Mare Bleeding Pregnant!!!!!!!!!!

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I have a little Cob mare who was scanned 45 Days Pregnant on July 11th 2010, I believe that would make her expected delivery Date around the 8th May 2011.
She had a bad scare about 3 weeks ago, which resulted in her tearing around the field and getting herself in a real state, sweating badly etc.
About 2 weeks after this event we noticed blood on her hind legs, we got the vet straight away, and he seems to think placentitis, she is been treated with antibiotics and Pentoxifylline to help increase bloodflow to the placenta.
My vet said she looked like she would foal prematurely, cervix very soft and starting to dilate (approx 1 finger open) That was 11 Days ago!!!!!!!!
She is still losing about 2 cups of blood a day, but it only seems to flow while she is lying down and is quite clotted thick and bright red. No Dirty Discharge.
She is eating and is normal in every other way. The foal is still moving and kicking.
Her udder appears normal for her at this stage of pregnancy.
My vet has advised just to keep the treatment going and see how she goes - but has anyone out there any experience on anything similar, and how likely is it that she could still produce a live foal.
 
is your vet a repro vet if not i would be getting a second opinion as i don't like the sound of it however i have not had any experience of this and am in no way an expert
 
My vet treats lots of horses, not sure how experienced he is in repro.
He said the longer the foal is in the mare, the better the chance of survival, thing is although we'd be upset losing the foal if it comes to that- we'd be far worse if we lost the mare.
Thanks for responding.
 
I think you should seriously consider taking your mare to either an equine repro vet clinic or a professional stud to foal down. Somewhere that the people know what to go to get this foal live on the ground. Foaling can go wrong at the drop of a hat even with what seems like a normal pregnancy, you've been given many warning signs and unless you are a very experienced breeder then you should hand over the care to someone who is. I hope everything works out well for both mare and foal.
 
has your vet scanned the placenta recently? clearly something is very wrong if she's losing 2 cupfuls of blood a day.

what is her heart rate and colour like?
 
Hi,

It may be worth posting this in the vets section to see if you get any better responces.

If it were my horse I would be looking to get the foaling done at a professional stud where they have 24 hour cover and in the ideal world a vet on site or living next door just to give the mare and foal the best chances if somthing is wrong.

We had a mare that suffereed extensive trama, i thought i was going to loose the mare but she pulled through and foaled 1 week early. At the time it was touch and go when she foled that the foal would survive! but with 24 hour care over a few days he pulled through and we ended up with this:

http://www.springfieldstud.com/Spring-s-Spirit

So in breeding you never know and be prepaired for some hard work.

I do hope everything goes well and please let us have an update.

good luck
 
Hi All,
Glad to report all is well with my little mare, Varicose Vein Burst in Vagina! no change in her at all, Vet said even though blood seemed a lot to me - it's not enough to panic about, would prefer to leave her alone until she foals as her time is getting close, it will more than likely seal itself after foaling.
Thanks for your comments, Big Sigh of Relief !!!!!!!!!!:)
 
I was about to say last year we had a mare like this and it was a varicous vein when I read your last post.
The mare bled on and off right up to foaling then delivered a healthy foal.
Glad it was what I suspected and not worse!
 
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