Surprise pregnancy

Wagtail said:
How frustrating! All I can say is that it DOES happen very quickly when it happens. I remember texting my sister on the morning the mare gave birth saying I was peed off waiting and that she was looking less likely to give birth right now than she had two weeks ago. Then around 3 pm he started licking her sides and squealing and grunting in annoyance. Walking around and swishing her tail. She gave birth at 4.50 that afternoon. I hope you don't have to wait much longer! I also have to say that we were able to taste some milk that morning and it was as sweet as can be. We were only able to taste it because it was dripping from her (had been for 3 days). She wouldn't let us milk her.
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I hope I don't have to wait much longer either it really is so frustrating and worrying! I just hope that we will be there for her if she needs help. :)

bumblebee_ said:
Don't take your eyes off her!! My mare waited for a nice day as the week she looked like she was going to drop was miserable and cold. As soon as the temp went up one day she popped at 10.20 that night!! I think they do wait for the good weather! :( which is unfair as its due to be miserable now for a little while! :(

Fingers, toes, arms, legs crossed she doesnt keep you waiting much longer... I know the feeling!!
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I have just about everything crossed that can be crossed Lol, I am hoping maybe in the next couple of days as the weather is supposed to warm up and quit being so bloody wet she will decide that it's time to let it out! :)

domane said:
Oh GOSH! I am bursting with excitement to see what she has! Can't you tell her we're all waiting impatiently??? :D
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I tell her every day to just go ahead and push the little squirtlet out but she pays me as much attention as a naughty 2 year old! lol :D

laurapru said:
She is a beautiful looking mare, so whatever you end up with it is going to be lovely.
I am really excited for you, I hope to put my mare in foal this spring but I think the waiting will drive me nuts.
I hope bambino arrives soon, look forward to seeing pics.
Take Care

Laura:):)
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I will be posting soooo many pics when he/she finally does arrive, she really is a beautiful mare and supposedly the sire is a traditional Gypsy vanner cob so here's hoping we get a lovely piebald with loads of feather :D But as long as the little one is healthy and my mare is ok I will be happy.
 
Is there a club we can join?! Just found out Daphne is preggers again! She's due in June sometime! Dreading it to be honest - i've had her for 20 months and she's been in foal for 18 months of that! Good luck with your foaly - hope all goes well and she/he appears soon! :)
 
Sorry for keeping you guys in suspense working 12 hour shifts plays havoc with my body clock :( Still NOTHING! how much longer can she drag this out? I am starting to wonder if the vet actually had a hold of a leg at all! lol, she is soo huge I don't honestly see how she is able to walk! she has bagged up so much milk veins are popping out and her vulva is as relaxed as it could be but yet still no baby! I thought she was going to have the little one on Tuesday night he/she was kicking her so hard her whole body was moving and she looked like she was contracting but still NOTHING! I am so tired with worry and lack of sleep. Wonder if caster oil works for horses? lol (joking) :D
 
Oh how frustrating for you! It really does wear you down. Does she allow you to touch her udder at all? Do you have any recent photographs of her udder and vulva? Our mare here seemed to have a relaxed vulva for weeks. She also started waxing up three weeks before she was due! So we were expecting her to give birth virtually every day for that three weeks.
 
Wagtail said:
Oh how frustrating for you! It really does wear you down. Does she allow you to touch her udder at all? Do you have any recent photographs of her udder and vulva? Our mare here seemed to have a relaxed vulva for weeks. She also started waxing up three weeks before she was due! So we were expecting her to give birth virtually every day for that three weeks.
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I will get some more pictures of of her today, she doesn't really like you to touch her udder much at all, but I will try again today see if I can get any milk and have a taste. I am so frustrated, I have yet to even see any wax. Well hopefully she will have it this weekend as the weather is supposed to be a bit nicer than it has been (fingers crossed) lol :D
 
Got a call from my yard owner last night about 8:30pm saying my mare was laying down and making some very strange noises, panting etc, looking like she was contracting, so we go rushing up there (pizza in hand I might add) stayed with her up there until 3:30am this morning and yep you guessed it (NOTHING) my mare is driving me NUTS! Can't seem to find the latest pics I took of her yesterday, will upload some more later today. :)
 
Keavy said:
Got a call from my yard owner last night about 8:30pm saying my mare was laying down and making some very strange noises, panting etc, looking like she was contracting, so we go rushing up there (pizza in hand I might add) stayed with her up there until 3:30am this morning and yep you guessed it (NOTHING) my mare is driving me NUTS! Can't seem to find the latest pics I took of her yesterday, will upload some more later today. :)
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LOL! That made me laugh!

I was on foal watch with my mare's first foal, 4 years ago, for 2 whole weeks, camping in a tent in the paddock. Mare was locked in her 12 x 24 shelter, and every hour, my alarm would wake me up to check on her - crawl out of tent, flash torch in shelter, crawl back in, set alarm again, go back to sleep... 2 whole weeks of camping and sleeping in bursts of 45 minutes, going to work in the day and looking after my 9 year old daughter! I feel your pain!

The funny noises your yard owner heard, I heard them plenty during those 2 weeks. When the very pregnant mares lies down, the foal puts pressure on the lungs and it really sounds like she's in labour, doesn't it?

Next foal, foal watch lasted 1 night only, thanks to milk testing - it's genius. pH goes below 6.5 - foal appears in 12 hours! I'd look into it if I were you. You don't want to miss the birth. Things can go wrong very quickly. They can also just as well foal during the day. One of mine had 2 foals with me, both born in the field at 11 am... watch like a hawk & get milk testing strips!!! :D

Good luck and don't despair... It's soooooo worth it :D
 
When I was due my unexpected foal (you know what I mean) i'd only a few weeks notice of pregnancy.

Mare showed no signs of foaling at all - no waxing, very little bagging, no vulva droop, no, tummy shape change, nothing. She was absolutely normal when I left here for the evening and then couldn't sleep so thought i'd go up and check at 1.30am. Found her grazing normally in the field with her pal and stood for a while standing shining a torch up her behooky.

Nothing.

Got a phone call at 6.00am to say there was a foal in the field.

Bloody horses.
 
Had a very long night with her last night, very restless getting up and down etc felt for sure she would have it last night but still nothing, she is the same today also looking back at her belly, kicking at it, so another long night is in stall for us again this evening, going to have a few hours sleep and go back to foal watch! I honestly don't see how she is keeping it in! Will keep you all updated.... Exciting! :D
 
I too have a mare currently in foal and today is her due date. This is her second. The other day during all that, vet was in the stable and told me it is called pelvic stretching and they are trying to position the baby into the birth canal. I think your girl will go soon, maybe tonight.
 
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but last night was a complete wash out also.. Still NO baby :mad: she is driving me mad, has anyone got any ideas as to how long she can do this for before she actually goes into labour? it's been 3 nights so far, she hots up, she paces, she's up and down and making some very strange noises I might add. Her back end wobbles like jelly when she walks it's that soft back there! I honestly don't see how it's not already here. Maybe she will oblige and have the munchkin this afternoon out in her paddock (yeah right) So still no pics or better news sorry guys maybe tomorrow we can hope :D
 
I'm ready this is in total suspense!!! Argh.....hope it isn't too long now. Can't wait to see pics of baby. I love this time of year. Good luck, hope it all goes well.
 
Keavy said:
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but last night was a complete wash out also.. Still NO baby :mad: she is driving me mad, has anyone got any ideas as to how long she can do this for before she actually goes into labour? it's been 3 nights so far, she hots up, she paces, she's up and down and making some very strange noises I might add. Her back end wobbles like jelly when she walks it's that soft back there! I honestly don't see how it's not already here. Maybe she will oblige and have the munchkin this afternoon out in her paddock (yeah right) So still no pics or better news sorry guys maybe tomorrow we can hope :D
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You could be at it for a while.

Are you sitting in the stable with her, or staying outside, with hourly checks?
 
I wish I had better news for you guys believe me I do, but yep you guessed it STILL NO FOAL!!! We're sitting in the coffee room with hourly checks, trying not to disturb her too much, Still waiting it is 8 weeks to the day today that the vet came and gave me a 6-8 week window, she is very teasy today not at all like her normal laid back self at all, but I'm probably making too much of it to be honest, I figure she will wait for the one night that we are not there and pop the little one out! :( just wish it was soon I am so tired of waiting!
 
same here! Not to make you even lower but my friends foal came yesterday at 5.30pm,now they live literally next to the mares stable (they run a farm) her mum went into the house at 5.10 after checking on the mare,went and checked again at 5.30pm,mare up and so was the foal, as if it was a day old! random!
 
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