Milk testing set back

Congratulations, start a new post with your news and you will get more advice. It may be missed here. Look forward to seeing pics. It can be frustrating when the cant seem to get the idea. I had one a few years ago, she was a bit weak too so had to hold her up and try to help her latch on on my own. We got there in the end. Good luck.
 
Foal is drinking fine, he is lovely. However, mare in right state badly torn vulva (will need caslick as tissue too sore) she had to have liquids pumped through her nose. She seems ok in herself but she wont poo (as in alot of pain) so on liquid parafin, salts, you name it ! And still no photos as monitoring the mare :( so another restless night
 
No the legs and head came normally. However, there was a fairly long gap from when the legs appeared to when the shoulders came out. The goals tounge was out and he did not look good (we thought the worst for a minute) and the vet suggested that he may have been in the birth canal for a little too long. The vet also said that the foal is large for a first foal and she struggled to get him out. The mare then wouldn't poo (as in pain) so she had fluids pumped up nose and lots of painkillers. Mare is a good mum (ish) but is more bothered about her friends so having problems turning out (and the weather) but at least foal seems okay.
 
The shoulders are always the most difficult thing for mares to deliver. I also had a very big foal this year from a mare who everyone thinks is big (because she's tall) but is actually a fairly petite mare in broodmare terms. She always throws the biggest foals consistently every year and most years I do have to give her a little hand with delivering the shoulders of her foals. I usually just do them one at a time and then voila all is well and the rest of the foal slips out easily.

Your mare will settle with her newborn. It might just take a couple of days for her to find her feet and be more interested in her foal than her herdmates. The maiden of mine who foaled this year was similar. She didn't quite "get" that her foal was the one who was most important, but she does now and she's a very good mother allowing the foal his space but also keeping an eye on him whilst she wanders off on luncheon dates with the other mares in her field :)
 
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