Meet Shia my pregnant baby :)

[Sarthur2]

Are you absolutely positive on when she mated?

 

[shiacat]

she is a massive house cat she never ever leaves the house, if I try and take her outside (in a case for vet trips) she freaks out and gets extremely upset, that stray was in our house for 2 days so it could have been 7th or 8th latest there were no other times another cat was in our house and Mylo has been snipped so wasn't him, so yep :/

she is very uncomfortable today i can see the babies in her and she cries in pain and twitches her tail whenever they move  

feeling so bad for her right now

 

[Sarthur2]

Okay, I think you should give it the weekend. She's either on day 67 or day 68, depending on when she conceived. My cat went 68 days.

It sounds like the pain may be from contractions. Are you seeing ripples on the sides of her belly?

 

[shiacat]

Okay, I think you should give it the weekend. She's either on day 67 or day 68, depending on when she conceived. My cat went 68 days.

It sounds like the pain may be from contractions. Are you seeing ripples on the sides of her belly?

yes, i wasn't sure if it was contractions or the kittens moving, at one point I could see one of the kittens very clearly it was poking so far out and it was massive its hard to tell if her tummy is tightening from the kittens moving around or from a contraction

 

[shiacat]

also haven;t been thinking they were contractions due to them being very inconsistent, it will happen for about 15-30 minutes then she'll be fine for a few hours so on and so forth

 

[talkingpeanut]

These sound like contractions. She's moving along at her own pace.

 

[shiacat]

ah good, thank you, hopefully it would be too drawn out for her 

 

[Sarthur2]

Yes, those are stage one contractions. They will eventually get closer together.

 

[shiacat]

okay so I caved, shes been in the first stages since thursday and there was still no sign of improvement with her going into labour so i rang the vet for advice/peace of mind, she asked to see her, Shia was surprisingly good i thought it would upset her but she behaved really well, they checked her temp which was 38.6 and scanned her to make sure there was nothing wrong with the kittens, she said kittens seem okay so no need for surgery (thank god) but she did say shes worried that this has been going on so long and shes been pregnant a bit too long now, so we are trying one more night at home shes shut in my room kids have gone to bed early with ipads, great mother i am, so she can have some peace and quiet, if she does not give birth by 9am monday morning then she has to go back to the vets and be given an injection to start labour

 

[zed xyzed]

I am glad you took her to the vet, it will ease your mind too 

 

[Sarthur2]

The oxytocin to start labor is not a bad thing. Is she showing any more signs of labor?

 

[shiacat]

The oxytocin to start labor is not a bad thing. Is she showing any more signs of labor?

yeah much rather oxytocin than a csection, but obviously would prefer her to do it naturally over any of those, shes being the same, tummy feels hard once in a while but only really when shes asleep or really relaxed, shes been on my lap napping for about 3 hours now, last one was about 15 minutes ago and lasted about half an hour or more so not even sure if that even was a contraction

 

[Sarthur2]

Any discharge at all? You can go 70 days without too much worry. If today is Day 68, you could give it a couple more days. Did the scan show fully developed kittens ready for birth? Plus, it hasn't all necessarily been stage one labor. Some of it was probably pre-labor.

 

[shiacat]

she had some discharge on thursday, nothing since, I didn't see the scan, vet took her away for it, but I doubt she'd suggest starting her labour if they weren't fully developed, at least I hope

add some photos to lighten the mood

bright side, at least she doesn't have to worry about her kittens finding her nipples  

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• shiacat
• Feb 14, 2016

andddd this is right this second, too  adorable not to share

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• shiacat
• Feb 14, 2016

 

[shiacat]

shes wandered off and disappeared behind her nest, if I stay very still and very quiet we might get lucky tonight xD

... or she just wants to nap for a while without me lol

 

[diggerd]

Hi, was searching for information on pregnancy and flea control and came across your thread, it's great I have learnt so much and what to expect, my cat is only about 3 weeks pregnant but you have gave me a great insight :-)

Good luck Shia hope those babies come soon, can't wait for the next update :-))

 

[shiacat]

Hi, was searching for information on pregnancy and flea control and came across your thread, it's great I have learnt so much and what to expect, my cat is only about 3 weeks pregnant but you have gave me a great insight :-)

Good luck Shia hope those babies come soon, can't wait for the next update :-))

haa thank you

good luck with your queen, hope she doesn't end up as much of a rollercoaster as mine xD

 

[kittykitcat2233]

Did they say how many kittens there were?

 

[shiacat]

she said its impossible to tell but she said about  3 could be more

 

[shiacat]

okay rang my vet, she said by the sounds of it Shia is very healthy and doing fine so not to induce and leave her to it, she said it sounds like she wasn't in labour at all as she wasn't straining, even though I never said she was I said she was in pre-labour-first stages but that doesn't really make a difference anything she does seem fine in herself and shes eating loads, was told just to call back or call the 24 hour service if anything seems out of sorts so its just a very long waiting game while she holds onto those kitties