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Sweetened's 2015 Kidding thread (Last arrival 2/23)
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Goat Whisperer
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You need to make them ear muffs! 
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bonbean01
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Congratulations on getting those beautiful boys untangled and they are so cute!!!!!!Wow...go away for a day and I miss it all!!!! Glad all are doing well!
babsbag
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I'm with bon... I don't check in for a bit and look what happens. So glad they all came out ok. Having tangled babies is my biggest fear; good job getting them delivered. They are adorable.
Southern by choice
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They are gorgeous!
Glad to hear all are well!
Thinking of you last night as the cold has moved in. The windchill is making it 2 degrees here. Last night we were putting up plastic adding extra straw etc... if I had a goat kidding right now... it would be kidding in my house!
Glad to hear all are well!
Thinking of you last night as the cold has moved in. The windchill is making it 2 degrees here. Last night we were putting up plastic adding extra straw etc... if I had a goat kidding right now... it would be kidding in my house!
Pearce Pastures
Barn Babe
They are adorable! Like your sweaters.
norseofcourse
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I know you feel bad about waiting, but you've got two live babies and momma is fine, and that's what matters - congratulations! They look very cute.
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Sweetened
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Lol, for the sweater we just went to the second hand store and bought a big old polar fleece blanket. All i do is lay it on top, get an approx rectangle, snip snip, cut two holes! We use polar fleece because, even when wet (unless its on my feet *eyeroll*) it holds in body heat.
I found the pull very difficult, i dont have a point of reference for a normal birth. With gretel and agnes last year, i wasnt able to get beyond the cervix, so didnt know what to feel for. Agnes' baby was so big it took up her entire cervix which is why he was pulled with only one leg presented; gretel never dialated fully, so all i was able to feel was two feet and a nose, and spent that hour pulling and rubbinf her cervix, and the baby was huge.
I was very delicate to go in there, and finally, when i was in, i could feel the waterbag but was... almost scared? To push too far forward. When i did, i did so between her trying to push my hand out. I was afraid of bursting the bag and not getting the baby, i was afraid of hurting her and causing damage. I could feel the tips of two feet but no nose, then i could feel a bony triangle, then i found a head but no feet and an upside down foot somewhere in there. My DH was holdig her by the collar since she was standing and i was trying to talk myself through it. I just closed my eyes, took a breath andpushed in a little further. Finally i figured out the triangle was from the head i could feel, which is why the hoof felt upside down, i got the other leg pushed back and that bent leg instantly came forward and a head moved over the feet. I tried to make sure it was the right head and, at my best guess, i gave a pull. Water broke, hand slipped out, went back in and worked with gretels resistance to my hand to get him the rest of the way. Got the goop off, went back in. Found other baby, whos head was turned and one foot back. I could not find the other foot, but when i turned the head it was trying to suck and kept his head in place. It took effort, but i broke the water so i could keep a grip on the foot and pulled out the other one. I checked for another one but could just feel afterbirth so i left it there and she passed it on her own during the night.
Im sharing this in hopes it might help someone some day if they come across the thread. Really helped when i closed my eyes and just talked myself through it. Do what your gut says. Hopefully you get an unassited birth first so you have a point of reference.
I found the pull very difficult, i dont have a point of reference for a normal birth. With gretel and agnes last year, i wasnt able to get beyond the cervix, so didnt know what to feel for. Agnes' baby was so big it took up her entire cervix which is why he was pulled with only one leg presented; gretel never dialated fully, so all i was able to feel was two feet and a nose, and spent that hour pulling and rubbinf her cervix, and the baby was huge.
I was very delicate to go in there, and finally, when i was in, i could feel the waterbag but was... almost scared? To push too far forward. When i did, i did so between her trying to push my hand out. I was afraid of bursting the bag and not getting the baby, i was afraid of hurting her and causing damage. I could feel the tips of two feet but no nose, then i could feel a bony triangle, then i found a head but no feet and an upside down foot somewhere in there. My DH was holdig her by the collar since she was standing and i was trying to talk myself through it. I just closed my eyes, took a breath andpushed in a little further. Finally i figured out the triangle was from the head i could feel, which is why the hoof felt upside down, i got the other leg pushed back and that bent leg instantly came forward and a head moved over the feet. I tried to make sure it was the right head and, at my best guess, i gave a pull. Water broke, hand slipped out, went back in and worked with gretels resistance to my hand to get him the rest of the way. Got the goop off, went back in. Found other baby, whos head was turned and one foot back. I could not find the other foot, but when i turned the head it was trying to suck and kept his head in place. It took effort, but i broke the water so i could keep a grip on the foot and pulled out the other one. I checked for another one but could just feel afterbirth so i left it there and she passed it on her own during the night.
Im sharing this in hopes it might help someone some day if they come across the thread. Really helped when i closed my eyes and just talked myself through it. Do what your gut says. Hopefully you get an unassited birth first so you have a point of reference.
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Hens and Roos
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Congrats!! They are adorable 
glad everything came out good!
glad everything came out good!
