Is my doe pregnant?llily is in labor !!!

Mason&lily

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How long before o should really worry , she has been in labor for about 40 minutes
 

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How long before o should really worry , she has been in labor for about 40 minutes
Is she in hard labor, ie pushing and straining constantly? If a doe is really getting down to business and nothing is progressing within 1 hour of hard labor, I go in and see if things are ok.
 
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:bow:love:celebrate:thumbsup:clap Grats! Waiting on details, pictures, gender(s)... you know, all that good stuff. Did I mention pics?;) :pop
 

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Compared to how ours looked yesterday she does look pregnant. I just thought my doe was finally putting on weight.....wellll she was, just not from food. :p She gave birth yesterday. :gig:weee
Awesome!!! congrats:clap
 

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Soooo as I am new and don't know much about pregnancy. How would I know if my doe is pregnant? What are tell tell signs? One of my Pygmy's was getting big and I thought I felt the baby kick, but now she suddenly is normal size???? i'm confusedo_O
 

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Soooo as I am new and don't know much about pregnancy. How would I know if my doe is pregnant? What are tell tell signs? One of my Pygmy's was getting big and I thought I felt the baby kick, but now she suddenly is normal size???? i'm confusedo_O

The kids are on the right side, anything from the left is the rumen. Normally if the rumen is empty the animal will appear smaller, not ruling out that she isn't pregnant some animals like to hide the babies. The vet was almost 90% convinced our ewe wasn't pregnant, we took her in for an ultrasound and she lambed four days later :)
 

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It's a girl!!! That means I get to keep her. She is so tiny for a single.
 

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