Lily's Foal Watch

[Eagle]

She will foal way before that so don't worry. Can we have some new pics of her udder please

 

[LittleBittyBritches]

Lily is a pretty girl! Im just reading up on her thread sounds like she is getting close. Snowball is due pretty close to her (May c). Looks like Lily will probably win that race! Lol.

Any updated udder and side pics?

 

[lilysmom]

Ill go get more pictures when I feed her shortly

I pray she goes soon....I just cant sleep thinking she just might try to fool me and go then LOL

 

[lilysmom]

okay heres the pictures. her bag has gone down a little from this morning so I guess that means probably not going to be tonight. Oh well. I just took these so let me know your thought on her

 

[Mima Acres]

I am a first timer and lily is a maiden. Today Lily is 333 days along. I am a nervous wreck and keep my eyes glued to her. I move her into her stall at night and have a camera hooked up to my tv so I can check on her without bothering her. Her bag is pretty full but when I can get anything out its sticky and yellow. Just waiting on the big day! Heres some pictures of my sweet girl

The waiting is killing me

Lily is so pretty! I bet you'll have a beautiful little foal

I'm a first timer too, and also very nervous and excited. My mare will be having her 2nd foal...sometime soon...I think! I don't know how many days she is, I just have a general idea. Anyway I'm looking forward to seeing how things progress with your mare. Seeing all the new babies is so much fun!

 

[Eagle]

Thanks for the update, I doubt she will go tonight as baby doesn't look in position and her udder could fill some. she is such a cutie

 

[Equuisize]

Crabby is a good sign ... Makes you feel bad but I think it's just them giving you a heads up.

Our Zoe, was rather a wild woman when she came to us. She loved massages, though, all during her pregnancies.

The night before she foaled her first, I was giving her good night massage and she reached around and was

going to take a chunk out of me. Fortunately I was alert but she foaled that night. She's never tried to bite again

but when she goes to not wanting her massages, I know she is close.

How tall is Lily? She's looking good to me - she looks flatter on her sides, nipples are close to position.

Milk and nipples can change in the blink of an eye.

If you pick her tail up can she take it back or is does it just feel like it has no resistance?

I'd be continuing your 24 hour watch. You're going to be snuggling a baby sooner than later.

 

[lilysmom]

Lily is about 35-36" tall . When I pick her tail up she can take it back...not as good as she could be for but she can still resist it some. Ive read with maidens everything can change last minute and not to rely on any signs...even though I keep looking for signs. LOL The night your mares foal do any of them lay down to rest (either like a cow or laying flat on their sides) just wondering if thats something I can watch for as she does lay like a cow ALOT during the night

 

[Equuisize]

These mares are all so individual I'm not sure, in my mind anyway, if there is any rule of thumb, even for them.

They can vary from pregnancy to pregnancy

Some seems to rest more, some stop eating and some eat right up till moments before delivering, some dig holes, some

swirl their bedding into nests. Some just go oh, it's time for baby and don't even bother laying down.

For me, nipples and bags mean nothing.....I use tail resistance for my red alert. When her tail looses resistance

I'm going hyper watchfulness.

When all else fails I start using bribery or threats to get her to foal.

Enjoy the process though .... It's just about as good as having your own baby. I hold mine and rock them till they are to

big to fit in my lap. Lovvvvvvvvve babies.

 

[lilysmom]

LOL thats going to be so exciting I cant wait! Lily has been a huge Hole digger for the last 3-4 days...and not just little holes...BIG holes. I am watching every possible sign I can see lol

 

[AnnaC]

Also remember to check inside her vulva - if she will let you! It should change from its normal salmon pink to a deep red 24-36 hours from foaling. Just another sign to look out for, but remember that I said "SHOULD TURN" LOL!!

Good luck - safe foaling.

 

[lilysmom]

Her milk tonight is still yellow and sticky (same for the last numerous days) her vulva is usually a pale pink I did notice tonight that it is slightly darker than normal. 1 thing I noticed from my pictures 2 days ago is that 2 days ago the underside of her belly was rounded. Today the underside front of her belly is rounded but the back comes up at mor of a slant rather than rounded...kind of a different look lol

 

[AnnaC]

Does her tummy look more V shaped now when viewed from the side? This means that the foal has 'dropped' into the foaling position!

So not long now!!

 

[lilysmom]

not actually V shaped but it does look different. She young and a maiden so not sure how V shaped she will get. I do have a important question...I just checked inside her vulva (she hasnt laid down recently) towards the bottom of the vulva looks pink but up towards the top inside is red and looks puffy (inside)???? any idea why that is?

 

[LittleBittyBritches]

Thank you for the new pics! She is def. Getting close

 

[lilysmom]

No baby yet....geeze I wish she'd come on already...lol vulva still looks red and puffy on the inside towards the top. so I continue my 24 hour watch

 

[lilysmom]

castlerock the weight has shifted towarads her front. i noticed it in the pictures yesterday compared to 2 days earlier. Her belly was round 2 days earlier but if you look in the new pictures the underside of her belly is round towards her front legs but is slant at a angle towards the back....it was perfectly rounded....so maybe we are making progress!

 

[lilysmom]

okay I just went out and checked her...heres the pictures. Question she was laying down before I checked her...will that make her coloring thsi dark?

 

[Eagle]

Yes her laying down will influence the colour .



I still think she has some filling to do in her udder

 

[lilysmom]

okay good amybe I can take a nap later on

her color did go light again after she stood for awhile.