B&B Happy goats
Herd Master
Gosh the waiting is the worst.....hopefully she is playing with babies and caught up in goat kid fun.
FF Goat - Asking Questions
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Louannx
Overrun with beasties
No kids yet. She quit having contractions about 45 minutes into it. They were never really hard contractions. Mild contractions are just starting back up. I went in earlier. Something is blocking the canal but she was not pushing so I could not pull. It was I think a nose and two feet? It was not sideways. It may be deceased. The baby on left is still moving on left. I think I felt baby move on right side too but not sure. If I was guessing it may be three. I called several vets. The one in my area does not do goats. One was booked up and the other does not do afterhour home visits. I was in tears earlier but Dotti is in no distress and does not look to be in hard labor. She is laying down now but has been eating lots of hay. She still has two bags hanging out and udder has filled in more. Once she starts hard contractions I will go in a pull the one in the canal. Just not sure what to do.
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StarSpangledNubians
Loving the herd life
Oh no, that's not good! You are NOT a bad goat mom. You are doing everything you can!. You can't predict what will happen beforehand. If it happens it happens. It NOT your fault. You need to get in there and get that kid out when she starts back up! Or try get oxytocin worse come to worse. The fact she is not in distress is good. 
Praying for you and dotti!
Praying for you and dotti!
MargaretClare
Loving the herd life
Don't feel bad. Reading up doesn't very well prepare you for practical application. If you do facebook, you could try and find a breeder or experienced goat person near you that may be willing to help. I'm sorry, I can't be much help on pulling advice. I'm wondering if she didn't dilate fully.
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Louannx
Overrun with beasties
Thank you! She is in no distress at all. She even took a nap. Once she starts up I will get that baby out. I can see the other baby in there and feel it. Hopefully there is a third one two. But baby in canal was not moving.
MargaretClare
Loving the herd life
Do you think you went deep enough to be sure that the set of legs and the nose belong to the same kid? By the time I got out to help pull my first kid my doe had given up pushing so that's something to consider as well.
StarSpangledNubians
Loving the herd life
The baby will not move if in the canal. It is possible he is deceased but I wouldn't be sure of it. Earlier in the thread, I said I could only feel kids while the doe is in labor if she has multiple. That's because the baby won't move when he is in the cabal.
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Louannx
Overrun with beasties
That makes sense. Maybe she wasn’t fully dilated. The baby does not feel big so I wouldn’t know why she couldn’t get it out and just stopped and ate and napped.
MargaretClare
Loving the herd life
She may just have exhausted herself pushing. It's been a very long time for something that should have taken maybe 30 minutes per kid.
