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MOD HERE WITH AN UPDATE!!
MOD HERE WITH AN UPDATE!!
So my little girl has safely finished carrying 3 pups!
2 girls and 1 boy!
All 3 pups are as healthy as can be, and so is momma.
First I'd like to say thank you all for the abundance of replies!
However, I'm astonished at how unfriendly this thread became.
Not only towards me and my situation, but also to eachother!
You are all extremely biased and opinionated, which is fine, because
as knowledgeable breeders you should be. But again, I think this
got a little bit out of hand.
I understand the situation was not optimal, and that's why I came here.
It was an accidental pregnancy, and was not realized until nearly 6 weeks!
Fearful, I came here to seek information and help getting through it all.
I agree that it was a dangerous situation, but instead of helping me get
through the pregnancy giving support, you all did nothing except post
hateful messages. I understand why to an extent, but again, all I wanted
was help and support getting through the pregnancy. After your initial
replies, it was suggested that I seek out professional advice from a vet,
which I went on to receive from my vet as well as a pregnancy specialist.
I was told that since she was so far along, an emergency spay would be
just as dangerous as carrying out the pregnancy. All of you disagreed and
stuck to your guns. But following the 2 vets advice, I decided to proceed
with caution. Oh and by the way, the specialist also authored a book on
animal pregnancy, so I'm pretty sure I can trust her advice confidently!
In the end, we receieved a small window for the possible duedate, so
a couple days prior to the window we went in to get an ultrasound and
test her progesterone levels, etc.. For the following 4 days we went in
daily to get her progesterone levels tested and take more scans.
In the end, she did need to get a Csection because the pups heads were
a bit too wide for her to deliver (which was highly expected), and as soon
as her progesterone levels had dropped to the correct level, she went into
surgery on day 4 (today).. Everything went great and as planned; the puppies
are as healthy as can be, and momma is doing great as well. From here
forward I will be giving momma oxytocin sprays nasally, taking close care
of the pups environment etc, and eventually weening.
I would say thank you for all the help and support, but honestly I didn't
receive any. All I got was yelled at. And although I understand why, I still
would've appreciated a bit more on the level of help and support, since
I had already understood the dangers of the situation, and chose to follow
the professional advice I got. Bottom line is, the educated decision was
made to proceed with the pregnancy because of how far along she was,
so it would've been nice if you all would've just accepted that and helped
me get through it.
Anyway, I do appreciate the info, opinions, and advice I was given, and am
happy to report a successful pregnancy.. I will try to get some pictures
of the 3 pups (as well as momma and poppa) posted up soon.
If there is anybody who is willing to provide help and support during the
next few weeks, I would greatly appreciate it, and will post any questions
or concerns I may have here on this thread.
Thanks again!
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