Baby is here!

[RPC]

I would say that's not the placenta but I am not sure. It is hard to guess the size of that since I am not there. I would say its just the kids sac unless the doe passed that later. It just does not look big enough. I like my does to pass the placenta within the hour but I think she is "safe" up to 24 hours after the kid is born. Not 100% on that thou.

 

[20kidsonhill]

looks like placenta to me, sometimes the sac/membrane is very thin and not always all that easy to find.

 

[mama24]

It's pretty big. One the left hand side, you can see my other mama goat's nose on the edge of the pic, if that helps give size perspective. I actually did some google searches and now I am thinking it is the placenta, but maybe not all of it. I'm not sure what to think. When my other doe kidded, we got there hours later and it was very dark. I found the placenta, but it was one big solid heavy blob that felt more like what I expected. It looked gray, but it was very dark. This is all long and thin and flat and bumpy and veiny, not small, round, and fat. I'm going to try not to freak out. I am having hormonal problems since I hit 35, it's causing PMDD, and even with meds, I am very badly OCD and anxious certain times of the month. Unfortunately, this is all happening at a bad time of the month for me, and I'm obsessing over something being wrong! I am sure nothing is wrong and it's all normal, but I can't shut my brain off of thinking about what if I'm wrong and she's retaining something, etc, etc. Thank you for the reassurance! I think maybe I should just take my dh's advice and have a beer! LOL

 

[RPC]

See I thought that was the kids nose....If that is an adult's nose then that is big enough. I think all will be well and you should go grab that beer and relax. Have a good night and enjoy the new baby.

 

[that's*satyrical]

Were you there the whole time? She may have eaten some when u weren't watching.

 

[Mitransplant]

When Java had her baby last Sunday, all I found laying on the ground was what I thought was the sack. I am assuming now that it was the after birth since it has been 4 days and she is doing fine and baby too. Java's looks like it might have been a little smaller than what you showed but it was just like a balloon all flattened out. Relax and try and enjoy your baby. Mom should be fine since it has been awhile now and she isn't showing any signs of stress, right?

 

[mama24]

We are all good this morning! Baby is doing wonderfully, already hopping around. Mama is very attentive and is taking good care of him, and she is obviously making lots of milk and is healthy and recovering very well. I'm feeling better today. I slept very poorly, but I'm having my coffee and I'll be alright.

Weight tape says baby is 9-10lbs. It's funny that my little petite doeling who was not even supposed to be pregnant had a bigger baby than my big girl!

 

[aggieterpkatie]

That's the placenta. Those dark spots you see are placentomes. The maternal side has caruncles, and the fetal side has cotyledons, and the two almost "velcro" together to form the placentomes. Instead of the placenta having contact over the entire surface, it only connects on those placentomes.

 

[mama24]

Thanks so much everyone! Everyone is still doing really well here, and I have completely calmed down! LOL. Sorry for my freak out and thanks for the reassurance. Tsunade is going to be a milk machine, I can already tell! I just milked her for the first time about an hour and a half ago and I got about 2 cups of colostrum in like 5 min. Not bad, and I only really milked one side b/c it was too hard to reach the other and the baby had just nursed that one anyway. I need to move my stand to a better place so I can go to the other side. At least until I don't need to look at what I'm doing anymore. lol. I guess I could milk from behind, but that may be dangerous! lol Baby is doing really well and already bouncing around. His fur is so soft and thick and curly! Much more so than his half sister's was. I guess his mama also has much longer hair than my other doe. Is that a Saanen or a Boer thing? Mama's is very fine and straight--she's half Saanen, half Boer, with some curlies underneath. Baby is curly everywhere for now! Cookie, my almost 3 wk old doeling was jumping on and off of me like I was a toy while I was milking. The babies are just too stinkin cute! I can't wait till he's big enough to frolic with her!

Oh, both babies have their Kiko dad's face, though. Even though they are totally different colors, they just have that pleasant expression he always has. lol. It's too cute!

 

[Tmaxson]

Sounds like you are having way too much fun. Enjoy!! Oh and about the babies jumping all over you, it's really fun at first and I don't think I would change a thing, just be aware that as they get older and bigger they still think they can do it. Everytime I bend over to do something my 8 week old doeling is on my back before I even knew she was near by. She has even jumped up onto my shoulder from the spool while I was standing straight up. I am her most favorite climbing toy. The only thing is now that she is bigger it can be a bit painful.