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I feel better to hear that she is no longer leaking fluid. Hopefully it’s just not time yet. If she mated 3 weeks before you got her, which is when nipple pinking occurs (at the 21 day mark), she’s overdue. Since she seems okay, we’ll continue waiting with you!
 
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I feel better to hear that she is no longer leaking fluid. Hopefully it’s just not time yet. If she mated 3 weeks before you got her, which is when nipple pinking occurs (at the 21 day mark), she’s overdue. Since she seems okay, we’ll continue waiting with you!
Sarthur2 Sarthur2 could it be possible that the pinking up I saw was leftover from a recent heat?
 

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Yes, it’s possible. Or that she pinked early. She looks ready to pop, so I still think she’ll go any day now.
 
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I'm at work until 7 tonight. Hopefully she'll be ready to rock n roll when I get home tonight!:thumbsup:
 
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Made it home from work, and Karen met me at the door...still pregnant as ever, lol! I can still see big kicks, so kittens are doing ok in there. She's just....so.....BIG! Poor Karen!
 

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Made it home from work, and Karen met me at the door...still pregnant as ever, lol! I can still see big kicks, so kittens are doing ok in there. She's just....so.....BIG! Poor Karen!
Hopefully she’ll go soon! I’m still waiting for my girl to pop as well, maybe they’ll deliver on the same day :lol:
 
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That would be so cool!
 
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Karen just had 2 legit, real-deal contractions! She is lying at my feet. Her uterus seems angry...
I tried to video them, but caught just a tiny one afterward. I tried to upload the video, but I guess I don't have the magic touch, lol! Here's a pic, anyway.
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STILL no kittens:oops:
Today is 54 days of having Karen. If no kittens by Weds morning, I will call her vet and see if we need to get labor started artificially. She will definitely be within safe range by then....even if she mated the day before I got her.
Please send labor vibes our way!!
 

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You’ll want to have the vet perform an x-ray and/or ultrasound to determine gestational age and viability before giving oxytocin, just in case it is too soon.

I think getting her checked Wednesday is a good idea.

Are you still seeing or feeling kitten movement in her sides?
 
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I see and feel big kicks when she is lying down. If movements suddenly stop, I will call the vet immediately.
 
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Just caught Karen in my recliner. She knows comfort when she feels it, lol!
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Sarthur2 Sarthur2 she keeps climbing into my lap! She NEVER gets in my lap!! Please tell me that's a good sign, lol!
 
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She's currently lying next to me on the loveseat, grooming herself and purrrrring away ♥
 

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Yes!!! Let’s hope so! Bless her heart. She has got to be close.

My cat slept with me the night before her morning delivery, contracting and purring all night, lying on me, then gave one giant MEOW in the early morning, and jumped down and ran to her nest in another bedroom. By the time I got there she was delivering number one.
 
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I've been sleeping in the living room every night with her for several nights (my other cat stays in my bedroom so as not to stress Karen out). She normally sleeps on the tile floor at my feet. Tonight she is all up in my personal space, and I'm loving it!! I will keep you posted!!
 

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My cat the day before delivery, most uncomfortable and contracting all day, poor gal - just huge!

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Also, she was a pregnant stray I took in. I had her spayed when her kittens were 8 weeks old. Kittens (4 of them) all fixed at 12 weeks. I kept them all! We are still a happy family 4 years later! :)
 
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