CJ update

I am glad to hear she is ok. I have been going through the posts checking for kittens every few hours. Give her a tummy rub for me.

i hope everthing turns out allright.

Don't forget to post pics of the new kittens! Keep us posted!

Thank you for the update

Hi Cassie, I'm glad you posted as we're expecting kitties any day now too. Been watching your thread almost as enthusiastically as my own Willow! We just realized our Willow was preggo (for sure) last weekend, as we adopted her from the pound this way, but we suspect she is due before week's end. We have been feeling the kittens move around for a week now. Last weekend I noticed her nesting (hiding) a lot more so I thought the time was near... ha! funny how our mind plays tricks on us... before we know it these little babes will be here and gone all too soon.
Good luck to CJ!!!!

Marian ~ mom to the newly aquired preggo-Willow

about how far along do you believe the it is intill you feel the kitten move?

AWWW!! How sweet .. yah know once the babies are born it will be a blink of an eye before they are all grown up.. even though it seems like its taking forever for CJ to have those little babies!! It seems like that is how it is for all little babies of any species. * sniffles * if they only stayed wittle forever!

( my fiances daughter had just turned 8 when i moved here and a sweet thing .. 2 more years and she will be a TEENAGER !! AHHHHHHH!! Sniffles my wittle baby )

Oh QT this is exactly how I feel. I was saying how it seemed like forever to come as I waited for my sons to be born and now they are 2-1/2 years and 18 months! Not to mention my girls, one of which will be turning 14 in a few short months!

We wait and wait then it's over. But it's human nature to be anxious. I wonder if our feline companions are as anxious as ourselves?

hmmmm... you gotta wonder when they can start labor and turn it off to suit their needs.... Not I said the 5-time mom-to-be. <remembers> Get them the heck outta there!

Good luck CJ! I really hope the kitties come soon!

So Cassie, how is everyone doing?
Still no kitties?

I'm sure it's driving her nuts at this point!
I remember sometimes my cat, Miss Thing, would look towards her wiggling belly with this look of distaste on her face...
She also got that when the kittens were old enough, and she was annoyed by them trying to nurse on her!

So Cassie -- wanna start a pool on when our girls will have their babies?

Hopefully they will have them on the same day as I really am getting anxious hearing all the others announce theirs!

Isn't she overdue by now? Have you taken her to the vet to be checked out?

Ugh! Not again, why am I always last? Ha! The anticipation is killing me and reading this site and about everyone else's babies just makes it that much longer

No really, for your sake I hope she has them soon! You have been through enough! And hope you have a heartful of healthy babies!

Actually I "prefer" Willow to wait 'til tomorrow night or this weekend so I can be home for it! And for this reason alone, Murphy's Law dictates it will be tonight! I know, I'm such a selfish momma

I'm glad I started writing about her though. It's kinda nice having a journal -- even if it is out there for all to see

I was reading another thread of a cat that had kittens last year, the owner thought she was over 70 days, but all turned out well (mostly well) in the end. She musta missed something somewhere, or who knows, but it was interesting reading the thread - all 18 pages of it - as it documented her progress day to day.

I first realized Willow was pg on Easter when felt the faint movement of a baby, the thought just crossed my mind a few days before that as I kept wondering why she was getting bigger instead of slimming down. We got her from the humane society only a few weeks prior to that and they said she had just had kittens. And we thought this is why she was eating a_lot. You know, this momma just got done weaning kittens, of course she's gonna eat more than my 100-lb dog [bit of an exaggeration -- maybe]

So last week we went to the vet and he confirmed her royal-roundness. Earlier this week I noticed her teats starting to fill, and what? the day before last night I realized they were REALLY full, so much so that they sag on the ground when she sits. Then last night for the first time I *seen* movement. That was exciting. And she actually wanted me to pet her belly, this from a cat that hated it any other time. Interesting to see that other momma's experience this too.

I read from the other thread that when her mucous plug breaks, in the all-likely event that I don't see it happen, that I might notice anyway as she is a long haired cat. I have noticed she's been quite (to put it nicely) unclean back there lately with everything sticking to her furry butt, but I guess we can blame her hygiene (or lack there of) on her roundness again!

Speaking of which. Last night when she laid on the floor for me to pet her, she actually ~rolled~ to get from one side to the next. It was a site to see. I mean roooolled. :ROFL:

And I'm just not sure if I can be the momma that breaks out the thermometer.... just don't know if I wanna know quite that bad.... but I really would like to be ready and there when she does! Any one reading this -- do you suggest it? if so, do go out and get a regular rectal thermometer? And is it difficult to get momma to stay still for this? Not like I don't have 5 non-fur kids of my own, but just wondering how much different it is for a cat?!

Oh yeah -- one more thing -- despite her fullness in her "udders", I still have not been able to express any milk. Though they are still flaky.

Oh well... my time will come, in the meantime, this has been one heck of an experience! and thank you to all who have shared it with us!

C'mon CJ, it's about time!!!!

I keep checking here every day....

Tell her that we are all getting impatient!

Oh same here! I'm loving all these kitty pictures and I'm brushing up on my genetics predicting what the kitties will look like before they arrive... my hubby thinks I'm obsessed

thought id pop back and see what the latest news is, good luck, hopefully we will see some furry little bundles soon .... come on CJ were a waiting!!

I haven't read through the whole thread but what day is she due?

Okay there Cassie....
You tell Miss CJ that I'm going away for the weekend, and won't have computer access, but when I return on Monday, she better have had her kitties!!!!!!!!