Could someone give me advice on my pregnant cat

I have a lovely little cat lily, about 3 weeks ago I noticed her getting quite round and found out she's pregnant . I'm just wondering when she's going to deliver now , I've made her a box to nest in. She was reluctant to go near the box until today and she's been in an out a few times . Today she has got super affectionate and will let me stroke her for hours on end. Her Tummy is quite hard and I noticed white spots on the end of her nipples. She's my first cat and would greatly appreciate any advice or tips. Thank you

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We have a good collection of articles in the Cat Health section which you can access by scrolling up to the brown bar, clicking on Articles,and then choosing the Cat Health section and scrolling through the choices.  To make this super easy for you, I am copying the links regarding birth, delivery and newborns for you here.  After reading this information, let us know if you have any more questions.  And good luck with your approaching new arrivals.

Birth, Delivery and Newborns

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Cat Pregnancy

How Do I Know When My Cat Will Give Birth?

Pregnant Cat? What to Prepare For the Birth

Help! My Cat is Having Kittens!

Premature Kittens

Post-Birth Complications in Cats

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On another note, I do hope you might consider getting her spayed after this litter.  An articleon a few of the many benefits that you might want to read can be found here: http://www.thecatsite.com/a/spay-and-neuter-your-cats

Yes I will most definitely be getting her spayed, I'm very excited about the new arrivals although they are unplanned , purely my doing as I had her booked in to be spayed but something came up an I had to cancel... Thank you very much for your reply

Lilly has gone of her food since yesterday evening and this morning isn't eating at all? Should I be worried? As I'm not sure how far along she is ...

If she is about to deliver this is very normal, and this seems likely to me. However if she still has not eaten or gone into labor by tomorrow I would certainly err on the side of caution and consult a vet.

Good luck and keep us updated!

I contacted the vet and she said it's more than likely normal for her stage in pregnancy. Her behaviour today is very odd. She's lying up on me sleeping ( which she never does) I repeatedly licking her stomach and vulva. My only concern is that I have never noticed her kittens moving about ( which most sites say happens) hope alls ok with her and her kittens . Thank U again for your response

It sounds most likely that everything is fine and her time is just quite close.  Again good luck and keep us updated.

do u think this little lady has long left tulosia

meme141 said:

do u think this little lady has long left tulosia

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You began to write 5 days ago.  What you wrote 5-4 days ago did sounded alike it was nearing...

The only baffling you didnt felt the kittens move...  But this is in part, how used you are to feel out her tummy.  Also, if she is well muscled, and the litter is small, the movements wont be very visible...  On THIS pic here, the tummy isnt very big, so I would guess on a small litter, 1-3 kittens.

The waiting game is on...  The consolation is, cats seems to manage a little too long pregnancies pretty well, usually better than humans.

Its too SHORT pregnancies, ie premature kittens, who are the real problem...

Observe, rub her tummy, prepare, and wait on the things to come.

Good luck!

Thanks for your response, I've been sure every morning we would wake up to kittens because of how she was behaving but no lol since yesterday I have been really studying her and can easily see the kittens move but I think your right, of say the litter is small . She's only small herself. Since lastnite she has done nothing but sleep. Think the poor girl is exhausted . She doesn't seem to want anything to do with the bed I made her yet loves sofa in kitchen... Should I encourage other bed or leave her where she's comfy . I do apologise for all the questions , I'm a fork at time cat owner and googling things can be quite contradictory

meme141 said:

Thanks for your response, I've been sure every morning we would wake up to kittens because of how she was behaving but no lol since yesterday I have been really studying her and can easily see the kittens move but I think your right, of say the litter is small . She's only small herself. Since lastnite she has done nothing but sleep. Think the poor girl is exhausted . She doesn't seem to want anything to do with the bed I made her yet loves sofa in kitchen... Should I encourage other bed or leave her where she's comfy . I do apologise for all the questions , I'm a fork at time cat owner and googling things can be quite contradictory

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Prepare some good places, but in the end, she will herself want to use somewhere that is comfy.

Also, observe they often delay with choosing the best place, because they dont want to soil it down too early.  Its natural instincts, they dont want too attract predators too early, nor get fleas in there too early...

Took her for a vet check today and the vet said it cud be another 3 weeks but also that he wouldn't be surprised if she delivered in 7 days so none the wiser lol just have to wait and see

So I had posted before thinkingy Lilly was ready to have her kittens. I took her to vet yesterday for a check up. He said her mammary glands were all developed and she should have kittens in 3 weeks although if she had them next week he wouldn't be surprised . This left me more confused than before I went in. She's really off her food and all she wants to do is sleep. But is this normal if she does have 3 weeks left? Advice much needed as vet didn't seem very interested

I really think you just need to be patient. She sounds close, but hard to know for sure. She doesn't sound sick, so she probably isn't very hungry and will eat when she is. Hang in there!

Thanks poor girl doesn't know what's going on... He's getting bigger and bigger everyday and the kittens are having a field day in there jumping about. It's amazing to watch I must say... She's more energetic today which I'm glad to see. She's still covering her food up with the blankets from the best I made her which is weird lol

Today she's rolling around on her back a lot and has a very hard tummy... Kittens very active in her tummy for about a week now ... Hope it's soon what all you experts think

meme141 said:

Today she's rolling around on her back a lot and has a very hard tummy... Kittens very active in her tummy for about a week now ... Hope it's soon

what all you experts think

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My guess its some precontractions.   Natures way to get the muscles in question to grow and be stronger...  So an important step nearer, but not just yet.  That is my guess.

Thanks

Agree with StefanZ.

She's now hiding in sons wardrobe and won't come out... Poor girl looks scared.