Is she pregnant?

brew said:

Just to let you know she is pregnant they can see four kittens all with heartbeats :-)

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Congratulations! Please keep us updated, I'd love to keep track of your cat and her upcoming litter =^^= 

Yes, keep us posted..

Thank u all,she is 6 weeks at the weekend I can see her tummy getting bigger :-)

She's growing :-) x

She's 7 weeks now, right? Everything still going well?

Yes 7weeks on Saturday,everything is great x

She is absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!

Good luck with your babies. Sending vibes your way and hers 

brew said:

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• brew
• Apr 23, 2015

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She is absolutely beautiful. Enjoy the babies.

so she should be 59days today,I can see lots of big movements today she is very keen on her nesting box,if the kittens were born anytime soon would they be ok?

No, they need to be born around the 65th day for them to have enough body fat to protect them. Kittens can not regulate their own body temperature and depend on the mother for body warmth, therefore they need the extra fat to protect them from the dangers of hypothermia, which is a common cause of kitten death.

brew said:

so she should be 59days today,I can see lots of big movements today she is very keen on her nesting box,if the kittens were born anytime soon would they be ok?

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englishgarden said:

 
No, they need to be born around the 65th day for them to have enough body fat to protect them. Kittens can not regulate their own body temperature and depend on the mother for body warmth, therefore they need the extra fat to protect them from the dangers of hypothermia, which is a common cause of kitten death.

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Kittens dont manage premature deliveries well, much worse than human babies.  As Englishgarden says.  Its the body fats, but its perhaps foremost the lungs - the lungs develops rapidly the last days of pregnancy.   So a premature born kitten is always a fight uphill if he survives the delivery and minutes after.   Although we had here a case of a four days premature whom did managed, even without big troubles  (the rest of the litter was born 4 days later, that is why we can pinpoint the premauture to be 4 days).   This is afaik the record by far.  Seeing shadows of flying witches and dragons is the next step in the probabilities scale.

Some maternity lines tends to have short pregnancy, and such kittens may survive being born at day 59.  But its better to hope for the more usual 63.67 days...

And yes, cats usually do manage a little too long pregnanices  OK, better than humans.

brew said:

so she should be 59days today,I can see lots of big movements today she is very keen on her nesting box,if the kittens were born anytime soon would they be ok?

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After day 58, they can be well enough to survive in the real world as everything they need should be developed. But it's best to hope for around day 63-65, because the longer inside the mom, the better. But don't worry, if they are born on day 59, it can go just fine.  But it also can't, so if it does happen they are born on day 59, keep a very good eye on them and make sure they are breathing okay (no weird sounds etc) and are growing steadily and drinking well.

thank u for all your comments! She is day 61 today so hoping she goes full time x

It won't be long now. Good luck with your beautiful mom and her babies. 

I can see milk now how long untill she will have them?

It's really hard to predict. Anything yet? ^^

still nothing day 65 today,she is digging around at night in her box so fingers crossed x