OMG
So after a sleepless night after Alice decided to nest a little bit and then be a bit restless (likely because she is getting pretty large and uncomfortable), I drew more blood this morning, I sent half to IDEXX and drove half to my repro vet.
Just off the phone with my repro vet and she’s back up to 10.4 ng/mL on their in-house machine. She talked me down: this is not a high risk pregnancy, Zhora would have held her last litter even though we did decide to supplement, she only needs to stay above 3 to hold the pregnancy and we only need to supplement if she is below 5 with more than a week to go, this is the problem once we know a bit and start testing, it’s normal for progesterone to fluctuate as we get towards the end etc. And Renee the tech there also spoke to me earlier and helped me calm down.
My overall anxiety level is so much higher right now and I’m rarely able to be 100% rational about my own dogs at the best of times.
She’s gained a bit more weight than I might ideally like (she was 27 pounds last Friday, which is pounds over her fighting weight, and she was 28.6 today), but as long as she doesn’t get swollen feet/legs or a swollen vulva (which could be a sign of maternal hydrops), it’s fine. Doc recommend retest next Friday (unless she starts acting weird) but I will do Wednesday since that’s when we need to draw for her nomograph anyway.
Now all I need is a good night’s sleep, a peaceful rest of her pregnancy, an easy whelping, and the current administration to be voted out.
