Man, I dunno...

The tooth grinding and far away look have me puzzled.... Generally, I don't like to stick my hand in the birth canal unless there's something happening, and those pics really don't look like there's any progress.

Is she actively pushing, or just standing there uncomfortably?

well she was just standing there uncomfortable all day. She finally laid down and hasnt gotten up since. Shes kinda slightly rolling back and forth. pushing her head against the stall wall, and still has the thick slimy yellowish goop, but nothing else is going on.

They do that right before kidding a lot of times. If she starts grunting/straining/seeming to hold her breath and stretch out her leg, and you see no progress, I'd get in there and see what you can feel.

Your kitty looks kind of like mine. She is the self-proclaimed Queen of the World, and the Universe, and All the Rooms in the House.

My daughters even made the mistake of clipping a crown to her and she climbed up into the top of the closet so they couldn't get it back.

Oh she is purrrrdy, lol:D she does look like mine. :p well, she's actually my six year olds cat. She makes sure I know it too. And I made the mistake of letting her out to pee today and she hadn't come back in....I Hope she isn't out having those babies:(

My midnight delirious update on the infamous, "TrOuBLe" !!! It has been a long day, and I officially won the worlds worst mother award as I left my kids to tend to themselves most the day....:thumbdown:
Well not really, but I definitely spent a lot of time watching my goat, and letting the kids watch too many movies:D
I spent a half hour at a time every hour since ten a.m. in the barn. And then the last four hours straight. My wonderfully well behaved and very concerned children didn't mind...:D

Anyways, she's now eating again, poo is thickening back up and she's up walking, and stretching a lot. This all happening in just the last hour.
My toes are officially frost bitten from the cold. And I'm so worried about how cold it is that I hung blankets all around her stall to try and take out the slight chilling breeze. Its 15° here and sleeting and blowing like crazy. The barn is fully closed, but the crack between the double doors, and the gap all along the top of the building...the venting areas, allow wind in. I put the other four goats, calf, and 900 lb steer in the stalls around her to generate heat....ha!....I'm worried about the babies. I have a ton of straw in there, a blanket, towels to dry them thoroughly, and a brand new heat lamp with 250 watt infrared bulb. But really, its still cold.
Anyways I'm going to rest my eyes for two hours, and go back out. I just know this will be when she has them :-P

Well its a quarter to five and still nothing. Been in here for an hour. She's doing a lot of stretching her back and legs, standing high on her toes, and is now eating. I gave her a hand full of sweet feed to give her some energy. She doesn't seem stressed or in pain at all. No visible contractions or pushing, but definitely close. I'm in the middle of moving her from the barn to the incubation room. It completely sealed up and much warmer. This barn is just to cold right now. the hubby is a few hours away and I expect he should be home by mid morning....if she doesn't do something soon, I'll go in for a pelvic:rolleyes:

I'm keeping up with your situation, and praying all goes well for you and for Trouble!

Be ever, ever so careful with that heat lamp, please please please.

When I see "ton of straw" and "heat lamp" in the same sentence, I become concerned.

I recommend hot water bottles. Better you should have to spend the time replenishing hot water, than to have to dig out what's left of your barn due to a fire.

The straw is more around the edges of the stall, and then theres a big "Hole" or nest where the heat lamp is. But i will and have been keeping a very close eye on it. Hot water bottles??? Like actual plastic bottles or those rubber ones??

Still no change. Theres no goop. Ligs are still gone. She seems paranoid. she was doing a lot of stretching and pawing the ground this morning.
i tried to give her a pelvic exam about an hour ago and she wouldnt let me in. All i got was one finger in her. She clamped down. Not a contraction. Justsome serious Kegels. The other day is was looser, so i know its just her being a butt. Then she ran to the other side of bthe stall. My hubby is stuck in bad weather in Arkansas and is going 25mph for the next 210 miles so i expect he wont be here anytime soon. I need help holding her but being as how we have 6-9 inches of ice and snow and the roads are a catastrophe....im alone. Im worried....and im exhausted. 5 hours sleep the night before last, and only three hours last night. i just dont know....

SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME IF I CAN OR SHOULD GIVE HER THE CMPK AGAIN...? sHE JUST ISNT DOING ANYTHING ANYMORE, AS WHERE SHE WAS AT LEAST ACTING LIKE SHE WAS PREPARING YESTERDAY...I GAVE 10CC'S OF THE CMPK 38 HOURS AGO. I THINK SHE NEEDS A BOOST.....AND THEN AFTER HER, IM CHUGGING THE BOTTLE. :teehee: LOL. jK..


Um, just noticed this is in all caps. Oops.:shrug:

More CMPK surely will not hurt!

No, I just save laundry detergent bottles. They hold hot water w/o leaking, and the kids will snuggle into them. :)

How much does she weigh, Miranda?

I haven't read the whole thread, but I'm sending good luck to you and guessing triplets! The white your seeing is just the mucous plug. Amber is what you are looking for.

I would guess, that she weighs about 70-80 pounds. but not totally sure. no scale. I will try the detergent bottles. I also have some two liters the kids used for science projects.

I'm in no way proud of this photo, lol, but thought I'd share. I sat down a couple hours ago to eat a sandwich with the kids, and watch, "wreck it ralph"....:p, and evidently fell asleep. when I woke up my two older ones were standing above me saying, "mom fell asleep with her wet bibs on...again."....
Little turds snapped this.....:what::eek:


I love my babies!!

I have fallen asleep doing dishes. Yup standing up. Hands in water. Snoring.

LOL, that's talent, myheaven. I once fell asleep in a kidding pen with a doe in labor. Had my insulated coveralls on and it was a decently warm day anyway, lots of straw...it was quite comfy in there. LOL

I would love to fall asleep in the straw....however its still only 20 degrees. lol.
I dont know ive been this tired in a long time.

Last time I almost fell asleep in the kidding stall...

My hat started burning under the heat lamp and "woke" me up because it stunk so bad. That's my luck, I guess, lol. Worst thing is that I was borrowing that hat... it wasn't mine. :grump:

We are still goopy. She lost the first bit of mucous on Wednesday. Then nothing until yesterday....and its been big glops since then. She's confusing me:confused:

She's not floppy enough. She still looks too puckered.

That's just the mucous plug. Could be another week.

Yup, still mucous plug coming out. They can lose it some at a time.

I guess she's just been getting ready all this weekend then. :thumbup:
I've decided not to watch as much, she wears me out lol

I went and did some stuff today. Came home is this is her as of now



*the goo is no longer that solid white color. Its clear, and yellow.

App will only let me post one at a time.
Are we"puckered" still? :cool:

And I think she's dropped even more,....or so the DH says

I think she has a little ways to go :). When their bellies drop you know and you start wondering if they already kidded on you. I would say she is getting a bit closer but she doesn't have the puffy vulva look yet either.

She is a cutie pie either way :).

Justine

I dont have any goats....but I got hooked on this thread the other day....and I am ready for some babies...:whistlin:

This is why when I was breeding horses, I started sending my mares to a foaling barn. They drive you nuts.. I remember laying in bed one night looking on the foaling cam...and swore I saw a foal laying in the stall, put my bathrobe on went on to the barn(it was about 2am) got to the stall and there was nothing there but my mare...ugh it was a shadow of her tail on the shavings. Mare thought I had lost my mind...i practically did..lol

Wishing you and your girl a happy and successfully birthing...look forward to seeing the babies.

No....your supposed to say....oh yes Miranda, she will have babies in exactly two hours!#!
Lol..
I told my husband she needs one of those turkey popping things that pops when she's ready. :D

I think she's got a week to go. She isn't puuuphy at ALL.

Haha wouldn't that be awesome if all goats came with that? I will know how you feel soon though. My does are due starting on the 7th though they could technically go now. I thankfully or unthankfully am laid up sick so I can't drive myself crazy doing tons of butt checks. I do agree with Alice though I would say at least a week if not two weeks before she goes.

Justine

:rotfl::rotfl:ur a great goat momma :)
one week more methinks... less than 10,000 minutes. i believe our concern and care for our girls should earn us credits at tractor supply or something.... . nice to read ur thread and see your concern and :hair .... some of have been there and done that but ht doesn't have a t-shirt! yet :)

no!! nooooo!..got thru the whole thing and no baby pics???

Go Trouble..go!! LOL!!

Wish I still had the words to the song I stole from Tom Petty when I was waiting for my Trub to kid.

Must have driven y'all crazy the weeks before she kidded out... But all of you were so good and sweet and encouraging...

That's why I still hang out here. :)

From http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/6459664-post35.html :

"The [Goat] Waiting
(to the tune of Tom Petty's classic)

Oh, goatie girl, don't you feel like kidding right now?
Don't you want to lay your heavy burden down?
Well, I never knew you'd hold out like this.
Don't it feel like maybe you want to pass those kids?
Goatie, we know you're ticked off over something I did,
But you've got me to the point where I'm flipping my lid,
I said Hey, Goat! Hey, Goat! Hey, hey, hey...

(Goat response)
Hooman, you can wait a while,
In out and out my shed like you're in a turnstile.
I've got you runnin' and it's makin' me smile!
Hoooooman, you can wait... a.... while."

-- by Pony!

Another one I found, from http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/4333224-post2.html :

"Oh, goat girl don't you feel like kidding right now?
Don't you know that it's day 151?
Now, I never knew such sleepless nights.
Don't it feel like I may never sleep again?
Goatie, I know better than to try to pretend,
You're making me crazy and it's never gonna end

I said Hey, goat! Hey, goat! Hey, ay, ay, ay.

The waiting is the hardest part;
This doe is getting bigger than a barn.
I take it on faith that she's really tryin' hard,
But the waiting is the hardest part."

(I guess this was the original.)

Thanks for digging those up, Love! Never thought to google it. :)