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Hi! I've been fostering a pregnant cat for over a week now (since the friday before last), and I can't tell if she's overdue or not. When we got her the shelter told us she was at least half way done, so had under 4 1/2 weeks left. We've been able to feel her kittens moving and kicking since we got her and a few days ago her breasts seemed to fill with milk, but none will come out. She has been in her nesting box only a few times, but is sitting in it now. I'm starting to wonder if she's not getting milk but fat, as she was really skinny when we got her and are fattening her up. The kittens haven't been kicking as much for the past few days and I'm getting the feeling it's because they're too squished. She's a really small cat; this is her 5th litter and she's only 4 years old so her growth was probably stunted when she got pregnant the first time, so she looks like her belly is going to explode. Most places I've looked have said that the mother cat should get colostrum at least 24 hours before labor, so I was wondering if it's possible for her to get the milk closer to birth. I'm going to be gone during parts of the day and don't want to miss her birth because I assume that she's not close to delivery because there's no milk. I've fostered a few other pregnant cats before and it's always been clear when they're going to have birth and when they're in labor, but I've had so many false alarms with this cat because her behavior is unusual, but not so unusual that it's strange.