Hi there. I just went through this with my Molly early Friday morning, it was her first litter too. My vet said to take the temp in the morning and again in the evening around dinner time...this would give you a pretty good idea of an accurate temp and not give false readings if taken too close together.
Molly's temp dropped below 100 a couple of days before she delivered and then went back up to 100. The day before delivery she dropped to 98.6 and her belly dropped a bit from under her rib cage to her mid section and felt tight. She never got sick, didn't nest and didn't lose her appetite. She did get shakey and clingy...the shakes were off and on and she wanted to go outside a lot. We kept an eye on her that night, went to sleep and at about 12:30 a.m. she woke us up with labor and finally nesting in her box. She delivered on day 63 from their one and only tie.
Do you have your whelping supplies on hand? I had way too much but I wanted to have anything I might need rather than not have something I would need.
We had a perfect delivery...I hope you do too! |