I know I haven't posted anything on here yet, but I joined because I found out my longhair cat, Sox, was pregnant and so I wanted to read some of the threads here and talk to everyone...well I never did get around to posting, but now I am. Sox's pregnancy is an accidental one, a family member unknowingly let her out while she was in heat and she mated with the feral un-neutered male who hangs around. I do have experience with pregnant cats, birth and raising kittens.
Well she went into the first stage of labor on monday. Then yesterday her water broke, and an hour and a half later she gave birth to a beautiful tiny boy(at least, I think..haha!). He was breech. He's healthy and happy, a very cute grey tabby who we named Jackson(he was delivered when an Alan Jackson song was lpaying, and we call his dad Jack..so it fit. Get it, jacks-son? lol!). I felt what I believed to be 2 more kittens inside her, but she decided to take a rest and that was fine. Then she decided she would go ahead and just not have any more kittens
So there she lay, not doing anything for hours and hours. She wasn't pushing and wasn't distressed whatsoever. Just nursing and cleaning her baby happily. The vet's was closed and I had no choice but to wait and watch and pray. The vet opened at 7:45am this morning and I called them the second it changed from 7:44 to 7:45. The vet told me to bring her right in, so obviously that is what I did. The vet took x-rays and said there were 2 more kittens, but they were not far enough down and weren't attempting to come out at all. One, on the x-ray, looks like it may have an abnormality with it as it's spine is curved..but she can't tell if that is just the way he/she is laying or if the baby really does have a problem. In her opinion, she said she thought a C-section would be the best way for her and the kittens, because she was not sure if Sox could deliver them without having major uterus problems afterwards. Since that is what's best for them, she'll be having a C-section today. As far as I'm aware, she was taken into surgery about an hour ago. They don't keep their sections overnight(no overnight staff, and if any problems came up with the mother or kittens, nobody would be there) so we will be picking her, Jackson and HOPEFULLY her other 2 kittens up at 4:30. They asked if I wanted them to spay her at the same time and I said yes. She was going to be getting spayed in a few weeks anyway, so might as well get it all done at once!
Please keep Sox and her babies in your thoughts, and pray that everything goes well with the surgery and that both babies are healthy and alive!!! I'm so worried about them, but I know they're all in great hands.
Well she went into the first stage of labor on monday. Then yesterday her water broke, and an hour and a half later she gave birth to a beautiful tiny boy(at least, I think..haha!). He was breech. He's healthy and happy, a very cute grey tabby who we named Jackson(he was delivered when an Alan Jackson song was lpaying, and we call his dad Jack..so it fit. Get it, jacks-son? lol!). I felt what I believed to be 2 more kittens inside her, but she decided to take a rest and that was fine. Then she decided she would go ahead and just not have any more kittens
Please keep Sox and her babies in your thoughts, and pray that everything goes well with the surgery and that both babies are healthy and alive!!! I'm so worried about them, but I know they're all in great hands.