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MY FIRST UNUSUAL BIRTH!
Griffonwood would like to share these photos in the hopes that a new person may be
able to learn from them. For the experienced pro's this is nothing you want to read! but
if it helps one person, a good thing shared! For a vet, or my husband Bill, who seems to
handle all with calmness and some experience, this is no big deal. For me, a milestone!!
PRIOR HAPPENINGS. (CANOA, OUR BEAUTIFUL BROKERED MOTHER.)
1. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HAD YOUR FEMALES DUE DATE ENGRAVED IN
YOUR HEART AND ARE EXPECTING THE CRIA. LACTATION SUPPLEMENT (1
MONTH PRIOR ) CDT'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR TO BIRTH!
2. YOU ARE WATCHING FOR MILK BAGS TO COME INTO BEING.
3. YOU ARE WATCHING FOR HUMMING, SECLUSION OR SEGREGATION FROM
THE GROUP. AND FOR MORE GOING TO THE POOP PILES.
*THEN YOU MIGHT SEE OTHERS WATCHING HER, OR HER GOING UP AND
THEN DOWN (VERY UNCOMFORTABLE), BACK TO POOP PILE. IF YOU SEE HER
LOOK BEHIND TO "SEE WHAT DROPPED" BE WATCHING HER CLOSE. When I saw
this All unfolding, I called for my son, Dan, his friend Bruce, and Robert for shooting some
pictures, and our foster son, Joe (who dries off the babies for support.
4. IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF PICTURES YOU SEE THE BULGING AREA AND SHE
MAY BE HUMMING MORE, GOING UP AND DOWN, OR SLIGHTLY DIGGING IN
THE DIRT OR LEAVES.
5. SHE HAS STARTED CONTRACTING: NOSE SHOWS .WE WAIT (THE NOSE IS
USUALLY COVERED WITH A FILM AND SOMETIMES THE CRIAS NOSTRILS ARE
SHOWING). ALL OTHER BABIES THE LEGS JUST FOLLOWED SO EASILY IT
SEEMED.
6. WE WAIT FOR 10 MINUTES AND WATCH FOR FEET TO APPEAR. IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE, THE FEET DID NOT APPEAR! HEAD COMING FORWARD
AND SHE IS GETTING LOUDER IN DISCOMFORT. NOSE OUT, BREATHING,
FLARING NOSTRILS!
7. PICTURES DO NOT SHOW OUR "GOING IN" COVERED HER AREA WITH A
GERMICIDE OR DISINFECTANT/ REMOVED OUR WATCH AND RINGS, WASHED
HANDS, GERMICIDE LAST. (IF NEAR THE BARN, WE WOULD HAVE SLIPPED ON
OUR PLASTIC SLEEVE AND RUBBER GLOVES) BUT TODAY NO REAL TIME. WE
WERE EXPECTING TO SEE THE FEET ANY SECOND, THEY JUST DIDN'T COME.
8. ENTERED, AND YOU FEEL PRESSURE ON YOUR ARM, SOMEONE HOLDING
THE MOTHER. I GENTLY PUSHED THE BABIES HEAD BACK IN, MOVED UNDER
THE BABIES HEAD, WHILE THE MOTHER MADE A FEW LOUDER HUMS WHILE I
LOCATED THE LEGS. Found knees- BENT BACK! CUPPED MY HAND OVER THE
FEED AND PRAYING WHILE MOVING NOT TO SLOW ………..STRAIGHTENED.
(THEY ARE VERY SLIPPERY OF COURSE. USING COMMON SENSE - YOU DO
HAVE THE ANKLE WHICH IS THE THICKER PART TO HOLD ON TO. GOD
COVERS THE LITTLE PRECIOUS FEET WITH LIKE A RUBBER COATING SO THE
NAILS DON'T PENETRATE HER UTERUS NATURALLY, BUT ON YOU ASSISTING
AND FLIPPING THOSE FEET FORWARD, YOU NEED TO COVER THE NAIL IN THE
PALM OF YOUR HAND. SADLY, I ONLY BROUGHT OUT ONE FOOT, BUT BRUCE
WAS RIGHT THERE SPREADING MORE LUBRICANT ON THAT HAND TO GO
BACK IN AND SHORT DISTANCE TO FIND AND GRAB THE OTHER. THE HEAD
THEN POPPED OUT EASILY THEN TOO, "THANK YOU GOD".
9. CANOA DID MOST OF THE REST. BUT WE HELPED MOVE THE BABY
THROUGH AS SHE HAD A CONTRACTION AS SHE WAS MOANING LOUDLY.
9. THE MOTHER NEVER GOT UP DURING THE BIRTH. WE TALKED AS CALMLY
AS WE COULD. Some of it being to GOD! AFTER CANOA DID NOT ARISE AND
BECAUSE OF HER LAYING THERE SO LONG THE CRIA DID TOO. HE WAS
BREATHING FINE, SAW HE WAS A BOY BUT BEAUTIFUL, AND CLEANED HIS
NAVAL. REPLACED DIRTY TOWELS (SHE PICKED THE DIRTIEST SPOT TO HAVE
IT) AND PUT THEM PARTIALLY ON AN OLD BUT CLEAN BEDSPREAD.
10. JOE (OUR FOSTER SON) MOVED IN TO DRY THE BABY AND WE MOVED
BACK FOR BONDING TIME. WHILE WE HAD HER THERE, DAN GOT A WARM
WASH CLOTH AND REMOVED THE LITTLE PLUG ON HER NIPPLES SO THE CRIA
COULD GET CHOLOSTRUM. (it feels like pine sap, it is sooo sticky).
AFTER A FEW MINUTES WE DID A BODY CHECK, SAW HE WAS A BOY AND
VERY BEAUTIFUL, "LONG LASHES", AND CLEANED HIS NAVAL AND LITTLE
MASSAGE ON THE BABY, TO WELCOME HIM INTO THIS WORLD. AND SO HE
HAD A FIRST TIME EXPERIENCE WITH THE HUMAN HAND WITH
KINDNESS. AND AGAIN THANKED GOD FOR HELPING US THRU THIS WITH A
HAPPY ENDING. MOVED BACK AGAIN FOR CANOA AND HER BABY TO BOND,
TOUCH NOSES AND GREET EACH OTHER, HAVE TIME.
11. CANOA STOOD FOR A MOMENT AND WHEN THE AFTERBIRTH STARTED
SHE SAT DOWN (DIFFERENT FROM OUR OTHER MOTHERS). IT WAS HALF IN
AND HALF OUT LAYING UNDERNEATH HER, WHERE USUALLY IT JUST
RELEASES TOTALLY.
12. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF HER JUST STAYING DOWN. I PICKED UP HER BABY
TO WEIGH HIM CALLING HIM "SMOKIN JOE". WHEN I STOOD WITH THE BABY,
SHE STOOD UP TOO, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR AND I WAITED
THERE FOR 23 MORE MINUTES FOR HER TO PASS THE AFTERBIRTH AND THEN
WE ALL WALKED TO WEIGH THE CRIA.
13. CANOA DID NOT NEED A HALTER TO GO TO THE SCALES, YOUR MOTHER'S
WILL FOLLOW WHERE YOU WALK WITH THE CRIA. WEIGH IN, WALKED THEM
TO A SMALLER PLACE FOR JUST THE "2 OF THEM" AND WATCHED FOR HOURS
FROM A DISTANCE.
SHORT NOTES: WATCHING FOR BABY TO TRY TO STAND, MOTHER AND BABY
BONDING, WATCHING FOR THE BABY TO SHOWS SIGNS OF HUNGER, AND
WATCH THE MOTHER EVER SO PATIENTLY TRY TO HELP HER BABY FIND THE
FOOD! SHE PUSHES OR BREATHES AT THEIR TAIL AREA. AND IT SEEMS THAT
THE BABIES PUT THEIR TAILS STRAIGHT UP AS THEY GET THEIR FIRST SIPS.
THAT, SUCKING SOUNDS, AND A MILK MOUSTACHE ARE GREAT THINGS TO
SEE.
YOUR MEDICAL BOOKS WILL HELP YOU DO THE REST. REMEMBER, ONLY 5%
OF BIRTHS ARE DISTOCIAS (ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY). AND THAT
MOST ARE BORN DURING DAY LIGHT, SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR
THE CRIAS TO BE WALKING, DRINKING, AND POSSIBLY RUNNING BY NIGHT
TIME. THEY SURELY KNOW WHO THEIR MOTHER IS BY THEN AND WILL
USUALLY BE CUSHED BESIDE HER.
CHECK WITH YOUR VETS FOR AFTERCARE IF YOU HAD TO "INVADE THE
BIRTHING AREA" FOR THE CARE OF YOUR WONDERFUL MOTHER. SHE MAY
NEED BANAMINE (ASPIRIN, OR A GOOD CLEANSING, OR A CHECK UP)! YOUR
MOTHER IS AS IMPORTANT AS HER BABY, AS SHE WILL BE THE SOLE
PROVIDER OF CARE FOR HER CRIA IF THINGS GO RIGHT. IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST WONDERFUL THINGS TO SEE SOMETHING "GOOD COMING INTO THE
WORLD". WE LOVE ALPACAS AND IF YOU HAVE MET SOME, YOU WILL TOO!
AS CANOA, OUR BEAUTIFUL GREY AND WHITE FEMALE, IS A FRIEND OF MINE
- I THANK HER FOR THIS EXPERIENCE AND ALLOWING ME TO TRY TO HELP
HER AND "SMOKIN JOE". IT IS A MOMENT I WILL CHERISH FOREVER.
SHERRY
Griffonwood would like to share these photos in the hopes that a new person may be
able to learn from them. For the experienced pro's this is nothing you want to read! but
if it helps one person, a good thing shared! For a vet, or my husband Bill, who seems to
handle all with calmness and some experience, this is no big deal. For me, a milestone!!
PRIOR HAPPENINGS. (CANOA, OUR BEAUTIFUL BROKERED MOTHER.)
1. HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE HAD YOUR FEMALES DUE DATE ENGRAVED IN
YOUR HEART AND ARE EXPECTING THE CRIA. LACTATION SUPPLEMENT (1
MONTH PRIOR ) CDT'S A COUPLE OF MONTHS PRIOR TO BIRTH!
2. YOU ARE WATCHING FOR MILK BAGS TO COME INTO BEING.
3. YOU ARE WATCHING FOR HUMMING, SECLUSION OR SEGREGATION FROM
THE GROUP. AND FOR MORE GOING TO THE POOP PILES.
*THEN YOU MIGHT SEE OTHERS WATCHING HER, OR HER GOING UP AND
THEN DOWN (VERY UNCOMFORTABLE), BACK TO POOP PILE. IF YOU SEE HER
LOOK BEHIND TO "SEE WHAT DROPPED" BE WATCHING HER CLOSE. When I saw
this All unfolding, I called for my son, Dan, his friend Bruce, and Robert for shooting some
pictures, and our foster son, Joe (who dries off the babies for support.
4. IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF PICTURES YOU SEE THE BULGING AREA AND SHE
MAY BE HUMMING MORE, GOING UP AND DOWN, OR SLIGHTLY DIGGING IN
THE DIRT OR LEAVES.
5. SHE HAS STARTED CONTRACTING: NOSE SHOWS .WE WAIT (THE NOSE IS
USUALLY COVERED WITH A FILM AND SOMETIMES THE CRIAS NOSTRILS ARE
SHOWING). ALL OTHER BABIES THE LEGS JUST FOLLOWED SO EASILY IT
SEEMED.
6. WE WAIT FOR 10 MINUTES AND WATCH FOR FEET TO APPEAR. IN THIS
PARTICULAR CASE, THE FEET DID NOT APPEAR! HEAD COMING FORWARD
AND SHE IS GETTING LOUDER IN DISCOMFORT. NOSE OUT, BREATHING,
FLARING NOSTRILS!
7. PICTURES DO NOT SHOW OUR "GOING IN" COVERED HER AREA WITH A
GERMICIDE OR DISINFECTANT/ REMOVED OUR WATCH AND RINGS, WASHED
HANDS, GERMICIDE LAST. (IF NEAR THE BARN, WE WOULD HAVE SLIPPED ON
OUR PLASTIC SLEEVE AND RUBBER GLOVES) BUT TODAY NO REAL TIME. WE
WERE EXPECTING TO SEE THE FEET ANY SECOND, THEY JUST DIDN'T COME.
8. ENTERED, AND YOU FEEL PRESSURE ON YOUR ARM, SOMEONE HOLDING
THE MOTHER. I GENTLY PUSHED THE BABIES HEAD BACK IN, MOVED UNDER
THE BABIES HEAD, WHILE THE MOTHER MADE A FEW LOUDER HUMS WHILE I
LOCATED THE LEGS. Found knees- BENT BACK! CUPPED MY HAND OVER THE
FEED AND PRAYING WHILE MOVING NOT TO SLOW ………..STRAIGHTENED.
(THEY ARE VERY SLIPPERY OF COURSE. USING COMMON SENSE - YOU DO
HAVE THE ANKLE WHICH IS THE THICKER PART TO HOLD ON TO. GOD
COVERS THE LITTLE PRECIOUS FEET WITH LIKE A RUBBER COATING SO THE
NAILS DON'T PENETRATE HER UTERUS NATURALLY, BUT ON YOU ASSISTING
AND FLIPPING THOSE FEET FORWARD, YOU NEED TO COVER THE NAIL IN THE
PALM OF YOUR HAND. SADLY, I ONLY BROUGHT OUT ONE FOOT, BUT BRUCE
WAS RIGHT THERE SPREADING MORE LUBRICANT ON THAT HAND TO GO
BACK IN AND SHORT DISTANCE TO FIND AND GRAB THE OTHER. THE HEAD
THEN POPPED OUT EASILY THEN TOO, "THANK YOU GOD".
9. CANOA DID MOST OF THE REST. BUT WE HELPED MOVE THE BABY
THROUGH AS SHE HAD A CONTRACTION AS SHE WAS MOANING LOUDLY.
9. THE MOTHER NEVER GOT UP DURING THE BIRTH. WE TALKED AS CALMLY
AS WE COULD. Some of it being to GOD! AFTER CANOA DID NOT ARISE AND
BECAUSE OF HER LAYING THERE SO LONG THE CRIA DID TOO. HE WAS
BREATHING FINE, SAW HE WAS A BOY BUT BEAUTIFUL, AND CLEANED HIS
NAVAL. REPLACED DIRTY TOWELS (SHE PICKED THE DIRTIEST SPOT TO HAVE
IT) AND PUT THEM PARTIALLY ON AN OLD BUT CLEAN BEDSPREAD.
10. JOE (OUR FOSTER SON) MOVED IN TO DRY THE BABY AND WE MOVED
BACK FOR BONDING TIME. WHILE WE HAD HER THERE, DAN GOT A WARM
WASH CLOTH AND REMOVED THE LITTLE PLUG ON HER NIPPLES SO THE CRIA
COULD GET CHOLOSTRUM. (it feels like pine sap, it is sooo sticky).
AFTER A FEW MINUTES WE DID A BODY CHECK, SAW HE WAS A BOY AND
VERY BEAUTIFUL, "LONG LASHES", AND CLEANED HIS NAVAL AND LITTLE
MASSAGE ON THE BABY, TO WELCOME HIM INTO THIS WORLD. AND SO HE
HAD A FIRST TIME EXPERIENCE WITH THE HUMAN HAND WITH
KINDNESS. AND AGAIN THANKED GOD FOR HELPING US THRU THIS WITH A
HAPPY ENDING. MOVED BACK AGAIN FOR CANOA AND HER BABY TO BOND,
TOUCH NOSES AND GREET EACH OTHER, HAVE TIME.
11. CANOA STOOD FOR A MOMENT AND WHEN THE AFTERBIRTH STARTED
SHE SAT DOWN (DIFFERENT FROM OUR OTHER MOTHERS). IT WAS HALF IN
AND HALF OUT LAYING UNDERNEATH HER, WHERE USUALLY IT JUST
RELEASES TOTALLY.
12. AFTER 30 MINUTES OF HER JUST STAYING DOWN. I PICKED UP HER BABY
TO WEIGH HIM CALLING HIM "SMOKIN JOE". WHEN I STOOD WITH THE BABY,
SHE STOOD UP TOO, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR AND I WAITED
THERE FOR 23 MORE MINUTES FOR HER TO PASS THE AFTERBIRTH AND THEN
WE ALL WALKED TO WEIGH THE CRIA.
13. CANOA DID NOT NEED A HALTER TO GO TO THE SCALES, YOUR MOTHER'S
WILL FOLLOW WHERE YOU WALK WITH THE CRIA. WEIGH IN, WALKED THEM
TO A SMALLER PLACE FOR JUST THE "2 OF THEM" AND WATCHED FOR HOURS
FROM A DISTANCE.
SHORT NOTES: WATCHING FOR BABY TO TRY TO STAND, MOTHER AND BABY
BONDING, WATCHING FOR THE BABY TO SHOWS SIGNS OF HUNGER, AND
WATCH THE MOTHER EVER SO PATIENTLY TRY TO HELP HER BABY FIND THE
FOOD! SHE PUSHES OR BREATHES AT THEIR TAIL AREA. AND IT SEEMS THAT
THE BABIES PUT THEIR TAILS STRAIGHT UP AS THEY GET THEIR FIRST SIPS.
THAT, SUCKING SOUNDS, AND A MILK MOUSTACHE ARE GREAT THINGS TO
SEE.
YOUR MEDICAL BOOKS WILL HELP YOU DO THE REST. REMEMBER, ONLY 5%
OF BIRTHS ARE DISTOCIAS (ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY). AND THAT
MOST ARE BORN DURING DAY LIGHT, SO THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR
THE CRIAS TO BE WALKING, DRINKING, AND POSSIBLY RUNNING BY NIGHT
TIME. THEY SURELY KNOW WHO THEIR MOTHER IS BY THEN AND WILL
USUALLY BE CUSHED BESIDE HER.
CHECK WITH YOUR VETS FOR AFTERCARE IF YOU HAD TO "INVADE THE
BIRTHING AREA" FOR THE CARE OF YOUR WONDERFUL MOTHER. SHE MAY
NEED BANAMINE (ASPIRIN, OR A GOOD CLEANSING, OR A CHECK UP)! YOUR
MOTHER IS AS IMPORTANT AS HER BABY, AS SHE WILL BE THE SOLE
PROVIDER OF CARE FOR HER CRIA IF THINGS GO RIGHT. IT IS ONE OF THE
MOST WONDERFUL THINGS TO SEE SOMETHING "GOOD COMING INTO THE
WORLD". WE LOVE ALPACAS AND IF YOU HAVE MET SOME, YOU WILL TOO!
AS CANOA, OUR BEAUTIFUL GREY AND WHITE FEMALE, IS A FRIEND OF MINE
- I THANK HER FOR THIS EXPERIENCE AND ALLOWING ME TO TRY TO HELP
HER AND "SMOKIN JOE". IT IS A MOMENT I WILL CHERISH FOREVER.
SHERRY
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