Willow decided to go into active labor around 5am, things were progressing rather quickly now. After a few hard pushes, I saw the fluid sac come out, followed quickly by a hoof, then another hoof, no sac. Upon further investigation, I realized the kid's nose was also there, all correctly positioned. As Willow continued to push with no progress, I called every vet in the area as well as a goat midwife. The vet's all said that it is a normal presentation and to just pull with the contractions. I tried this and quickly realized the problem. The kid was too big. The midwife arrived, and together she further investigated the situation. The baby was way too large. By the time the vet called for an update and to let me know she was about 10 minutes away, Willow had completely given up. We lost her before I had hung up the phone, The baby had torn her almost completely through to her butt. We decided to act quickly and open her to try to save the kid or any others there may be. To my surprise, there was only one kid, a buckling about the size of a 3 week old kid, he also was not alive by then.
On a positive note, the midwife did an exam on my Oberhasli doe who is due in 18 days. She thinks that there will no problems with Tippy's delivery as her baby is much smaller. Please cross your fingers for me.