How do I know for sure if Maya is producing milk. The vet earlier told me she was producing just a little but that it would pick up once she got home and was less stressed, etc. It seems as though she's just a little especially in her back teats, but if I try to express milk or colostrum from them I'm not seeing anything. Now I'm really really worried that her babies are just sucking on the nipples but not getting any milk. ??? How do I know if they're acutally feeding or not? I'm so stressed I just want to cry! And just a little while ago, Maya was out of her whelping box crying at the door to be let out. We tried to get her to go back to the babies, but she didn't want to. All the while her babies were crying for her (I only let this last for about 5 minutes, but I wouldn't be surprised if it happened again). My boyfriend is in there with her now, she's in her box with the babies, and the babies are content for now. I'm just afraid this is something she's going to do regularly. Would the babies be crying constantly if they weren't getting food? I only hear them cry occassionally, but then Maya always comforts them and/or feeds them (or tries to). With everything that happened earlier, I'm already on edge; maybe I'm just being paranoid, I don't know. I think I'll call my vet first thing in the morning just because I'm freaked. I want to make sure they're being fed. Is it possible for a female that has undergone a c-section to not produce milk???
Maybe I wasn't able to see any milk because I wasn't squeezing it the right way. ??? I'm also thinking about what they said earlier while she was in labor but getting nowhere with it. She had low calcium levels then; they had given her calcium, so that should've helped. Is it possible those levels have dropped again? Would that cause a difficiency in milk production? I've given her whelping pudding, hoping to help. Help me please!