Lily's Foal Watch

[lilysmom]

Okay so before I panic is this a good sign or a bad sign....Lily has had very thick yellow stuff easily expressed from her teats...today I can get it to stream once and then it drips steady but heres my concern its no longer sticky....its kind of clear maybe slightly foggy but not alot but it is no longer sticky its liquid....I have a feeling this is a step backwards

 

[lilysmom]

sorry I doubled posted the question above.....so do I panic because we are going backwards or is this a good sign that I am missing somewhere

 

[Mima Acres]

sorry I doubled posted the question above.....so do I panic because we are going backwards or is this a good sign that I am missing somewhere

I think that's GOOD!!! According to the book I read (The Complete Book Of Foaling) milk goes from amber syrup, then to skim milk then LASTLY opaque white milk. Those are the last 3 of 6 stages. Tonight's the night! (lol I hope for your sake!). That's what I'm betting anyway

 

[lilysmom]

I was so waiting for a reply.....I think your right too....I couldnt find out if it was supposed to go back liquidy or stay sticky......Oh maybe just maybe tonights the night...heck ill be happy with this weekend lets just end this please

 

[Mima Acres]

I was so waiting for a reply.....I think your right too....I couldnt find out if it was supposed to go back liquidy or stay sticky......Oh maybe just maybe tonights the night...heck ill be happy with this weekend lets just end this please

I'm sure someone with more experience than me will chime in soon, I just got that info from my book. Did you ever see this website http://www.crayonboxminiatures.com/Foalingsigns.html there are some pictures of milk and different colors right before foaling. I looked at that a lot before Blondie foaled! I'm looking forward to baby pictures really soon

 

[lilysmom]

Okay so before I panic is this a good sign or a bad sign....Lily has had very thick yellow stuff easily expressed from her teats...today I can get it to stream once and then it drips steady but heres my concern its no longer sticky....its kind of clear maybe slightly foggy but not alot but it is no longer sticky its liquid....I have a feeling this is a step backwards

I think all the pros went to bed

Well I guess in a few when I go to bed Ill keep a watch and see if its good or bad news...we shall see come morning

 

[mthowdy]

I hope someone pops in and helps out- I'm no use!

But, I'm really thinking Lily is getting VERY close! I won't be surprised if you have a baby by the end of the weekend!

 

[lilysmom]

Oh Ben Im praying your right trust me.

She is very cranky tonight doesnt even want me to scratch her sides or anything. When I do pet her sides she pins her ears and swings back to bite me it actually makes me want to keep poking her until she pops

.

 

[mthowdy]

Well cranky sounds promising! I'd be keeping an eye on her tonight, and maybe poke her a couple more times too! Haha

I really do think she is close....she can't hold out much longer.

I'm going to say either tonight or tomorrow night. And a filly, but I don't know what color to pick.

We better place bets now because she is gonna pop soon!

 

[lilysmom]

Im going to stand out there and poke her with a stick all day tomorrow. LOL Its done cooking so let it out already geeze! Im praying for a filly but at this point as long as its healthy and born ill be happy. I really want anything with the silver trait.....(black would be awesome but anything with the silver works great) I think Dianes said the 1 color I like was a silver smokey black pinto. I looked it up and its georgous!!!!

 

[Eagle]

Yes I agree

sounds like progress.

 

[AnnaC]

Diane, you explain it so well - as always!! Come on Lily, not long now before we see your precious little one!

 

[lilysmom]

Thast great news! My test strips are lousy. They dont give you a ph # they give a range of foaling...for instance 10%, 40%, 80% and 95%

I cant find any local ph test strips that go down to 6.2. Im worried if I order them it will be to late

So ill test with my strips and see if anything changes

Glad to here hopefully it will be sooner

 

[lilysmom]

Heres the morning pictures of bag and hooha

 

[Sandy B]

Thast great news! My test strips are lousy. They dont give you a ph # they give a range of foaling...for instance 10%, 40%, 80% and 95%

I cant find any local ph test strips that go down to 6.2. Im worried if I order them it will be to late

So ill test with my strips and see if anything changes

Glad to here hopefully it will be sooner

What strips are you using? Mine are Predict A Foal and sound like they work the same way as yours. Mine have worked great! When all five squares changed colors within a minute, I had a foal within 16 hours. When all five squares changed color rapidly, I had a foal in 4 hours. I have had a mare that is almost adding a square a day. Last night she test four squares. I am supposed to re-test in 12 hours and see where the test is. According to the 4 squares, she should foal within 24 hours. Just like with any test, a mare may test "ready" and not foal or may test not ready and foal.

Her udder is looking really good!

 

[lilysmom]

I am using the mother natures mare foaling predictor kit. It only has 2 squares...guessing its ph and calcium but it doesnt tell you that. Just a color chart that say if you get these 2 colors theres a 10% chance....these 2 colors its 40%.....these 2 its 85% and the last 2 colors mean 95%. Her udder looks great in the mornings and pretty good in the evenings but it always goes down during the day....it aggrevating

 

[lilysmom]

wow just tested for the heck of it....and the ph is between 40% and 85% colors the calcium is still at 10% but i figure the calcium may change very quickly. Ill test later to see what it says

 

[lilysmom]

at least its moved off of 10%...its been stuck there forever LOL this change is just for today so maybe we are making progress!!!

 

[LittleBittyBritches]

Yeah! For progress! Hows she looking tonight?

 

[lilysmom]

She wasnt looking like she was going to go lastnight...she didnt seem uncomfortable enough.

Im ready for this to end! Today is 352 days I think she may be aiming to keep up with strawberry on the other thread. Ill up date tonight with any new info. Hopefully we are very close but at this rate who knows.