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Topic Dog Boards / Breeding / I am confused about my bitch pregnancy.
- By crispus [za] Date 24.10.17 07:56 UTC
Hello all,My bitch is almost five weeks now after breeding,the first sign if pregnancy i notice was she pink up(the brest appear rosier and increase just a little) plus she was weak at first 2weeks,but the brest pink colour has disappear now and the brest still remain little increase  plus there is no difference in her tommy till now to show if the pregnany is growing or still there,she is more energetic now compare to the previous early week into the suspected pregnancy and she eat more, do i need to worry about this new development?
Your advise and experience will be helpfull please,thank you.
- By Gundogs Date 24.10.17 09:22 UTC
Could you have her scanned?
- By crispus [za] Date 24.10.17 21:07 UTC
yeah i would ve done that already but it is too way expensive here cant afford it now.
any other tips is welcome.
- By Tommee Date 25.10.17 00:14 UTC Upvotes 6
If you cannot afford a scan what happens if she needs a C section ? Sounds to me like you would not be able to afford that either :cry: perhaps you should have waited until you could afford a scan etc before you bred from her.
- By MamaBas [gb] Date 25.10.17 07:23 UTC
It's not always possible to see anything by week 5, especially if she's a lengthy bitch with a smal litter, carried up under the ribs.   My biggest clue was the fact that the vulva usually stayed 'up'/more obvious if there was a pregnancy, than if not.    I never bothered with scanning - by week 7 you usually see puppies moving around and 2 weeks is plenty enough time, if you haven't already, to make plans, put up the whelping box etc. before the puppies arrive.

For me, and I was lucky enough not to be working once we were into a breeding programme, it was just a question of waiting.   And even if a scan had told me empty, I'd STILL have been hoping up to the 2 days I left mine before involving my vet (palpate/x-ray to confirm what was going on).
- By crispus [za] Date 27.10.17 07:46 UTC
thank you for you response it realy help in that area but now i notice a discharge coming from her vulva(kinda greenish- brown colour but odorless) and clean  herself up regularly,should i worry about that?.
- By Gundogs Date 27.10.17 08:17 UTC Upvotes 1
I would suggest that a green discharge before the first puppy is not good. Call your vet.
Topic Dog Boards / Breeding / I am confused about my bitch pregnancy.

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