Wow, thank you all! The info is so helpful, much more helpful than my vet, who is great but not a breeder (but that is why I asked) <smiling>. This is my first litter of puppies ever!! I am so nervous because I love my little Trini so much and I just want everything to go right for her and make her as comfortable as possible. I am tossing my cardboard box and going out to buy one of those storage bins from Target and I have pee-pee pads and a scale and a normal thermometer that I will be switching to a digital.
Can I ask another question...
Is it normal for the (outside) temperature of her stomach to be so hot??
Thank you all again and I hope you enjoy the big belly pics, (they were taken yesterday night and the one on the couch just now).