[Brmi1234]

Hi all!

Well, after months of lurking, I finally registered because I really need to post and get some input here. I am posting this in the breeders section also, but hoped I could get more input by posting here too--hope that is allowed.

This is regarding our 20 month old, four pound female who we bred to a 2.5 lb. male beginning on November 20.

Our little cutie pie is on day 62 at the earliest. We got several ties over about about a week or slightly less, so this would be day 62 IF she took on the first tie. They were all pretty short ties, at one minute or less, so I am worried that could be a factor.

At any rate, after three or four weeks we did notice that she had bulked up. She weighs four pounds and is a teeny little thing with very little "meat" on her. I can always feel her hip bones, which worries me, but the vet said she is just fine. She started to get a pooch to her tummy, but it really never developed into a big pregnant looking stomach. We did not get an X-ray.

Well, I had sort of given up, but holding her today I realized I cannot feel her hip bones at all anymore...she does still have the slight pooch to her tummy, but I was also able to express the tiniest bit of milk from both bottom nipples. I am currently a breastfeeding mother, so this is something very familiar to me!!! :-) Hope that isn't TMI. At any rate, I was surprised about the milk. Both bottom-most nipples also have kind of a little white dot on top anytime I look.

What are your experiences? I am wondering if I should be running out and buying a heating pad and all that. Don't want to be unprepared, but if you were a stranger just taking a look, you would not think she was pregnant. This is our first experience with a small dog. We bred larger dogs back in our younger days!

Thanks,
Bridget