Whew, what a crazy last 36 hours!
The little female passed this morning. The sadness mixed with the joy of the last 2 days has really gotten to me.
I will be taking pictures tomorrow and posting them for everyone. : )
Hillary is doing great, has loads of milk and is eating like a champ.
The surviving 8 babies are doing great as well! They are all full and active! I am so happy, I can't bear to lose another one.
Anyway, for those of you who are curious, Hillary is about 11 pounds (big to be breeding, but she had a litter of pups last year that were so cute and so little and just perfect - they grew up to be about 5 and 6 pounds (same Sire this time, he's 6 1/2 pounds).
She was about 57 - 59 days along when she whelped, so she carried them basically to term, though the little would have probably survived if she had been delivered about a week later.
Not sure about their weights yet - I have been so busy just trying to maintain that I haven;t even thought about weighing them. But, after a good night's sleep I will weigh them tomorrow - best guess isa range between 2 and 6 ounces from the littlest to biggest.