Ok guys, here goes....
we had to induce labor yesterday morning. x-ray at 8:30 am showed 4 pups so pitocin was used at 9:00 am. i ran some quik errands, came back by, brought her lunch, took her for a little walk, went back home, went back again, checked on her, still nothing. at 3:30 i got a call saying we had one healthy little 3 oz boy! I rushed back and we were in a private room for about an hour and she wasnt showing any signs of having another anytime soon, so i had her checked one last time to make sure there wasn't a pup in the birth canal waiting to come out in my car, all was clear so i brought her home to finish in a more peaceful environment. (keep in mind that 3 seperate injections of .10 cc pitocin had to be used throughout the day to bring on contractions hard enough to be in full blown labor)
this was the hardest, toughest labor and delivery i have ever seen in 10 years. She has had 2 previous litters with absolutely no problems what so ever, pups came about every hour and all went smooth. not this time. i was in tears many times throughout the day and night. never have I been so scared and worried for one of my girls. she had another pup, a 4.1 oz boy at 7:40 pm. another 4 oz boy arrived at 11:27 pm. and our last wonderful surprise was a beautiful little 3 oz girl at 1:58 am. (so she has a different birthday technically, LOL) Courtney was exhausted and so was I. I really thought we were in for a C-Sec, but kept my vet on the phone constantly and we waited it out...Luckily she didnt have to go through all that, but with the way she had such a hard time even going into labor, then the hard time when she did, I have decided she will be spayed as soon as she is back in good shape, probably around March of 06'.
I feel very blessed with these 4 little luv bugs and I'm extremely proud of my girl for being such a little trooper and doing this for me. This is the part of being a breeder that tends to give me feelings of guilt at times. I know I gave her the best care that I possibly could, but if something had happened to her, I think I would have just lost it. I'm very thankful that she is ok and so are her babies. I had to pray alot on this one, for strength and to be able to let the guilt I was feeling go. I'm looking forward to raising these little cuties and I know that Courtney will be fine, but no more babies for her! I really learned alot from this litter and as I've said before, I have learned that no two litters are alike and problems can arise in the blink of an eye.
Well, here's the beautiful outcome!!!!
