Best of luck to LuckyLady and Precious today. You are so lucky to have a friend coming to give you support.
My Jazz is due on April 28. She is getting really huge, I really think she will have them early as the male tends to not breed until really late in the cycle. My own male would have bred her about 5 days before the male we used did.
So I really don't think I can go on dates with this pregnancy. We have our x-ray scheduled for April 20 but I told the vet that we would come next week instead if it looked like we were getting close.
I am really excited about this litter, Jazz is my first home-bred champion and this is her first litter.

Audrey

I willing keep Halle and Jazz in my prayers also. You are so lucky to be close to Renee for help....I wish I lived in Nebraska! lol.....Yes when we get a male it would be Precious' hubby.....I know it would be difficult to monitoring him during her heat but atleast it only comes twice a year.

Thanks Linda. Keep the prayers and good wishes coming as I am thinking the pups will not arrive before you get home. Renee was here with me for a few hours this morning and we laid around watching Halle's belly move but not much else. But like Renee said in an earlier post..................SOON...............just not as soon as we had hoped.:rolleyes::)

Good luck to you Audrey. You've got some waiting still to do but gosh time does fly..........until you get to the end of course. The last few days, or even hours seem to go on and on. LOL How nice to be getting your first litter from your own home-bred champion; I'm sure the pups will be beautiful.

Thank you for your prayers. It is wonderful having my friend Renee right here for moral support and help when needed. I am hoping I can be with her also when Tayah's time comes later this month.
When I spoke of a stud in the house being nerve-wracking I was thinking mostly of the days/weeks of barking, whining, and insisting on wanting to be with the female morning, noon, and night. Been there, done that. LOL :rolleyes:

That is great!!!! Keep us posted on Tink!!! X-ray day is always so exciting!!!:)





How exciting:) I can feel your excitement. You have worked hard for this!!! Can't wait to see pups!!!:)

Oh gosh, x-ray days ARE very exciting! We're ready to burst right along with you.:p Whatever you do, don't forget your camera; we'll be anxious to see pictures of how many are there.

I'm so glad you reminded me about the camera!

Thanks and I'll let you know how many. We are hoping for three, but it's her first litter so there maybe only one.

Let's go Halle!!! I am sending prayers for all of you. ((((hugs)))))

Thanks Melissa........minute by minute we're getting closer. I think it will be tonight or at the latest tomorrow morning. Or she could be just teasing me.:rolleyes:

aww shucks I thought for sure when I came home there would be a thread with Halles new babes...........

They're Here!
 

I knew I took the day off from work for a reason. Okay, so nothing really happened until this evening, but it was still nice having the day off.

This morning, Halle's lack of appetite and 98.6 temp was reason enough to merit not going into work. Friday's are my half days & I really didn't expect anything to happen that soon, but hey.......any reason to stay home I jump at the chance.:p Renee came over and sat with me all morning, & went home at lunch time seeing that Halle wasn't quite ready yet.
Late this afternoon, I started seeing a change in Halle with her doing some wandering around in the bedrooms seemingly looking for something. So I decided it was time for she and I to set up camp in my room. She did some nesting and wandering, but at first it just seemed that she wanted out of the bedroom. After about an hour-hour and a half, I saw what I wondered if it was a contraction and soon after saw a very definite one. That's when I called Renee to come join me.

Halle had her first puppy at 9:05pm, a 5 1/4 ounce little boy. He was very eager to nurse practically right out of the womb and had no trouble latching on. His nursing seemingly kept the contractions coming and Halle had baby boy #2 just 30 minutes later. This little guy came out back feet first and they were NOT in the sack! :eek: Luckily the contractions kept coming and with some gentle tugs with each contraction, we got the rest of him out, and he too had a healthy appetite right away and also weighed 5 1/4 ounces. Halle took a little rest after that and as we were tending the second pups' cord, Halle decided she wanted to join her first born in the holding basket. This basket isn't very big, but Halle managed to curl up in it with her boys. Renee and I both got a big kick out of that sight! See for yourself in the pictures below. Puppy #3 arrived at 10:15pm and came out head first perfectly enclosed in the bubble like we've seen on the many whelping websites. Halle kept her streak of boys going as this one too was a little male; he was just a tad smaller weighing 5 ounces even. That's 4 for 4 males, counting her singleton son Oscar from her last litter.

Halle & her sons are getting acquainted and resting as I type this. Once again she did awesomely with the whelp and is being a wonderfully attentive mama. She's the best!!! For now, here are a few pics we took tonight. I hope to get more tomorrow or Sunday; some individual shots. When I do we will move to the nursery.
Attachment 313859 Pretty mama with her first two sons
Attachment 313858 Silly girl snuggling with the boys in their holding basket
Attachment 313857 My friend and mid-woof partner Renee helping the last little boy latch on for his first taste of mama's milk (colostrum) THANK YOU RENEE!!!!!
Attachment 313860 Halle & her 3 sons!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!!
 

Awwww. Look at mama Halle & her 3 sons! I'm sure she is being a great mama. Yay!!! Puppy breath. Sounds like a great whelp too....Congratulations.

Congrats Rose on your new baby boys ....I am so proud everything went good for you...you are blessed to have Renee so close to you nothing beats a good friend to help & share your little miracles with :)

Thank you brendah, Yolanda, and Betty for the congratulations! I have been very blessed will successful whelps for each of the 3 litters I have had so far. They've also all be daytime or evening whelps too! I am a very lucky lady indeed. Having found Renee on YT last year and with her living so close has also been a blessing......for the both of us. In a couple more weeks, we'll be able to do this all over again..............only with Tayah this time!:D

CONGRATULATIONS Rose and Halle!!!!!!! 3 beautiful boys!!! I was glad I was able to be with you again for Halle's whelp. She is a great mom. Thanks for having me over..

Don't forget Tayah is a midnight whelper;), we may be up for a while:D!!!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Congrats Rose and Halle. And Renee my dear...this is going to make you more anxious. lol. Rose they are beautiful as is Halle.

Thanks Linda! It was awesome having Renee here to share the joy and help. I hope to do the same for here when it's Tayah's turn.:)

Thanks Deb........they are beautiful indeed!

Yeaaa
 

Congrats on the beautiful lil boys!

Congrats on the three beautiful boys. I am so glad you had a safe whelp and the Halle and babies are doing well. What a lovely little family.

Audrey

Congrats!! Good job little momma :thumbup:

Thank you Flutterbye919, WinstonMom, and peachbongi! It was a wonderful experience and I'll be praying for the same for you. Can't wait to meet the other April puppies. :D

Precious' c-section
 

So Precious went in for her c-section yesterday. She had 2 girls and 1 boy. She was fine at the vet its once we got home my "fun" started. Well since Precious had not had anything to eat since sunday night I really wanted her to have a little something to so her sugars didnt get too low. But of course she wanted nothing to do with the food or water. Thank goodness for whelping pudding! A little later since she still wouldnt eat I gave her some scrambled eggs, she tried to inhale it. The pups wanted to nurse but Precious just wanted to stare and lick them. So with my hubbys help we got her to nurse...only at that point her milk hadnt fully come in. So I was also giving them the bottle to make sure the we're getting enough. I slept with Precious last night...I think between 10pm-5am I got an hour of sleep...but thankfully at 4am she ate some puppy food. And her milk came in a little before that. There is still one girl who doesn't latch on well so I have to help her....she is also the smallest so I am still giving her a little of the bottle to be sure and a little nutrical when she doesnt want to feed. I still have to give Precious water from the syringe to make sure she doesn't get dehydrated. I have a question....Precious loves the whelping pudding but I only give her about 2 spoonfuls at a time and I gave it to her twice yesterday. Can too much be bad or should I try to limit it to a certain amount unless critical?

Again my pic is too big so I put it in the album.

Congratulations on your babies. Sounds like you are doing great. Glad to hear all went well. At this point I would let her lap the pudding up and give her as much as she wants. I mean if she is drinking a gallon then maybe stop her;) but let her have at it. Maybe her apetite will pick up soon.

Congrats on your new babies

X-rays for Jazz
 

So I took my little Jazz for x-rays this morning. She is due April 23-28. Good news. She has three babies and thankfully they are all about the same size and not so large that she should have any problems delivering them. Of course, her little stomach was filled to the max with food. Trust Jazz never to miss a meal and fill her belly as full as it can get. She has gained a whole pound this past week. Total weight gain so far is two pounds.:D

Audrey

Congrats to Jazz. April is month of 3's! Im glad you wont have to have a c-section. It took precious 1 day to get into mommy mode after the c-section. That first day was heck for me.

Hate to break the 3 trend but, just got back with Tink from x-ray and well...

She has 1. :(

I was really hoping for at least 2. But hey I'm still gonna be grand-fur-mommy! :D The vet did say she may have two and the little bugger is hiding. Can't decide if I should go for another x-ray next week or not. :confused:

Well congrats to both of you on your expected little ones! My first question to both of you is.............."Where's the xray pictures?????"

Audrey: 3 is a great number for a yorkie litter; good chances of the pups being not to big and not to small. Halle's trio all weighed right around 5 ounces at birth.

peachbongi: Did you vet say anything about the size of the pup as far as whelping goes? Halle had a singleton her first litter. He was a whopping 6 3/4 ounces when he was born, but Halle (normal weight about 6 1/2-7 lbs) whelped him with no problems thankfully. I hope Tink's has a trouble free whelp too!

I know, no picture, I forgot my camera. If I have time I will run by the vet's office and take a picture of it.

Audrey