Update, for those who are interested

[MrVelvet]

Going up again in a couple of hours YO is checking on her till then.

and give her a good poke and tell her to get a move on!! although if 'foaly' is anything like mine.. it will give you weeks of sleepless nights and then be born in the paddock when noones looking

 

[Queenbee]

and give her a good poke and tell her to get a move on!! although if 'foaly' is anything like mine.. it will give you weeks of sleepless nights and then be born in the paddock when noones looking

Yes I bet I will be taking IV coffee soon! She was so so chilled and loving this evening, she has been a lot recently, but its almost like she is on valium She is still refusing to eat the hay I have put on the ground for her and is happily munching off her 'all you can eat buffet' in the stable next door! I have opened a bale up and taken away the twine, I think she prefers it, because she can eat while looking out over the stable door

 

[JenHunt]

very exciting! hope it all goes well!

and FWIW - I don't think I'd have dealt with it any differently to you if I'd been in the same situation.

 

[Queenbee]

very exciting! hope it all goes well!

and FWIW - I don't think I'd have dealt with it any differently to you if I'd been in the same situation.

Cheers hun, I actually can't quite believe whats happening. I was saying to my friend the other day, that ebony has given me everything I could possibly ever want from a horse, she has the biggest heart, I could never have asked for or expected more, then she goes and adds this to the mix too. Words just fail me

 

[Kadastorm]

From my experience, pretty sure that is a foaly waiting to pop out. Dont worry about not bagging up yet, our last one didnt until very late.
Keep updating, only just seen this thread and im excited! xx

 

[Kaylum]

oh yes I am excited too.

 

[PingPongPony]

How exciting!!! It'd be great if foal came on the 16th, it's my birthday Keep us updated with pictures And just wanted to say, well done on being soooooo relaxed and calm about it, tbh i really admire you for letting your horse and nature just get on with it, afterall, in the wild they manage just fine

 

[Queenbee]

How exciting!!! It'd be great if foal came on the 16th, it's my birthday Keep us updated with pictures And just wanted to say, well done on being soooooo relaxed and calm about it, tbh i really admire you for letting your horse and nature just get on with it, afterall, in the wild they manage just fine

Shiny, I have already had discussions with ebony about this over a cup of coffee and a manger of hay, we have gone over how the 16th is a very important day for you and how it would be really nice if she could plait her legs until that day and then heave like buggery to ensure it comes out on THAT VERY DAY, she says she will try to oblige although I must warn you that there is also a little girl who would like her to keep a hold on it until her birthday... in december

 

[crellow4]

My mare foaled at 356 days, so IF your girl is in foal you could have quite a wait yet!!! I'm on the fence, can't decide if she's just looking porky or cooking up a surprise. Best of luck x

 

[Tinypony]

I wondered how you were getting on. Good luck Ebony!

 

[FionaM12]

Can you have a word with Ebony please? I'm on two sleep-in shifts (no internet at work) so I'd really appreciate it if she could hold on until the next few days are over.....

 

[cronkmooar]

I have had one foal so am by no means an expert but with mine I would mention the following:

Mare was a maiden and went two weeks over

There was no bag at 10pm - 6am when checked I had a foal and mare had bagged up - so don't get hung up on looking for this (I did though!)

I could see the foal moving round in the mare way before now - especially when giving her a brush on ribs/tummy foal used turn round and round and round I used to get very excited at this, my mare was a saint and just raised an eybrow to indicate she thought I was a fool

Just one other thing, if there is a chance that she is in foal and you seem fairly certain she is, I would separate her from other horses now and let her have a quiet paddock by herself.

Good luck - will keep following your posts

 

[CeeBee]

Do hope we are going to see some foal pics soon

 

[Spring Feather]

I've foaled down loads of mares and the vast majority have presented with textbook signs. Your mare isn't and I truly wish it was more evident whether she is pregnant or not as you sound so excited about it all! Wishing you and your mare well whatever the final outcome is

 

[Apercrumbie]

Weren't you going to get a repro specialist to have a look at her? I've only read half the thread so apologies if this has already been covered.

 

[Ibblebibble]

Cheers hun, I actually can't quite believe whats happening. I was saying to my friend the other day, that ebony has given me everything I could possibly ever want from a horse, she has the biggest heart, I could never have asked for or expected more, then she goes and adds this to the mix too. Words just fail me

that is just so sweet! i really hope there is a foal in there, after all this waiting and wondering it's going to be such a come down if she isn't But FWIW i'm still thinking there's something going on in there
Come on Ebs, push honey push

 

[Queenbee]

Weren't you going to get a repro specialist to have a look at her? I've only read half the thread so apologies if this has already been covered.

No that was another poster with another horse

 

[Queenbee]

I've foaled down loads of mares and the vast majority have presented with textbook signs. Your mare isn't and I truly wish it was more evident whether she is pregnant or not as you sound so excited about it all! Wishing you and your mare well whatever the final outcome is

SF, as far as I am concerned, what will be will be, it is an exciting journey, but TBH whatever the outcome I already have two fantastic horses. I would say though that I thought that scraping the hell out of her tummy, lots of movement in the correct areas at dinner time, total temperament change, and the changes in the way she carries her weight were text book type signs. I don't know 4 certain what is happening but I do have a 'gut feeling' what I do know is my mare, the changes in her are definate. and if I touch her side where it is poking out where it shouldn't and she lifts her leg to scrape at her tummy in annoyance, just the same way she does at dinner time... I can guarentee you in all my 10yrs of owning her she has never done this before these last couple of months. of course these changes could all be a fantastic coincidence or they could all indicate that she and he did get jiggy with it guess we will all just have to stay tuned...x

 

[indie999]

Fingers crossed for your mare and you. Keep us posted she looks very pot. How exciting either way keep us posted as its a good learning curve all this horse malarchy!

 

[SusieT]

Surely at this point you should be able to feel /see movement if you habng around long enough?

 

[Hells Bells]

the pictures you posted yesterday certainly make her tummy look a bit different to the previous pics. Saying that, it may just be me getting over excited for you!!

And this is going to sound REALLY dim, but i just realised how even more lovely it is, that, if there is a foal, it'll be from both of your horses...i know thats obvious, but the more i think about, the more amazing it is- lots of people go to studs, but youve got a baby from your 2 favouritist horsies! Will you keep the foal if there is one?

Give my love to your boy and girl! x

 

[Queenbee]

Hi all, still no foal but a few replies to other posters and a progress report with more piccys:

First can I say a huge thank you to you all, your enthusiasm and enjoyment of our little adventure has really overwhelmed me, I am pretty sure that its not just a huge giant tapeworm inside her but what ever the outcome, I am really enjoying sharing it with you all.

Surely at this point you should be able to feel /see movement if you habng around long enough?

susie, I am feeling and seeing lots of movement, lumps and bumps and have been for a while now, the thing is I still can't quite believe it even though the lumps and bumps move! I am not 'talking myself out of it' like I was, but I do keep telling myself that there is a chance I am just bonkers and have convinced myself that they are there even though I can feel and see these things (does that make sense?)

the pictures you posted yesterday certainly make her tummy look a bit different to the previous pics. Saying that, it may just be me getting over excited for you!!

And this is going to sound REALLY dim, but i just realised how even more lovely it is, that, if there is a foal, it'll be from both of your horses...i know thats obvious, but the more i think about, the more amazing it is- lots of people go to studs, but youve got a baby from your 2 favouritist horsies! Will you keep the foal if there is one?

Give my love to your boy and girl! x

You are so right GG, and to give a quick run down on the 2:

Ebony was purchased with my student loan in the last year of uni she kept me going and kept me sane whilst I commuted 140 miles to and from uni and held down a full time job, god knows how I did it. One day I was looking out of my window at a field of horses and I decided to ask the owner if she had anything that I could ride, she told me no. A couple of weeks later she said she had been thinking and she did have a mare, she wasn't for sale but I could ride her if I wanted. My first hack on ebs and came to a sharp stop when she saw a cyclist and bolted home, I thought I would never be allowed back on her back, but not so, We quickly bonded, she turned into a stroppy diva whenever I walked away and one day the woman offered for me to purchase her if I wanted. I won't say we never looked back, because she was the sharpest horse i have ever ridden back then, really nervy and lots of hard work, hollow to ride and a stargazer... it took years, but we got there and I couldn't be more proud of her for everything she has done, she is the perfect mare and will always want to learn and have fun .

I saw ben when he was 2 weeks old, he was a bold but gentle little foal and totally unphased by the children that were clambering to climb the gate to his field, I adored him from that very moment. I was looking to buy a youngster but was not there to see him, I was there for a BBQ, as we drove away OH said: 'if you like him I will buy him for you for christmas' the next time I saw him was when he turned up at my field at 6 months old. He is quick to learn, very friendly a genuine little big man and I can't wait to ride him, he learns his job and loves to learn and play. The last time I really rode a gelding was my 13.1 pony pickles who was my first pony and my soulmate back then, ben has a lot to live up to but he is doing it well


I love them both very much, Ebony is my number one, we have been on such a journey together since the first day I rode her and her development into a the super schoolmistress that she is today never ceases to blow me away, at the moment she is so very tender and loving, YO went out to check her for me last night and she followed her around the stable nuzzling her. I think that way to often we can tend to take our ownership and our time with these lovely giants for granted, this 'is she/isn't she' has really brought this to my attention, I have spent far more time with my two recently and I realise just how blessed I am to have such a fantastic gentle and loving partner and friend in ebony and fun, willing and cracking little friend in ben. Whatever the outcome, this journey had given me that and life has given me these 2 stunning companions.

Anyway, I will stop gushing now and move on to progress pics from this morning, vulva seemed to have tightened again yesterday morning but looked as relaxed as it did before this morning but still a way to go no pic though. I have been trying for a few days to get you some pics of the 'moving lumps and bumps' but they don't always show up well with the flash but today I found a new camera angle I have also taken some side shots of it and tried to put a circle around where the lump was in the photos so you can see it, it was much more prominent in reality.


Is that a foal you're smuggling in there or did you just swallow a whale?

No change here:

Pictures of her side, tried to circle where the lump was but its not that obvious in the pictures:

And the final 'new camera angle' the lump disappears when you touch it and moves she was ok with me touching it today but will bring her back legs right up and scrape her hoof along her tummy sometimes when you touch it and it moves away.

 

[trickivicki]

I am to excited by this!!!!! Tell her to start pushing!

 

[Queenbee]

Shameless bump...



Any comments on tonights pics? And her lumpy bump?

Also introducing a tired ben...

 

[Hells Bells]

ohh those bumps look very promising!! How exciting for you!

PS... would you minding cloning Ben and sending the result to me? Such a cutie!

 

[Emilieu]

Ooh this is so exciting, I have been lurking but I can't open the thread fast enough when I see an update. I'm no expert but those bumps look foal shaped to me

 

[gonebananas]

i.e.food and supplementing, give her a bloody spicy curry!!!

hope all goes well for you, i'm looking forward to the result!

 

[Queenbee]

ohh those bumps look very promising!! How exciting for you!

PS... would you minding cloning Ben and sending the result to me? Such a cutie!

GG, he has a full sister, similar colouring 1 yr older, they were going to keep her and breed a foal, they will probably sell her then, or they may sell her before for the right price

 

[Queenbee]

Ooh this is so exciting, I have been lurking but I can't open the thread fast enough when I see an update. I'm no expert but those bumps look foal shaped to me

I am glad you are enjoying it The do look suspect don't they, YO/ friend and I spend hours gazing at her over the stable wall watching the alien shapes coming and going we will feel like right ***** if there is nothing but wind in there! LOL!

 

[Spring Feather]

susie, I am feeling and seeing lots of movement, lumps and bumps and have been for a while now, the thing is I still can't quite believe it even though the lumps and bumps move! I am not 'talking myself out of it' like I was, but I do keep telling myself that there is a chance I am just bonkers and have convinced myself that they are there even though I can feel and see these things (does that make sense?)

If you are seeing the foal leaping around in her belly then that's a defacto and unmistakable sign that she's pregnant lol! Sorry I hadn't realised you were seeing foal movements