Does anyone else get totally "lost" a few days before whelping is due?

I have a beautiful young lady who has sailed through her pregnancy and is due on Thursday. She breezed through her first labour 18 months ago, has given me no cause for concern, yet I cannot seem to shake a sense of something not being right....

I am quite experienced, have a wonderful list of potential parents, have everything in its place ready; so what is wrong with me??????

On the outside I portray the look of a calm woman in control of herself, but on the inside I cannot get rid of the sense of dread I am feeling.

I cannot decide if this is my gut instinct kicking in trying to tell me that something is amiss, or if I have just allowed myself to get sucked into a cycle of feelings.....

Am I losing the plot? Do we all feel like this sometimes as whelping dates get closer?

I've never had this feeling of dread you talk of, mine is usually excitement but also being prepared for anything going wrong but, feeling content that I can deal with it.

If you're experienced you shouldn't be worrying about the whelping as you'll know what to do, (even though we all know things can go wrong) you could be listening to your instincts, maybe you've noticed something that is not the norm and it's sitting in your subconscious?

I hope it is just you being 'silly' must be horrible to have an underlying feeling of dread, all you can do is keep calm as you are and go with the flow of things.

Hope that everything will be ok, if this feeling really is overpowering though maybe you could nip your girl into the vet for a quick check over or scan, just to put your mind at rest, although it might be upsetting for her at such a late stage, but if it is so strong it might be worth listening to, I always say to listen to your instincts, so guess I shouldn't say don't this time.

Wishing you and your girl all the best, hope everything is just fine. :-)

Thanks Carrington.

This is the first time I have felt so utterly wretched; like yourself I am normally so excited that there isn't really room for any other emotion to creep in. Your reply has prompted me to accept that "something" is spooking me, even if I have not acknowledged what yet... I have just spoken to my vet and he has agreed that I can pop by in the morning before normal surgery starts. Hopefully it will be just be me having a "silly" moment.

Do let us know the outcome please.

Usually I would agree and think its your gut telling you something.

However I have almost the reverse happen recently. I usually only get really good feelings about something when its 100% spot on - and I had this overwhelming feeling of something wonderful about to happen from the moment we mated my bitch - I would have bet anything she was pregnant - and has been scanned empty. I'm so shocked as I now cant work out what these feelings were - especially as Im always a cup half empty person and never tend to be optomistic !

I think maybe you've just got bogged down with the feeling and its taken over - perhaps sometimes our gut feelings mis lead us ???

Eight beautiful puppies were born yesterday. After several arguments with my vet, who believed I was totally neurotic (in honesty so did

Eight beautiful puppies were born yesterday. After several arguments with my vet, who believed I was totally neurotic (in honesty so did I) it was agreed to perform an xray; which showed one huge puppy that would have been impossible for my girl to birth naturally. A decision was made to c-section and both mommy and puppies are now doing well. (unfortunately the big puppy was dead on delivery, with obvious birth defects)

I will never doubt my gut instinct again xxxxx

>I will never doubt my gut instinct again xxxxx

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I always, always go with mine.

So pleased that you were pushy with your vet.  Sometimes you have to do what you have to do.  I'm glad that your girl is alright.

Congratulations!

Wow just goes to show! Well done you and glad it all ended well!