40 days in and I feel like she's way too big??

[matese]

Awwww lol, beautiful lil momma all stretched out, so sweet , such a pretty girl, thanks for the up date. Praying for little momma. (((hugs)))

[Yorkiex]

Originally Posted by matese

Awwww lol, beautiful lil momma all stretched out, so sweet , such a pretty girl, thanks for the up date. Praying for little momma. (((hugs)))

Thank you! She loves loves loves belly rubs now. If I stop rubbing her belly she scratches me for more, ahaha!! I will try to post again when the puppies are here.

[Lilah Charm]

Holy smokes she is humongous! did the vet anticipate her delivering naturally? Woweee that is a big mama! Glad to hear she is still doing well. I know you don't want to start calcium tabs until after she gives birth but I hope you have some on hand because she looks like she will have some hungry babies to feed!

[Yorkiex]

Originally Posted by Lilah Charm

Holy smokes she is humongous! did the vet anticipate her delivering naturally? Woweee that is a big mama! Glad to hear she is still doing well. I know you don't want to start calcium tabs until after she gives birth but I hope you have some on hand because she looks like she will have some hungry babies to feed!

I know!! They said she has some big babies in there. He wasn't able to say by looking at the x-rays..he says she should be fine but he gave me an emergency 24 hour vet referral incase she cant deliver naturally. I have faith in her though, she can do it! (hopefully, LOL!) and actually the vet has had her on like some sort of supplement with a little bit of calcium added in since about a month ago. Everyone is super healthy and the puppies are super active moving around and kicking as well. The vet said not to take her off her vitamins until theyre done and she has about another month's worth in there to prevent pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. I had read on that too how we're not supposed to give calcium to pregnant dogs because they can get sicker from it but he said not to stop them because its such a low amount and its just there to supplement the puppy food i've been feeding her.

[Lilah Charm]

Originally Posted by Yorkiex

I know!! They said she has some big babies in there. He wasn't able to say by looking at the x-rays..he says she should be fine but he gave me an emergency 24 hour vet referral incase she cant deliver naturally. I have faith in her though, she can do it! (hopefully, LOL!) and actually the vet has had her on like some sort of supplement with a little bit of calcium added in since about a month ago. Everyone is super healthy and the puppies are super active moving around and kicking as well. The vet said not to take her off her vitamins until theyre done and she has about another month's worth in there to prevent pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. I had read on that too how we're not supposed to give calcium to pregnant dogs because they can get sicker from it but he said not to stop them because its such a low amount and its just there to supplement the puppy food i've been feeding her.

I think that is great and I am sure your vet knows what he is doing- I'm so glad you have an emergency vet contact too! I know pre eclampsia is definitely a risk and that adequate calcium levels are important during pregnancy too- did he reccomend increasing the dose after birth to prevent actual eclampsia 'milk fever'? I bet that girl will be needing it once she is in lactation- wowee!

I believe the reason you don't want to give calcium in excess during pregnancy is because calcium works in conjunction with pitocin to contract the uterine muscle during labor;if we supplement the calcium excessively in pregnancy the part of the body that 'wakes up' and pulls the calcium into the blood stream forgets how to do its job because it doesn't need to (got lazy when we supplemented) and when labor comes it can't pull the calcium needed to work with the pitocin to create the contraction.

Our bodies are really amazing structures. I hope all goes well with your girls labor and look forward to more updates- thanks for staying active on the thread, it is wrenching to wonder!

[Yorkiex]

Originally Posted by Lilah Charm

I think that is great and I am sure your vet knows what he is doing- I'm so glad you have an emergency vet contact too! I know pre eclampsia is definitely a risk and that adequate calcium levels are important during pregnancy too- did he reccomend increasing the dose after birth to prevent actual eclampsia 'milk fever'? I bet that girl will be needing it once she is in lactation- wowee!

I believe the reason you don't want to give calcium in excess during pregnancy is because calcium works in conjunction with pitocin to contract the uterine muscle during labor;if we supplement the calcium excessively in pregnancy the part of the body that 'wakes up' and pulls the calcium into the blood stream forgets how to do its job because it doesn't need to (got lazy when we supplemented) and when labor comes it can't pull the calcium needed to work with the pitocin to create the contraction.

Our bodies are really amazing structures. I hope all goes well with your girls labor and look forward to more updates- thanks for staying active on the thread, it is wrenching to wonder!

Yes I think he gave us these because she is a little older so I guess to make sure that nothing happens to her. I'll have to ask him on her appointment at the checkup after they're born. The vitamins are by some company called vetco or something like that. He advised me to only give half of one per day so maybe after she gives birth I'll start giving a full one. She's on day 58 now so any day now!!

[Lilah Charm]

Oops! I just realized I said pitocin instead of oxytocin which is the synthetic replica!

Oxytocin works with calcium.

Glad your vet is keeping an eye on your girl.

[Yorkiex]

Just a quick update; we're on day 60 today and she refused her vitamin this morning. After a bit of licking she ate it slowly but she usually gobbles it down. Last night she slept in her whelping box and was scratching at the sheets in there the whole time and this morning has been in the box all day as well. I'm hoping within the next 24-48 hours we will have our babies out! Trying not to get anxious lol!

[matese]

Fingers and paws crossed momma has her babies soon.

[Lilah Charm]

oh my goodness, I just realized the time- this was posted seven hours ago! How did everything go? Was she able to safely deliver at home? Were you guys monitoring temperature? My prayers are with that mama dog!

Okay...just re read your post, maybe I was jumping the gun....o suppose she wasn't for sure in labor yet...lol. Sure sounds laborey to me though! Looking forward to an update.

[Yorkiex]

Thank you! Nothing yet we have my niece's birthday party tomorrow and I'm scared she will try to deliver alone while we're not here. Hopefully she will deliver tonight or early tomorrow or else my mom will have to come watch her at my house for a few hours lol. Her belly is SO huge and veiny I feel so bad for my poor baby. She's so uncomfortable and doesn't even wanna go out to pee or poop anymore. I'm going to try to take a picture and attach it so you guys can see. I haven't been taking temperature because I read that it's not 100% accurate and I didn't want to stick anything up her butt unnecessarily lol!

[Yorkiex]

Also she has a little bit of redness on her belly. Not sure why? I'll attach pictures of that too.

[Yorkiex]

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[matese]

Do we have puppies?

[Yorkiex]

Originally Posted by matese

Do we have puppies?

No Day 61 today. I'm getting nervous lol but I know she's still in the clear until day 63.