i'll start by saying that my husband has the car at work, and i won't be able to get my cat, Alice, to the vet until around 11:30-12 tonight after he gets off of work. (vet has stated to call around end of business and he will give us his cell to call when on our way if we need to)
Alice came to us very pregnant, (friends mom died, and said friend who was living with now dead mom is getting rid of all her moms pets), and started labor only a few days later, so I have no way of knowing what's really going on with her.
she had one kitten around 630-7am (at least that's when i woke up to a teensey weensey meow, so maybe earlier) and one around 8am. 2nd placenta around 10:30am. momma seems to be content kneading at the air eyes closed layed out in a relaxed state while these two nurse. it's been almost four hours since number two and i'm just trying to see how long is "normal" or "average" as i believe i can still see/feel the other(s?) moving inside (or maybe very vivid imagination). the two already born are nursing and warm and cuddled up. it's almost 2pm now.
mom seems content. the kittens that i think i can feel/see moving are higher up in her belly and not down near the birth canal at all. (i also read somewhere that mom may be able to stop labor and postpone further births if she is stressed? maybe the kids waking up being loud could be considered stress?)
only problem i had was when the 2nd was born mom got distracted from cleaning it up by my kids waking up and getting loud wanting breakfast. there was a bubble in the sac by its face so i carefully snipped a hole and it meowed immediately, and she snapped out of it and went to work cleaning it up.
Alice came to us very pregnant, (friends mom died, and said friend who was living with now dead mom is getting rid of all her moms pets), and started labor only a few days later, so I have no way of knowing what's really going on with her.
she had one kitten around 630-7am (at least that's when i woke up to a teensey weensey meow, so maybe earlier) and one around 8am. 2nd placenta around 10:30am. momma seems to be content kneading at the air eyes closed layed out in a relaxed state while these two nurse. it's been almost four hours since number two and i'm just trying to see how long is "normal" or "average" as i believe i can still see/feel the other(s?) moving inside (or maybe very vivid imagination). the two already born are nursing and warm and cuddled up. it's almost 2pm now.
mom seems content. the kittens that i think i can feel/see moving are higher up in her belly and not down near the birth canal at all. (i also read somewhere that mom may be able to stop labor and postpone further births if she is stressed? maybe the kids waking up being loud could be considered stress?)
only problem i had was when the 2nd was born mom got distracted from cleaning it up by my kids waking up and getting loud wanting breakfast. there was a bubble in the sac by its face so i carefully snipped a hole and it meowed immediately, and she snapped out of it and went to work cleaning it up.
