Thursday, October 07, 2010

PROGESTERONE DROPS-LABOR-

Yesterday I got a frantic call from my mom. Delia who is due on 10/16 (53 days into her pregnancy) was not acting right. I went right up and brought her home.
Delia is due 10/16, she has 9 more days before she should have her pups. Since dogs only carry their babies for 63 days, it is critical that she carry her pups to at least day 59 or 60. Early labor and delivery usually results in pups with undeveloped lungs and their survival rate is extremely low. Delia was checked and in labor, a dropping temp, (another sign of delivery) and a low progesterone level prevailed. We are giving her daily injections of progesterone to try to keep her levels up enough to keep her from labor. We did her x-ray and it showed 6 pups possibly 7. One is itty tiny bitty.
I just learned 2 weeks ago that you can give progesterone to stop the labor and hopefully not abort the litter....thank goodness for learning something new every day!
WE NEED YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR DELIA.......PLEASE!! I will keep you posted.

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