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Originally Posted by Lilah Charm  I think that is great and I am sure your vet knows what he is doing- I'm so glad you have an emergency vet contact too! I know pre eclampsia is definitely a risk and that adequate calcium levels are important during pregnancy too- did he reccomend increasing the dose after birth to prevent actual eclampsia 'milk fever'? I bet that girl will be needing it once she is in lactation- wowee!
I believe the reason you don't want to give calcium in excess during pregnancy is because calcium works in conjunction with pitocin to contract the uterine muscle during labor;if we supplement the calcium excessively in pregnancy the part of the body that 'wakes up' and pulls the calcium into the blood stream forgets how to do its job because it doesn't need to (got lazy when we supplemented) and when labor comes it can't pull the calcium needed to work with the pitocin to create the contraction.
Our bodies are really amazing structures. I hope all goes well with your girls labor and look forward to more updates- thanks for staying active on the thread, it is wrenching to wonder! |
Yes I think he gave us these because she is a little older so I guess to make sure that nothing happens to her. I'll have to ask him on her appointment at the checkup after they're born. The vitamins are by some company called vetco or something like that. He advised me to only give half of one per day so maybe after she gives birth I'll start giving a full one. She's on day 58 now so any day now!!