Can anyone tell me how far along she is?

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She had her babies! 
 She had three. She started having them at 9 this morning and finished at about 12 this afternoon. They are very pretty. I will post pictures a bit later when she calms down.
 
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Okay so Baby kitty had her kittens but, she still looks pregnant and she is bleeding (not a lot just a drop every once in while) and I felt something moving in her stomach. It felt the same as when baby number three was moving before he came out. I know that she has to horns, and babies in one hor can come out and then days later kits from the other horn will come. My question is has anyone experienced this? What happened to your queen? How did she act?
 

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Did you weight them?  They seems a little thin.  Which doesnt need to mean anything, but just to be on the safe side, follow their weight development, and have gears prepared if you need supplement feed them.

Im sorry the fourth kittendidnt make it.  Even if I know such happens...

Good luck!

ps.  If they were made on juni 9, they are possibly somewhat early. Somewhat premature.  Again, it doesnt to be anything, but you must be prepared for extra help, and taking no chances like draugh or so.
 
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I didn't way them because we don't have a scale. We are looking to get one though. Thanks I was feeling beat up about it though because I felt like there was something I could have done to save it. It took her close to 10 minutes to push him out and the sac was broken before. That is how I knew he was breech because I saw his paws. 
 
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Everything is good thank you for asking. The kittens are nursing very often and already have the most amazing personalities. The one thing about Baby Kitty (Momma) is she has worms, which I know is not uncommon for queens, but she seems to be in pain. Does it hurt them when they have worms?
 

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Everything is good thank you for asking. The kittens are nursing very often and already have the most amazing personalities. The one thing about Baby Kitty (Momma) is she has worms, which I know is not uncommon for queens, but she seems to be in pain. Does it hurt them when they have worms?
Im very very happy to hear its going nicely and very well with the kittens.  Slight prematures as here, has thin marginals.  Real prematures more than 3 days is a fight uphill.  Or worse.

So, continue to be vigilant, and proceed as well as you can!    :)

Nay, usually the worms doesnt make them having pains.   So either she has lotsa of them, or its something else.

Time to consult your vet?
 

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Everything is good thank you for asking. The kittens are nursing very often and already have the most amazing personalities. The one thing about Baby Kitty (Momma) is she has worms, which I know is not uncommon for queens, but she seems to be in pain. Does it hurt them when they have worms?
I agree with Stefan. Unless it's a mega-infestation, worms don't cause any pain. Please do call your vet and see if you need to bring Momma and kittens in for a quick check up. Things can go wrong following a birth and only a vet can tell you if something's wrong.
 
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It looks like the kittens have grown over night. She does have a lot of worms. When she goes to the bathroom there is at least 30 worms in her poop. She hasn't seemed like she is in pain. Not since yesterday afternoon. Thank you so much for our answers. I will keep you guys updated as the days go on. Let me know if you want me to post more pictures.
 

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Post more pictures.  There can never be too many kitten pictures.  I am glad she is doing well with her kittens.  

I would call the vet about the worms.  That sounds like a lot of worms to me but I am not a vet.
 
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 These are pictures of the baby that died.
This is a picture of the four babies. This is about 30 minutes after the last one was born. Sorry about the quality I was bit shaken.
 
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The living kittens look nice and well developing.  I hope it proceeds so!

Weighting them every day makes it easier to follow the development, but by looking and weighting by hand its also possible to follow, if you are careful with this.

How is the mom doing?   5 days ago you wrote she seemed to have some pains?

And yes,  30 worms out  IS much.  She must be heavily infested.  But you know this.  

  She needs help with that, and soon also the babies.  Babies gets infested from mom, so they will need deworming.   It depends a little on what preparates are accessible at your place.

Best a vet advices you both for the mom and babies.

Good luck!    @Ryan Glenn
 
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Morticia seems to be doing better. She no longer seems like she is in pain. We are getting the kittens dewormed as soon as we can and she is getting dewormed this weekend. Though I do wonder, how long until she can get pregnant again? She wont use the litter box inside. Instead she insists on going out side. If we don't let her out she will go on the floor. How long until I need to keep her inside and make her use the litter box? Thanks so uch for all of your help! 
 

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@Ryan Glenn -- could you try putting soil/dirt from outside in a litter box for momma cat, and see if she'll use that? if she'll use the soil in the litter box, then you could slowly transition her over to using cat litter. add a little cat litter under the soil for a couple days, then mix just a very small amount into the upper part of the soil in the litter box, then a bit more, and etc. then start slowly reducing the soil amount, and increasing the cat litter amount.
 
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I will try that. We at first had dirt in it, but she still wouldn't use it. Today we just didn't let her out and she used it. Keeping her inside until we can get her fixed is going to be a pain! 
  She wasn't always an outside cat. 

Does anyone know how long until she can get pregnant again? Is it just when she goes into heat or can she get pregnant at anytime?
 

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I am sure someone with  more experience will also answer this, but I think she can get pregnant again shortly after giving birth.
 

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I will try that. We at first had dirt in it, but she still wouldn't use it. Today we just didn't let her out and she used it. Keeping her inside until we can get her fixed is going to be a pain! :sigh:   She wasn't always an outside cat. 
Does anyone know how long until she can get pregnant again? Is it just when she goes into heat or can she get pregnant at anytime?
It's possible for a cat to get pregnant immediately after giving birth. She doesn't necessarily have to go into heat since cats are induced ovulators. You really need to work on keeping her indoors until she can be spayed. If you feel you absolutely have to let her go out I recommend putting a harness and leash on her. That way you can control where she goes and she'll never be out of your site.
 
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