[carmen in nj]

when I first started I did not have a heating pad or hemostats, I used an electric blanket that I had I wraped it around half of the whelping box, for the recieving box I used a warm flanel sheet that I warmed up with the hair dryer, also I used sewing thread white the one used to sew buttons, soaked in alcohol to tie the cords about one inch from the baby and used a child's dull scissors to cut it.., and it worked fine..
hugs,
Carmen in nj