We knew Rosie was close – she had been nesting all night and so that morning when she was uncomfortable and needing to “pee” constantly, we knew she had to be pretty close.

Around 12:30 she started big contractions and by 12:55pm she had baby #1 – a lovely 9.45oz girl.

Baby #2 came shortly after around 1:15 – a boy weighing in at 11oz.

Baby #3 was another boy – they just kept getting bigger (poor Rosie) – 11.10oz.

And true to form, at 2:20pm she had baby #4 – another girl who weighed in at 11.54oz.

We knew we were waiting on one more baby. It wasn’t long before Rosie was pushing again. This time, I knew it was a big baby – the head came but she couldn’t seem to get the body out. I yelled for my husband – he has long skinny fingers which help in situations like this. I held Rosie’s hips open and he gently guided/helped pull with every push – but after 15 mins of pushing when he was born, he was ghostly white – oxygen deprivation was not on our side. We tried every trick to revive him – rubbing, Dex, needle poke on his nose – to no avail. He had been in the canal too long and we lost him. He was 13.8oz – huge puppy – much too big for a little 13 inch beagle girl. We grieved the loss of him but also celebrated the healthy pups we got.

Mom and babies settled in to nursing right away – all are healthy and strong. We are so thankful.

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