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First stage of labor

post #1 of 12
6/6/10 at 3:47pm
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I am curious to know how long it takes, in your observation, from the time the kittens "drop" until the queen moves into active labor?

Thanks:-)
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post #2 of 12
6/6/10 at 3:58pm
I think I had noticed that Carly had dropped really low about a week to week and a half before she started labor.
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post #3 of 12
6/6/10 at 7:34pm
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My goodness, I sure hope it isn't that long She just dropped this morning on day 63. I was thinking 24-48 hours would be typical. Anyone else observe a different timeframe?
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post #4 of 12
6/6/10 at 8:38pm
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Originally Posted by Paws a la mode View Post
My goodness, I sure hope it isn't that long She just dropped this morning on day 63. I was thinking 24-48 hours would be typical. Anyone else observe a different timeframe?
Are you sure on the dates?
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post #5 of 12
6/6/10 at 10:07pm
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Within a 24 hour window, absolutely positive
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post #6 of 12
6/7/10 at 10:29am
Well give her a few more days. Some can go later than others. I can tell you that I knew something was off with Carly the day that she was following me around and crying anytime I moved away from her. She had her kittens later that night.
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post #7 of 12
6/7/10 at 11:23am
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I wasn't counting on her delivering until Tuesday or Wednesday, I was just thinking that because she dropped Sunday morning might be an indication that she would go sooner. I'm trying to stay home-bound until she delivers, but finding it hard to take care of things outside the home, so I was looking for clues;-) Plus, I'm getting up every 2 hours through the night to check on her, so knowing when I'll get to sleep through the night again would be great! :-D

Thanks anyway:-)
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post #8 of 12
6/7/10 at 11:45am
I found a site that had said dropping was around the 1 week out symptom. Sorry can't be more help.
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post #9 of 12
6/7/10 at 1:05pm
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That's okay. Can you share the link, please?
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post #10 of 12
6/7/10 at 1:11pm
I'll have to search it out in the long thread three of us on here had. If you want I can link you to that thread. There's a lot of good information in it since 3 of us were waiting for kittens and they all came at different times.

Here you go. There's a ton of information and guessing and second guessing in this thread. I warn you it's super long though.
http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=215341
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post #11 of 12
6/9/10 at 10:41am
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I got my answer! She delivered right on time, day 65, about 65 hours after the kittens dropped! I'm not sure if we're done yet, but I believe we have two boys and a girl so far! I'm so excited!!!
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post #12 of 12
6/9/10 at 12:10pm
Make sure to post pictures.
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