Stalling labor??
 

My Bella is almost 2, first litter, 65 days from her first tie....last tie would put her at 61. We are unsure of her ovulation date though. Her temp from the early part of this week was fluxuating between 97.9 to 99. Yesterday she started contracting....with some regularity....but contractions were not painful to Bella. She started licking herself a bit.....(No noticeable discharge.) She slept through 90% of them. She contracted throughout the day, never really bothering her. NO OTHER signs of labor what so ever. No digging, panting, NOTHING! I swear for the most part she did not notice them. Her temp rose very slightly yesterday to 99.3 (If I remember correctly). Then back to 98.5 & 98.6 last night & today. I got a few hours of sleep last night....woke up Bella was sleeping next to me soundly & no obvious contractions for 30 mins. Puppies have been active. Heartbeats with doppler this morning showed all 3 between 185-214. Had an xray at 57 days which showed 3 normal size pups....none of which were any bigger than the others. All very close in size range. Vet at that time said Bella for a 5 1/4 #er had a very large roomy pelvis, should not have any issues whelping. ( Daddy is a 3 pound extremely petite 1 year ol boy.)

Her belly dropped a week ago. Her milk came in earlier this week. EVERYTHING is ready for these babies to come....but they are not wanting to come on out! She has slightly picked at food.....less yesterday, but still ate a bit & drinking fine.

For the last 2.5 weeks Bella has been eating Blue buffalo wilderness. Lean ground turkey, lean ground beef, ground chicken breast...all mixed with rice. Occasionally an egg, or a bit of plain yogurt.

I have talked to our vet many times the last couple of days she has assured me things are ok & that we could have 24-48 hours before all babies are delivered. (This was yesterday am.) She says she is probably in early stage 1. She said this is the longest part of labor, (which I know) most people do not even realize their dogs are in stage 1 because it almost goes unnoticed, unless you are looking for it. Believe me I have been NEUROTIC in looking for signs & symptoms. I honestly would not have guessed that Bella was contracting yesterday if I had not felt them for myself. I will be calling my vet this morning.........but they are ony open for a couple of hours...& no vet is on duty, so this may not do me any good. (Unless the office will call the vet on her day off. UGH) Yesterday she said IF she doesn't go by mon. We will evaluate & make a game plan.

Bella is acting like herself. Sleeping alot though! She has been trying to hide a lot these last few days.

I am at a loss......any ideaas. I am panicked because we are on a weekend, no vets open near me, all about 1 hour away!

Are we ok to wait this out???

Oops sorry...typo. Puppy heart rates are 199, 210, 214. Not that this really pertains.

I would talk to the vet, but if she is not in any distress i would leave her alone
but watch her as i know you are :)

she may have took on the 2nd tie

Just back from vet....she made a special trip in just to see Bella. All is good, she suspects false labor! Why she had no other symptoms but contractions. New xrays confirm 3 puppies....all head down..her pelvis is HUGE said puppies should come very easily...right at the pelvis....perfect position for birth! Her temp was up a bit....to 100.4.....probably from all the shaking she did for an hour from the car ride. :) Or labor?? Hopefully!!! LOL

Ohhhh get this.......she came in on her day off just for Bella.....took xrays.....& didn't charge me a dime!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic!!!!!!!

You have an excellent, caring vet! Send her a card on Monday, hopefully with a pic of the new puppies. It sounds like it will be soon. Keep us posted.

Sounds like she's almost there, woohoo!!! Hope all goes smoothly:)

Your vet is WONDERFUL! Wish they were all that caring:love:

That is a fantastic idea. I bought some teeny tiny santa hats at dollar tree.....would be cute as heck!!!!! Thanks!!!!

I feel your pain......or at least I did. :rolleyes:

My Hannah just had a litter of four beautiful Biewer babies on 12-16. For at least 3-4 days before I wondered "is this it"...."surely this is it"....."today is certainly the day". She had me going nuts; belly had dropped, temp dropped, could tell/see she was having the very early mild contractions......but no puppies!! I worried a bit, but told myself that as long as she was not yet on or past her last due date, was in no distress, pups were moving & heartbeats heard.... nd convinced myself that she & the babies were fine. And sure enough they were - 3 males & 1 surprise female (xray showed 3 pups) all healthy & well.

I suspect & wish the same for you! Good luck.......or maybe she's had them by now???:) Oh, also I think I've read that first litters have a knack for coming a bit later than expected.

See an update in a new thread!!!

This thread made me relax a bit. Thank you. My Jade is at day 61. Temp has run from 98.5 -100.4 for the past week. She refused food this morning and started having contractions this afternoon. She has slept through some and I wad beginning to worry until I read t your post. It is the weekend so that makes it more worrisome. Hopefully she will start to progress soon.