Mamaboid-Bad day turned out a whole lot better than it could have.

[ILuvSheep]

Lol, I read your statement ' AND GO TO ALASKA ' and couldn't help but laugh. Don't know why, guess its cause when I think of someone wanting to come here I think of a fat dude with an uptight wife both wearing Florida clothes wanting to see a bear and pet a moose. XD

Me love AK, despite the stupid people in it... But then again, AK is a pretty good spot to live in people are pretty nice..just cross of the 5% that aren't


Hope Steph has quads XD But I'm gonna guess she has twins (stalked it for a little bit ^^)

 

[bonbean01]

Poor Steph...she must be so uncomfortable right now and thinking she has aliens growing in her...earlier I saw her talk to both sides of her, so pretty sure she is going to have at least twins!

So tired and have to get up early tomorrow, but just can't stop watching and hoping she has her kids without any problems!

 

[Mamaboid]

This goat is gonna be the death of me, I swear. She is obviously uncomfortable, is doing everything to show that she is ready, but has not had any strong or organized contractions. She is coughing, I think just because she is so fat she cannot get her breath right, and right in the middle of all that, she stops to eat some hay.....sheeesh

 

[marlowmanor]

How long overdue can a goat go? Dusty obviously got the memo about when her due date was but Stephanie must not have! I do think Stephanie will have twins though.

 

[daisychick]

Stopping by to say Hi and to check on Stephanie and see if you have any babies from her yet. I hope your sister's surgery went well.

 

[Mamaboid]

Hey everybody

Well, it has been an interesting few days. First off, still no babies from Stephanie. I am beginning to think we may have miscalculated her due date by one heat cycle and she isn't going to have them for another couple weeks. It is the only thing I can figure. We know she and Dusty were bred on the same day, but if it didn't take and she came back into heat the next cycle, that would mean she would be 3 weeks behind Dusty or so, and at this point I am totally confuzzled as to what else could be going on. She has ligs that are coming and going, have been what I thought was totally gone 3 times now, and her udder is HUGE, but it is not tight. She had discharge on Tuesday, but it looked more like plug than the stuff they have during labor. I thought earlier that she may only have one, but if she is not due for another couple weeks like I am now thinking, she might have 2 or 3 in there cause she just keeps getting bigger. I guess one thing is for sure. She will have them when she is ready. She is uncomfortable, but not in any kind of active labor. Has had some minor contractions, but my guess now is that they were Braxton. The kid(s) are still very active, so she isn't in any trouble.

OK, now for my Sister's operation. Let me tell you, this has been a comedy of errors and if it wasn't for the fact that my Mama brought me up to be a polite person, there would have been an uprising at that stupid hospital. First off, they sent her back from what they readily and repeatedly are telling her is THE most painful surgery there is....with NO pain meds ordered. So her surgery was over at 2:30pm, and she laid until after 6pm until they got any pain meds on board. By that time, it was so out of control that the morphine didn't even touch it, so it took another hour to get something stronger and by the time they FINALLY got her pain from what she told them was a 50 on a scale of 1 to 10 down to a 10 it was 11pm that night. It was not until yesterday morning when they finally put the pain pump on her that she got some real relief. Then, they take her to therapy yesterday afternoon at 2pm with her pain pump, tell her to use the button when she needs it during therapy, and after it didn't do a thing for her all during therapy, and until 4 pm her pain was right back up there again, they FINALLY investigated and discovered that her pump battery was dead and she was not getting any meds when she pushed the button. So they decided to override the pain pump so they could get it working and give her a shot of pain meds directly into the IV and discovered that her IV sight was blown. They discovered this when the pain meds hit her hand with no dilution and her hand instantly burned like it was on fire, and swelled almost twice it's normal size within just a minute or so. At this point, my Mama's politeness training went out the window and the _itch on wheels came out in me, and within a little bit, the surgeon was in the room, her meds were fixed, there were apologies made and I didn't make em, and things started to get straightened out. I spent the night, and just got home a bit ago, and she is having a MUCH better day today. I, on the other hand, am EXHAUSTED!!

In the middle of all this, between hospital visits, things around the farm have been a little crazy. Our schedules of course are all shot to heck, we have been on Stephanie watch, Dusty had her little guy who we have named Dandy, we had to put one of our guineas down because we found her in the middle of the field dragging her insides. Dandy isn't drinking enough so we had to milk Dusty off a bit, and that was a REAL trip. It did answer one question for me though......NO I am NOT going to milk her. Her udder is round like a melon, and her teats while large enough are placed really badly up under her legs, and she is having NONE of anybody messing with them. Just getting enough out to take the pressure off her is almost impossible. We end up holding one hind leg up in the air so she cannot kick and jump around, and it is almost more than two people can do. Specially when one of them is still not supposed to be lifting or pulling anything more than 25 pounds. We also had 10 chicks hatch from the bator, and all of them are doing great. Our 10 black giant chicks went over into adult population and are now free ranging with the big girls, and the 23 meat birds are doing good and will go over next week. We have 3 broodies sitting on 18 or 20 eggs, and they are half way through and sitting tight. I intended to get some turkey poults from our local ag store, but the time got away from me and the order date came and went without me ordering so I think I will let that go for now. The ducklings are out and free ranging and swimming on the pond and doing good.

So, I think I am going to find my recliner chair, hit the remote button, catch up on some TV, and probably sleep a good share of the day with one eye on Stephanie's camera. If I get the ambition later, I may actually fix me a meal. Which is a whole nuther thing about that stupid hospital that is unsatisfactory....trying to get something to eat.

Will update on Stephanie IF anything ever happens. Hope you are all having a wonderful week.

Later

BJ

ETA: As soon as I catch up a bit, I will get some pics of Dandy on here.

 

[Mamaboid]

Well we figured out the secret with Steph. Everybody go away and let her alone, the camera shuts off on its own, and bingo. 10 pounds on the nose little Sherry D is born all by her little self. Pics to follow tomorrow. Mom and baby doing great.

 

[Roll farms]

Congrats!

 

[elevan]

She just wanted a bit of privacy

 

[bonbean01]

Yay for Steph!!!! Em is right...probably wanted some privacy! Glad she did well and can't wait to see pics