I was pretty sure Callie would start labor on the Tuesday or Wednesday this week. She was pretty restless Tuesday and so I slept beside her that night.

Wednesday morning she had more signs of labor – some panting, restlessness so I just sat beside her and kept her company. I took her for regular walks – with a towel on me just in case. Her favorite labor stance was on her back with me rubbing her belly.

Around 1:30 pm she started to bark a little bit and her water sac came out – progress – I was relieved that things would now begin.

It wasn’t too long before she started to push a little – nothing too serious but progress. She would push a few times and then sleep for long stretches. This is not super unusual, especially for a first puppy as they have to open that cervix.

She had her first baby – a 9.45oz girl at 5:30pm. I was excited now – things would start ramping up now 🙂

by 7:30pm, with some pushing but no real progress, I called my vet and asked for an evaluation. I kept thinking that if the puppies took this long each time, then we might have some very distressed puppies by the last one. I was also concerned that her tummy was very round still – the best way I could describe it is that it felt like her uterus was so stretched out that they couldn’t move her puppies down.

We made the decision to head to the vet. They were finishing up another surgery and by the time we got in, and they agreed we should do it, it was 4 hours since her last puppy.

Surgery was fast and i helped rouse puppies. One puppy was very stuck in the birth canal – her uterus tore a little when they took him out, and so I was completely relieved we had made this decision.

We have 3 males and 2 females alive and well. Callie came out of surgery well and has taken to her babies so beautifully. I’ll send another update in the next few days.

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