it as a bad sign. If the meconium is too thick in human fluid, we place a tube in the uterus and hook warm iv fluids to it and "wash it out", so the baby will not aspirate it during delivery. And the lochia in humans is the vaginal discharge after delivery, at first it is red then a few days later it is pink and then sometimes brown. Not that you wanted to know that but I just got carried away.....lol....
