Bella is being very skittish about us touching her now, infact, she can be in a deep sleep and if she hears us move or notices us get close to her, she´s jumpy and she moves away where she wont be touched.
Even so, I have been able to feel her belly (which as I said, she doesnt like) and on either side, where her ribs end (and a soft nothingness would usually be), there is a longish "lump" in that area that will "disapeer" once my hand touches it...as if it moves away.
It reminds me of when I was pregnant with my own children and I could distinctively feel their back against my belly if I laid my hand in a certian place...does that make sense?
I can feel one on either side of Bella, and the lumps are about the size of a tiny mouse (sorry about the comparison, but living in the countryside, this is what comes to mind lol).Her abdomen is swollen and it´s not soft like it was before either.
Now, I am still finding it very hard to just come out and say "yes, she´s pregnant" because I guess that in my mind, I´m in disbelief (in a good way), or I´m just worried to get my hopes up or jinx something, but I decided to go ahead and try (
very softly and gently) to palpate Bella myself and this is what I found.
Did I just palpate 2 puppies? Is that what I felt? She would be due at the end of this month (29th of September to the 1st of October) so would these little "bumps" correspond to puppies of this gestational age?
I get to see my mentor on Friday and the vet on Monday
