Doe was due sooner than I thought... Pics on pg 2,3

[dejavoodoo114]

She is REALLY bugging my for scratches and face massage. Then she comes and head butts me. Then goes and stretches. This went on for about 20 min then she went to the hay. Came to get CuCuhlain a sandwich and heading back down now.

I left her in the stall where it is clean and dry and I am glad I did. Wish me luck!

 

[Pearce Pastures]

 

[Mamaboid]

 

[dejavoodoo114]

I have spent a lot of time watching our does and I have never seen so much abdominal movement. The first few times it happened to her she jumped and looked back at herself then tried to climb in my lap! She is confused poor thing. She is peeing more often but hardly anything is coming out, like she has no room in her bladder. I swear I saw hooves poking her sides a few times. It just seemed too pointy for her normal stomach movements. Then she started calming down after a few hours and for the last 45 min has had no problems.

I had to come back up to pick up kids from school and now am going to make dinner. I will probably end up staying down in the barn with her until they come. With my luck, they will come tomorrow morning when I leave to take the kids to school after being down there all night!

 

[madcow]

I have spent a lot of time watching our does and I have never seen so much abdominal movement. The first few times it happened to her she jumped and looked back at herself then tried to climb in my lap! She is confused poor thing. She is peeing more often but hardly anything is coming out, like she has no room in her bladder. I swear I saw hooves poking her sides a few times. It just seemed too pointy for her normal stomach movements. Then she started calming down after a few hours and for the last 45 min has had no problems.

I had to come back up to pick up kids from school and now am going to make dinner. I will probably end up staying down in the barn with her until they come. With my luck, they will come tomorrow morning when I leave to take the kids to school after being down there all night!

I would think if you are seeing that much movement she's probably pretty close to full term. I can speak from experience that it's nerve racking waiting for them to finally do something, as I waited for weeks before Ginger kidded, mostly because I didn't know when she was bred. I now have the same situation with my other doe Trixie right now too. She started showing about 2 weeks ago and has had udder development since then. I figure she has another month to go. Maybe mid March.

Don't worry, you will do fine. You are concerned about her and you will make the right decisions based on your caring. I would check on her every 2 hours or so. It's good you have her in a confined area. It doesn't sound like cold will be a factor at this point for the kids when they are born, unless it changes drastically. The thread at the beginning of this set of topics about kidding for beginners is excellent, and shows great pictures. You sound like you are keeping a close eye on her and there isn't much more you can do until you know for sure when she's in labor. I remember the few days before Ginger kidded 2 weeks ago that she was extremely intense about wanting attention and contact. It was like you couldn't pet her enough for her liking. Must be some hormonal thing triggering that kind of behavior as they get closer to kidding.

Hang in there. She can't stay pregnant forever, although it may feel like it! The doe code can always be in effect in the end! Good luck!

 

[dejavoodoo114]

Okay, I had to take the kids to school and want to ask some questions before I head back down to the barn. Which is where I slept last night... Which wasn't so bad until Smith (pyr) started barking around 12:30 am waking me up and making me realize how cold it was (30). So I reconciled myself to having to wash the sleeping bag I was laying on and got in. Then I slept like a rock in the grain trough. LOL

Okay so I am going to throw in some pics of my 5 year old and Ira from yesterday. CuCuhlain really wants to 'help get the babies out'. I feel bad for him because I have been neglecting his school work...

Hanging out in the trough...

So around 1 am after Smith woke me I checked Ira and she had a thick string of goop hanging but it doesn't look like the amber color the others did. It looked like what she has had off and on for the last few weeks. What does that mean? I took a pic but is was dark...

Had a cup of coffee and am going back to check on her.

 

[madcow]

Looks close now if that goo is kind of amber colored.

 

[Mamaboid]

looks like plug, my last two never had the amber goo before they started pushing, they just went right from what u see there to labor, so could be anytime.

 

[dejavoodoo114]

Wow... Sorry for taking so long to get on here. I was planning on getting on after my shower today to update you all. Mon and Tues my girl is like "Don't leave me I am having a baby!" Wed she looked at me and said "Well, maybe not yet..." Thur and Fri morning she couldn't figure out what I was talking about... "Have a what?"

So I went ahead and let her out this morning. No goo, could still feel soft ligs, no more udder than on Mon. BTW on Mon she for sure had goo that was amber... Anyway, nothing today so I relax and brush out my hair to get in the shower. Then I decide to go to screened in porch for a cigg first. Next thing I know my 5 year old is crying and screaming "Mommy, mommy Ira is having her babies!" I asked "What now?" he says yes. So I run out to the other side of the house where the garage is and there is DH yelling as well.

Of course, everything that was needed for the delivery was down in her nice clean and sanitized stall... DH jumped on quad and got it for me quickly because there was Ira licking a kid in the mud. Yes, the MUD! Not the grass, or her nice clean stall, but the mud! I had checked on her not even an hour before... Anyway, grabbed a towel and put the little buck on it. Ira already had another sack partially out so I knew another was coming. When DH got back I told him to get some puppy pads and make sure Ira didn't drop the kid on the brick.

Well, about 15 minutes later out comes this spotted darling.

After Ira got the umbilical cord separated we brought them both into the house to warm up in front of the wood stove.

The first one is a buck with a strange spot on his left belly. The second is a doe with her grandmas dark color and her daddies spots.

This was all today, I slept in and was trying to get in the shower around 1:30pm... still need to do that....

 

[rebelINny]

WOW! What a beautiful doeling! Congrats on an easy birth and two new kids