Bridgie's Lambing Thread-More Finns

[Bridgemoof]

Oh! I banded the tail a little on the long side to keep a smidge of white

No lambing today for Clementine. But maybe tonight? I'd rather she wait now til tomorrow!

 

[Southern by choice]

Hopefully in the day! This nightime crap is not for me either!

 

[BrownSheep]

Looking forward to Clementines baby!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Darling clementine did not lamb today! But, now we have another contender quickly approaching. Will she surpass Clementine? My older fat Tunis is getting bigger by the minute. I even thought I saw some lambs (omg I almost said kids lol) kicking around in her belly today. She was the one who had twins last year, but one was stillborn, she looks much bigger than she did last year.

This is POlly. The pic was taken about a month ago. Could she possible go before Clementine? If she does, we may have to borrow some of #26's milk!

This will be another CORMIS. My own special breed

ETA: Picture

 

[Bridgemoof]

I need advice. I thought for sure Clementine was going into labor today. She laid down in the pasture and was doing a lot of grunting and moaning. Just short small grunts with each breath really. She had some foam coming out of her mouth like from pain maybe. We moved her to a jug and she has not progressed since this afternoon. She is laying down now, wouldn't eat and it still doing the grunting moaning. There is a creamy thick discharge coming from her vulva, which could be her plug but it isn't clear like a mucous plug. I smelled it and it is not a foul odor. I took her temp and it is normal 103. I am concerned that there may be something wrong.

What do you think? I don't know what to do.

 

[bonbean01]

How long has she been lying down and groaning? I'm never sure how long to wait when something doesn't seem right and put on the gloves, lubricant, and do a check. Haven't had the creamy discharge, so yeah...if it was me I'd go in and check carefully for anything that doesn't seem right. I've read that running a finger along the cervix can help it dilate, but have never done it myself.

I'd like to say she may be positioning her lambs getting ready for birth, but all plugs I've seen are clear coloured...not a creamy colour.

Hope she's going to be okay and you get beautiful, healthy lambs

And I hope someone with lots of experience comes on to give you better advice...I tend to go in sooner than most people do, although I've only done that twice when I was worried.

 

[bonbean01]

Bridge...this is a site I've found helpful:

http://www.sheep101.info/201/lambingprocess.html

So...how is she doing? When you're not sure if something is wrong...it is so stressful

 

[bonbean01]

Bridge...you might get more people with good advice if you post this on the Emergency forum?

My advice is limited with only a handful of ewes lambing at one time.

 

[Remuda1]

Bridge, I try not to help until the ewe is down and straining hard. If she strains hard and makes no progress and begins to tire, then I will examine her by feeling with my fingers to see whats what. The mucous I've seen isn't crystal clear but opaque. Did she present a water bag?

 

[Bridgemoof]

Thanks Bon for responding. Well, she was out in the pasture around 3 this afternoon doing the grunting when she was laying down. Then when Tim went down there she got up and went up to the barn. She seemed fine, like nothing! I thought for sure she was in labor but then she surprised me by walking up to the barn. Then this evening I checked on her several times and she is doing the grunting moaning thing. Maybe she is just really uncomfortable laying down now. Maybe the babies (twins?) are pushing on her and it's a bit painful. I hesitate to go in because I wouldn't have a clue what I'd be feeling! I mean I know it should be feet first, but if I go in there and feel something hard I won't know what it is.

And yes, it's so stressful when I'm not sure if I should be doing something or not, or if she even is in trouble. Thanks for the link. If I look at that I will imagine every possible thing they mention has happened to her.

I just think I'll wait an hour or two and then go look again.