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My daughter and I adopted a cat that was 8 months old, and turned out to be pregnant. No one knew how far along she was, but when we adopted her April 4th they had said they thought she was only 2 or 3 weeks a long, but she was already pinking up.
Well we anticipated kittens mid May, and then May 20th, Wed. She went into labor and was in labor for over 3 hours and gave birth to a very big kitten who was gorgeous, but didn't wiggle or move, and never breathed.. so I guess he was born dead, or died due to her being in labor so long? I don't know.
Well she has about 3 other kittens inside of her. You can see them move inside of her, but she has had no other contractions. We were advised about interrupted labor lasting 24 hours to 36 hours.. but last night at midnight was 36 hours.... currently we are at 43 hours, and still no signs of labor. She's eating and playing.. a bit more sleepy and wanting to be held, but no distress, just more clingy and affectionate. When she sleeps, we can see the babies kicking inside of her.. but since we are over 36 hours.. I am so scared why she isn't giving birth?
The vet told me - if she's not in distress, then I shouldn't be either.. but I worry..
So then I was researching on line and saw that cats can have kittens days apart? Really? What the heck????
Is this right? How many days is typical? The tension and worry in our house is crazy, but Juniper (our mama cat) is just totally fine.. any reassuring stories to validated this is normal? Any suggestions you can do to help us or direction we should take?
We value your experience. Thank you in advance.
Well we anticipated kittens mid May, and then May 20th, Wed. She went into labor and was in labor for over 3 hours and gave birth to a very big kitten who was gorgeous, but didn't wiggle or move, and never breathed.. so I guess he was born dead, or died due to her being in labor so long? I don't know.
Well she has about 3 other kittens inside of her. You can see them move inside of her, but she has had no other contractions. We were advised about interrupted labor lasting 24 hours to 36 hours.. but last night at midnight was 36 hours.... currently we are at 43 hours, and still no signs of labor. She's eating and playing.. a bit more sleepy and wanting to be held, but no distress, just more clingy and affectionate. When she sleeps, we can see the babies kicking inside of her.. but since we are over 36 hours.. I am so scared why she isn't giving birth?
The vet told me - if she's not in distress, then I shouldn't be either.. but I worry..
So then I was researching on line and saw that cats can have kittens days apart? Really? What the heck????
Is this right? How many days is typical? The tension and worry in our house is crazy, but Juniper (our mama cat) is just totally fine.. any reassuring stories to validated this is normal? Any suggestions you can do to help us or direction we should take?
We value your experience. Thank you in advance.