Robin's Pregnancy Thread MAIDEN :) *Filly! 1-7-13* *New Photos #831*

[Tremor]

I give her until the end of the week. Milk can come quicker than you think.

She's uncomfortable and trying to get the baby in its proper place. She's gearing up.

 

[phoebeq]

I'm with you Julia

 

[AnnaC]

I would agree with Julia plus what you have been saying from her behaviour - she's just re-positioning the foal (or trying to!) If she doesn't have much udder yet and what she has is hard, then she still has a little way to go to start producing milk, so you wont be able to get much, if any, to sample. I would leave well alone until her udder starts to feel softer. Can you leave her stall open in the daytime so she can come and go as she pleases - it is so important that she takes plenty of steady exercise at this stage of the game.

It sounds as though she is progressing nicely and quite normally.

 

[phoebeq]

I cannot leave her stall open, as Dakota will go in and make it unrecognizable as a stall, lol. I will make sure to let her out for a little while each day though.

 

[Tremor]

I will be honest, I have never had a mare with a soft udder before foaling! All of mine have been hard. (due to being so full!)

Since when do we have a "like" button?! Where have I been?

 

[kehranc]

come on kate !!!!!! show Molly how its done ...lol

 

[phoebeq]

Yep. Not really going by her udder too much. The fact that it changed ay all is enough to put me on alert LOL! I am still keeping a close eye on her but she is just relaxing standing up this morning.

 

[phoebeq]

I keep checking her, but she is just standing around sleeping next to Dakota, lol.

 

[phoebeq]

She has rolled some, as she has mud on her side. Also very little to no resistance in her tail.

 

[jessj]

Come on Robin! One of these ladies has to pop soon...might as well be you!

 

[phoebeq]

She is just standing around. I will check her closer when I go out to feed

 

[phoebeq]

Udder is hanging in there, but not growing much. She did walk away from breakfast to roll this morning and is taking a lot longer to finish it than she normally would.

Vulva is pink but has some red veins (I guess) running through it.

 

[phoebeq]

Little heifer is hanging in there. She had shoved her way out of her stall today while I was in town, lol. No biggie, she was just in with Dakota for the day, which I would normally do anyway, but I left before everyone was done eating. Anyway, udder is about the same, but not going down for sure.

 

[Rhondaalaska]

Hopefully soon you will have a baby

 

[phoebeq]

That's kinda what I thought, but it was pretty darn red Christmas Eve...I guess it could have been from rolling

 

[phoebeq]

Color inside vulva is not exciting. She was a lot more restless today...walking around hoovering most of the day and not standing and resting much. She was eating her dinner as normal though.

 

[lexischase]

Come on Robin!!! I want tons of foal photos REAL soon

 

[phoebeq]

Oh I am not worried at all

I am less anxious now since I have already been through the "OMG, tonight is the night" "Watch her like a hawk" stage before...back in August and September, lmao. I check her 2x daily hands on and glance out at her through out the day. I am not overly concerned

 

[Wings]

About time Robin! Go girl!

 

[Lindi-loo]

How exciting..not long now