Nothing to add, just "congratulations" on the pending bebe! :) I'm sure everything will work out just fine, just stay relaxed, let everyone know they're loved (I've no shame...I will resort to tuna as bribery for their love... ;) )... LOL! Most of all, enjoy every moment with your family!
Jen **************************************************** "But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world; You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed..." --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry "If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys." --Chief Dan George ----- Original Message ----- From: Lora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 0:19 am Subject: Pregnant & Rescue Work > I have a question. Well, it is more of looking for > some personal advice on an issue. > > I have been off and on the FeLVtalk list for three (3) > years now, but ever since the "Massive Spraying" issue > back in 12-14-04 I very rarely receive responses from > my posts. It is almost as if me and the group have had > a falling out. > > Before I get started and for clarification purposes, > this post is NOT what you may think that it is. No > flames please! > > For those that do not know me, I am a cat-mom who is > happily loved by thirteen (13) adorable kitties, ten > (10) in which are strictly indoors cats only. > Currently all of my kids are FeLV negative. > > The kitties are not the only fur-kids that we have > adopted. Our house is a multi-animal home. Me and my > husband have two (2) dogs, a small ten (10) gallon > freshwater tank, a horse and twenty-five (25) sugar > gliders. (We do sugar glider rescue work as well as > feline rescue work.) > > ALL of my kids have been rescues via straight off of > the street, animal control or human societies. I DO > NOT BREED. All of my fur-kids have been spayed and/or > neutered (including the exotics) at four (4) months of > age. We live on six (6) acres of country land. > > Okay, with all of the "red-tape" out of the way. The > reason for this post is because this particular > "topic" has come up often in the past and I need some > honest and straightforward advice. > > Me and my husband are expecting with our first child. > I am currently six (6) months pregnant and sacrificing > any of the fur-kids for our human child is completely > OUT OF THE QUESTION. We are NOT going to lose ANY > member of our family due to this pregnancy. > > However, me and my husband are completely aware that > the baby will inevitably change the balance of our > home's environment and/or atmosphere. > > Therefore, we are in need of ideas to help the kids > through a smooth and safe transition i.e. playing a > tape/CD that has baby cries on it so that the fur-kids > can become accustomed to the sound, allowing the kids > access to the baby's room so that they become familiar > with the baby's "smell", etc. > > Spraying, inappropriate elimination, territorial > aggression, jealousy, rejection and avoidance are > normal responses to ANY new arrival and/or addition; > therefore, me and my husband expect and accept these > types of behavioral outbursts. > > I just did not know if anyone here on the list has > ever continued their rescue work while pregnant. If > so, how did the transition workout for you? Did your > fur-kids eventually come around to "accepting" the new > baby or do they just call a truce? > > Again, this post is not intended to instigate ANY kind > of argument! Just looking for some helpful and honest > advice from those of you who have experience in this > department. Thanks! > > Lora > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > >
