02/04/2025
I am waking this morning not very well rested after a very bittersweet 48 hours. Most know we were very excitedly awaiting a litter of kittens after having our last birth be a singleton who was born sleeping. Momma was big and plump and amazing.
Ultimately she had a litter of 5. She had a lot of trouble pushing kittens out and even after a visit to the vet in the middle of the night and staying there for several hours and having x rays and ultrasound we ultimately had 4 of the 5 kittens born sleeping. My heart is broken into a million pieces. Ultrasound she had 3 kittens left to be born and we knew one was likely not living. The vet assured us that there was no risk to the other 2 kittens we just needed her to pass the one that we believed didn’t have a heartbeat at that time. She passed that baby and after was quite relaxed and had a nice meal and some water and some rest. Shortly before midnight last night she began pushing again and my hope quickly became sorrow as she delivered one baby that was obviously in the canal too long and within 10 minutes she delivered her final baby, just as perfect and precious as I could have imagined….except this baby was also born sleeping. I tried all the things to no avail and sadly we have lost 4 of her 5 babies before they could even be born.
My heart is absolutely shattered this morning. I have slept about 5 hours in the last 48 so I am going to get some rest today before posting more photos of mom and baby who are doing absolutely amazing.
