Help with cat in labor

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Okay I see something coming out if it's a stillborn how do I rub it??? There was no bag with it
 

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She is beautiful! Glad she is letting you close. Worried about there being no sacs - that may not be good. Would love to see a live kitten. Glad she is pushing without distress.
 
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She is licking and licking I don't want to intervene I don't know it's very floppy it's mouth just went open, oh I want to cry
 

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Just rub it with your hands or a corner of the blanket between your hands. If there are no sacs this is not good. Poor little mama. Pushing out dead kittens!
 
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This one was head first. What does no sacs mean? I think these kittens were probably already gone inside her
 
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It's nails are very very long I wonder if they were in too long?
 
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Loads of fur! Poor angel may I send a picture of the little one
 

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They are born in sacs. The mom has to bite open the sac and get the kitten out. She has to chew the umbilical cord off, and clean the baby to stimulate it to breathe. She eats the placenta. Make sure the placenta comes out - very important.
 

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Any more kittens coming? This is sad! Something has clearly gone wrong in her labor. They must have been in too long.
 

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Yes, send a picture! Head first is normal. The breach birth must have slowed everything down to where they died. How many kittens?
 
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She did deliver the placenta and ate it. Poor thing she is pushing again and it is in the sac but not moving :(
 

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Two dead? Two not in sacs? This one in sac? Let's get it out and hope it lives! Mama should break sac, if not, break it and rub kitten!
 

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Not moving in sac does not necessarily mean dead. Hope it lives. Poor mama! 4 babies!
 
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