No, it didn't bother me in the least that she delivered a pup every hour and a half. The old labor delivery nurse in me surfaced, surprisingly enough, and I wasn't about to invent a problem when there weren't any signs of one. Myra
>From: Judith Gates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Primary Uterine Inertia? >Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:08:17 -0700 > >on 4/9/02 10:00 AM, Myra Savant at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > One of mine recently did the exact same thing. It started at about 7PM >and > > went on all night with an occasional little cat nap on my bed, but >mostly > > pacing, whining, digging, nesting, She had her first pup at 8 AM, and >one > > every hour and a half until she had her fourth. All were fine. The >books > > say that the that long interval is when her cervic is dilating. Myra > >You have to "instinctively know" the signs of normal whelping and those of >distress, i.e you "know" your bitch. While I would be very concerned about >a puppy every hour and a half, the bottom line would be that there were >live >puppies...not flaccid puppies that have to be revived, but live wiggly >vogorous puppies that survived, and mom had had regular contractions and no >extraordinary ,methods of assistance (pit shots) to help her along. > >Judy Gates > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
