JJS
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Looks pregnant to me too! I’ve actually been exactly where you are now - got a BOGOF of my own in May 2017. She was the best and most welcome surprise of my life, and I still have her as a rising four year old 
Pictures Is my mare in foal? No one knows...
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Kitty B
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I'm still undecided about the video, but here are the photos I've got to work with this evening. My phone is rubbish in anything but natural light, which is most unhelpful right now.
fiveleafclover21
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How exciting! I would lean towards in foal from the earlier photos, but in the most recent ones it's harder to tell! As she gets nearer then the foal would move and the vet should be able to feel it again from about 9-10 months. Everything crossed for you!
TulipTilly
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The stork is on it's way! Absolutely - big congrats!
holydaysandholidays
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Are you serious?
TulipTilly
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Yes I am - after 20 years of experience if I am wrong please feel free to tell me to eat my boots! It's absolutely obvious from the photos
Wheresthehoofpick
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Shamelessly following to find out what happens. She's gorgeous.
Lady2021
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Actually looking at the new photos . Unpopular opinion but sorry I actually don’t think she is pregnant I think she could be lacking muscle and overweight. I could be completely wrong and if I am I hope she has a heathy foal .
Kitty B
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Peregrine Falcon
Looking forward to cooler days
There's quite a bit of movement there! ?
HeyMich
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Err... yes! ??
BaronSamedi
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You have a 4 legged baby on the way for sure 
OldNag
Wasting my time successfully....
Yep- I don't think there's much mystery there!
Painted Pony
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I would say that there will be the pitter patter of tiny hooves for sure!!! There is a lot of movement going on there! She's a beautiful mare....... the very best of luck to you!
SatansLittleHelper
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Either pregnant or a very bad case of wind going by that video ??
Can I put my bets now on a bay colt..??? ??
Can I put my bets now on a bay colt..??? ??
Lurfy
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I think that video is indicating a baby Magpie is getting ready to meet you earthside
Marigold4
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Don't fuss!?! An unexpected foal might be about to arrive. OP has every right to fuss!
scats
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You’re either going to get a foal or have a re-enactment of that scene in Alien...
How exciting! We haven’t had a HHO BOGOF for a while.
How exciting! We haven’t had a HHO BOGOF for a while.
Equi
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I don’t think she’s at all overweight even if she wasn’t pregnant. Compared to what the bum was like a few months ago she’s lost quite a lot of weight (which is not terrible)
Ambers Echo
Still wittering on
My best friend and I managed to conince ourselves she was having a BOGOF last year and were wrong so I have not commented as I am clearly clueless! But have been following with interest. Given that the folk who know what they are on about are all convinced, all I can say is congratulaiton and good luck!
I'll stick to just enjoying the foalie pics!!
I'll stick to just enjoying the foalie pics!!
Errin Paddywack
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Definitely in foal judging by the video. Nice mare, how big is she?
SOS
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I’m no good with this sort of thing unfortunately! However either way her respiratory rate is quite fast (looking at her thorax not abdomen) in that video. So something to keep an eye on. And if she’s not I would wonder why she’s abdominal breathing so much... but the video looks how I imagine a foal foetus movement would look.
ihatework
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My money is on a foal in there!
Although 4 years ago my mare received an embryo that she scanned as having slipped. Come March time she was looking quite fat, her teats had filled a little and she had belly movement not dissimilar to your video. I was convinced the vet had scanned wrong so got a manual done. Turns out she was just a fat windbag ?
Although 4 years ago my mare received an embryo that she scanned as having slipped. Come March time she was looking quite fat, her teats had filled a little and she had belly movement not dissimilar to your video. I was convinced the vet had scanned wrong so got a manual done. Turns out she was just a fat windbag ?
Merrymoles
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I agree she is not overweight and looks in pretty good shape apart from the belly. If she has lost weight it may well be because she's putting her calories into the foal!
As long as she has ad lib forage, I wouldn't worry about upping her feed until you've had another vet visit - she's the type of mare that can grow a foal without too much help!
As long as she has ad lib forage, I wouldn't worry about upping her feed until you've had another vet visit - she's the type of mare that can grow a foal without too much help!
Kitty B
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It's all good food, good friends and a laugh until there is an alien bursting out of someone... I'm not sure Mags would stop eating long enough to be bothered, but any creature that hybridizes with THAT mare would quite possibly take over the galaxy.
I can feel ribs without digging for them, and the vet wasn't concerned about her weight coming into spring, so we stick to our usual regime of giving her the run of the paddock and walks in the school with me and the kids. She loves walking with my youngest two.
She hasn't been measured since she went bum high and then evened out over the winter, but I would estimate she's 13.2/13.3hh. I'm only 5'2", so she's the ideal size for a Western trail pony... though it is rather looking like THOSE plans will be put on hold. Ah well, I can always back her next winter instead.
We had only just gotten in from the paddocks and she'd thrown her head into her Healthy Hoof at that point. The last couple of nights she has rather worked herself up into a fair clip to get in for her feed. She doesn't usually breathe like that when at rest. I was told to check for movements after exercise, and I figured prancing about like a racehorse going to post counted. I will continue to monitor, though.
She spends all day in her paddock and is in at night with all the hay she could want. I think she could exist on air if she decided it was something she could eat!
Errin Paddywack
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Merrymoles
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I, too, am blessed with a very cheap-to-feed piebald! His vet bills are a different matter but I cannot complain about what it costs to feed him!
Merrymoles
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Looks rather "well" but a different belly shape to OP's pony.
Errin Paddywack
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You are right, this is a 20 yr old gelding, not fat but will need watching.
Merrymoles
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- actually did wonder if it was a gelding as a similar shape to mine when he's a bit too well too!