On the 21, Athena's due date, she informed my mother that it was time. Mom had to go to work so, I skipped school again and prepared the milking parlor. When Athena finally seemed ready to get to work, I called my wonderful friend Jill Iverson. We watched Athena and everything seemed to be going along swimmingly. Her water broke and I had found two front feet in the birth canal and a nose so, I had figured we were going to have a nice easy kidding.
About fifteen minutes later the kid had not been born, Jill and I were getting nervous. The kid just wasn't coming out, Athena was pretty loose and I couldn't figure out why the it hadn't been born yet. It had occurred to me that maybe this was in fact two kids trying to come out at the same time but, when I tried to push the head back the legs went back too. I found that the legs were attached to the same neck as the head so I pulled one leg forward slowly and then the other. I twisted and moved the kid around a lot, hoping that maybe it would help get him out. I pulled and Athena pushed. I pulled some more and she pushed more. I gave her some MFO and grain then we were back to pulling and pushing. When the huge kid finally came out forty-five minutes after Athena first went into labor, Athena ripped horribly and the kid was not breathing.
Jill and I immediately started trying to revive the boy. Clearing his mouth, nose and lungs was essential to his living. We swung him and rubbed him and did the suction thing on his nose and we would have lost hope if his heart had not been beating strongly. Finally, we cheered as he cried out for the first time forty minutes after being born. He wasn't holding his temperature well even if he was breathing. We used hot bags of water and a heater to keep him warm. He finally perked up after a lot of sleep and a few meals.
He was huge! He was the same size, if not bigger than Robin's trio. Athena was not very interested in him and her first milk was watery . Thank you to Jill and Kathryn at Black Mesa (who we called for help and should have called sooner)! They were both huge helps! I can't thank them enough!
Athena and the big boy are both doing great now! Hopefully pictures will come soon!
PS I am sorry this is so late but I have not had internet access :b
About fifteen minutes later the kid had not been born, Jill and I were getting nervous. The kid just wasn't coming out, Athena was pretty loose and I couldn't figure out why the it hadn't been born yet. It had occurred to me that maybe this was in fact two kids trying to come out at the same time but, when I tried to push the head back the legs went back too. I found that the legs were attached to the same neck as the head so I pulled one leg forward slowly and then the other. I twisted and moved the kid around a lot, hoping that maybe it would help get him out. I pulled and Athena pushed. I pulled some more and she pushed more. I gave her some MFO and grain then we were back to pulling and pushing. When the huge kid finally came out forty-five minutes after Athena first went into labor, Athena ripped horribly and the kid was not breathing.
Jill and I immediately started trying to revive the boy. Clearing his mouth, nose and lungs was essential to his living. We swung him and rubbed him and did the suction thing on his nose and we would have lost hope if his heart had not been beating strongly. Finally, we cheered as he cried out for the first time forty minutes after being born. He wasn't holding his temperature well even if he was breathing. We used hot bags of water and a heater to keep him warm. He finally perked up after a lot of sleep and a few meals.
He was huge! He was the same size, if not bigger than Robin's trio. Athena was not very interested in him and her first milk was watery . Thank you to Jill and Kathryn at Black Mesa (who we called for help and should have called sooner)! They were both huge helps! I can't thank them enough!
Athena and the big boy are both doing great now! Hopefully pictures will come soon!
PS I am sorry this is so late but I have not had internet access :b