Taking Temp For Whelping

[TeddyandTiffy]

Hello all, I've been taking Tiffy's temp since Thur. Morning, (On Thur I just read I should take her temp to see when she is in labor), well I went & bought her a new Reli On digital thermometer with a flexable tip well when I take it do I add a degree like U do with babies when U take them through the rear? See this morning we let her and Teddy out to potty and our neighbor had a wrotwiller (Spelling there!) and that dag gone thing came flying in our yard, I was screaming my head off... Justin (My husband) came out and grab our babies. He said Tiffy was so stiff with her body...Well Tiffy was really upset...I thought oh no will this throw her into labor??? (If that happens?) and I waited about 2 hours and took her temp...Well it's 98.9 is what the thermometer says...That's NO degrees added. Last night it was 100.2 nothing added & the vet said it was 101.2 yesterday @ 9:45 am. So now I'm worried...So I thought well I'll let her out to potty and take it again...Well just my luck here came another dog...On a leash thank goodness and she ran to the edge of our yard and I was saying Stay Tiff...My husband ran to get her and she was better this time...Not as scared so now I'm gonna wait about another hour and take it again so she is calmer. This baby having is worse then my daughter having our granddaughter! LOL!...I'm so protective of her. I need all the help here I can get! Thanks and Hugs, Lee~ Tiffy and Teddy's Mommy

[txshopper73]

I replied on your other thread.

[TeddyandTiffy]

Hello all, I just took Tiffy's temp @ 12:51 pm and it's @ 99.7 with the digital Thermometer without any degrees added...Could she be @ the start of her labor? I figured her 1st due date by us putting them together would be May 5th through May 19th...I know this is a long span & ask the vet about it yesterday & he said that without knowing when they did it for sure then it's my guess...So what do U all think? Hugs, Lee~ Tiffy and Teddy's Mommy

[txshopper73]

Originally Posted by TeddyandTiffy

Hello all, I just took Tiffy's temp @ 12:51 pm and it's @ 99.7 with the digital Thermometer without any degrees added...Could she be @ the start of her labor? I figured her 1st due date by us putting them together would be May 5th through May 19th...I know this is a long span & ask the vet about it yesterday & he said that without knowing when they did it for sure then it's my guess...So what do U all think? Hugs, Lee~ Tiffy and Teddy's Mommy

If her due date is that far off, I wouldn't jump to conclusions. Just keep an eye on her, though. Gracie's temp would stay in the 99-100 degree range throughout her pregnancy and would dip down to the 96 degree range and climb back up to over 100 degrees 24 hours before she would whelp.