Hello
 

I completely understand how sometimes you do not always get the posts that you expect. Sometimes, too, you get critics who are unwilling to help and more than willing to ridicule. With that said, I was happy to see that you received many more posts.

My Chloe is due around July 8. I called to ask for an X-ray but the vet wanted to do an ultrasound on June 25th (it will be day 50 for her). I have a feeling that he will want to do an Xray too as she started out just under 5 lbs. I will have to weigh her to see how big she is now, but she absolutely gained some weight. I measured her last Friday and she was 11 inches. Last night I measured her again (around her belly) and she was nearly 12. Today is day 37 for her.

Keep us updated!

Don't forget...
 

Puppies are born 63 days post-ovulation, not 63 days from breeding. Your bitches may be further along (or not near as far along ; ) as you assume if you are picking a due date off of the breeding date. Ovulation can be identified by progesterone testing-- a blood draw performed by your vet that gets sent off for results the next morning. The eggs are ready for fertilization between 24 and 48 hours after ovluation, and sperm from a natural breeding can live up to 7 days. Without knowing when a bitch ovulated it is difficult to get a narrowed down due date because she could have been bred several days prior to ovulation and if the sperm are long lived the breeding will take or she could have been bred up to 4 days post ovulation and had the breeding take-- that is a span of 11 days! :eek:

If the bitch has been bred before another way to figure out ovulation date is to count 63 days back from when her previous litters were born and, assuming you kept notes on her heat cycle that time, you can figure out about what day of her cycle she ovulated on. Not so accurate as blood testing (particularly since it can be difficult to pinpoint day one of a cycle) but still gives a better time frame than dates of breeding.