I was on the forum and watching the camera here on my desk when I saw Holly lay flat down. She doesn't do that. She got up, and then went down flat again. I watched closely for a minute or so, then saw her hike her tail up and I hollered for Jerry to lets go! I just knew it was time.
The whole thing happened really fast. I didn't expect it. She began to push a little bit and we saw two legs, then the nose, then she quit pushing and got up! Then she laid back down and pushed some more, and it seemed like the baby wasn't comeing out really good at that point. So Jerry just grabbed on those legs and said "come on out here to daddy" and with a little bit of help, he/she came flying on out real easy. Just slipped on out there real slick. We got the bag off and dried the baby with towels and let him/her lay there. At that point, Holly went into the opposite corner like she was in shock or something. Like she just looked at me so helpless and said "what the heck just came outta me!" She didn't move at all for a few minutes.
I ran like heck to get some hay for fresh bedding. I just had some shavings down that needed to be changed. But darn it! Holly's tail was not wrapped either. I wasn't prepared for this to happen so soon! I came fumbeling out of the tack room with my foaling kit and did the navel, but he/she was struggling so much to jump up and get a move on, we didn't have time to see if we had a he or a she yet! But we do have a solid bay. That is all I can see for now.
By the time we dried off he/she ....he/she wanted to stand up! Yup, strong baby wanted to get on up but couldn't and was struggleing to walk. I got worried because his/her feet were so weird looking. I thought "oh no" something is wrong with his/her legs. But nope, just took a while.
He/she is now trotting in that stall! Honest to gosh you should see he/she go in there jumping and playing around.
OK so here's the problem: He/she has not nursed yet. It has been 1 1/2 hours. He/she wants very much to nurse and Holly is standing very good for it too. But he/she puts the face up under there and does not latch on. We do have a suck reflex. It sucks on our fingers. He/she has made atleast 50 attempts to nurse but doesn't hold his/her face up high enough. We have been holding the face up to help, but when we do that he/she backs up and doesn't like that. He/she isn't go to be stupid or anything is he/she?
Please can you tell me how long he/she can go without nursing? I am very concerned about that.
The whole thing happened really fast. I didn't expect it. She began to push a little bit and we saw two legs, then the nose, then she quit pushing and got up! Then she laid back down and pushed some more, and it seemed like the baby wasn't comeing out really good at that point. So Jerry just grabbed on those legs and said "come on out here to daddy" and with a little bit of help, he/she came flying on out real easy. Just slipped on out there real slick. We got the bag off and dried the baby with towels and let him/her lay there. At that point, Holly went into the opposite corner like she was in shock or something. Like she just looked at me so helpless and said "what the heck just came outta me!" She didn't move at all for a few minutes.
I ran like heck to get some hay for fresh bedding. I just had some shavings down that needed to be changed. But darn it! Holly's tail was not wrapped either. I wasn't prepared for this to happen so soon! I came fumbeling out of the tack room with my foaling kit and did the navel, but he/she was struggling so much to jump up and get a move on, we didn't have time to see if we had a he or a she yet! But we do have a solid bay. That is all I can see for now.
By the time we dried off he/she ....he/she wanted to stand up! Yup, strong baby wanted to get on up but couldn't and was struggleing to walk. I got worried because his/her feet were so weird looking. I thought "oh no" something is wrong with his/her legs. But nope, just took a while.
He/she is now trotting in that stall! Honest to gosh you should see he/she go in there jumping and playing around.
OK so here's the problem: He/she has not nursed yet. It has been 1 1/2 hours. He/she wants very much to nurse and Holly is standing very good for it too. But he/she puts the face up under there and does not latch on. We do have a suck reflex. It sucks on our fingers. He/she has made atleast 50 attempts to nurse but doesn't hold his/her face up high enough. We have been holding the face up to help, but when we do that he/she backs up and doesn't like that. He/she isn't go to be stupid or anything is he/she?
Please can you tell me how long he/she can go without nursing? I am very concerned about that.
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