Hi there, I'm not an expert on births, but my yorkie did have 5 healthy puppies last Oct (1st litter). My vet said to count from 1st tie (in my case it was AI) +4 days. It was accurate for me. I also wrote down other ways to count, will post that when I get home tonigt. I also did x-ray a week before. The vet only counted 3 or 4 but I counted 5 or 6. Ended up having 5 beautiful babies. I didn't do temp, just because my baby girl squirms alot & I read that you shouldn't stress out mom...Are you sure she was having contractions? I read that the mom should deliver in 24hrs from 1st temp drop, if not, she should see the vet. My girl started labor @ 4am & didn't start the actual birthing process (hard contractions) til 6pm. That's when her anmiotic sac came out at the same time w/ the 1st pup. So there was 2 sacs in her birth canal...it took 2 hrs, 15min & numerous calls to the emergency clinic to finally give birth the biggest baby girl. (usu. 1st is the biggest) Thereafter, 4 little pups followed 30min from each other. I also kept popping Altoids...read that dogs can smell nervousness in a human's breath. I was a nervous wreck!!! Another thing, my girl started throwing up (4am) having diarrhea (8am) panting on & off, kept going to her pee pad & squatting but peeing only a little (like if she had UTI). My vet said that's because her contractions were weak at that point of her labor. Is your girl having these symptoms? She couldn't hold anything down, so I gave her Nutri-Cal, & she wouldn't even eat her favorite-boiled chicken! I hope everything goes well for you and your baby girl...keep us posted!
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