Posts Tagged ‘Ultrasound’

Ultrasound appointment FAQs

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

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Bring her to the vet clinic with a full bladder. They will ask questions about her behavior, physical condition, and then you take her to the small office with the ultrasound. With your help (or not) Alda will be flipped belly up in a big blue foam wedge. Pet her head and talk softly, to steady her after the flip. They will raise the table, squirt goo on her belly (the coolness will startle Alda), and stick the probe on the goo. The image shows on the monitor screen. They will attempt to count the pups, and also look at other organs. They can give you a print out of a pup if you want. After the ultrasound, they will ask for the Pregnancy Care papers. They will fill in the food chart, increasing her food about 1 cup a week for the next 3 weeks. She will also change to SD Puppy food.

Ultrasound during 5th week or pregnancy

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

During Alda’s first pregnancy, she had approximately 8 puppies inside her. This is a guess and things can change as she got closer to her due date. The puppies are about an inch long. This was Alda’s 5th week of pregnancy.  Here is an image of the ultrasound.

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As it was explained to me, the round dark blobs are the puppies in their individual sacks and the white fuzzy splotch in the dark blob is the puppy.

While there we could see one of the puppy’s heart beating. It was moving fast, creating a really fuzzy spot in the center of the fuzzy splotch. Doc said a typical puppy heart beat is 180 beats per minute. Alda’s heart beat is 88 beats per minute, I just checked.

Ultrasound exam – confirmed pregnancy

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

  ultrasound2.jpg ultrasound3.jpg Thr, 7 Jul 2006 – Ever the trooper, Alda endured her fourth ultrasound appointment today. She’s very accustomed to showing off her belly, so being on her back didn’t seem to really bother her. The cold goop they put on her startled her at first, but she handled the whole thing like the veteran that she is.

“Doc” quickly found 4 pups during the examination and it appeared that that was going to be his final estimation. However, when he was nearly finished, he indicated that he found 2 more. I’ve been telling Alda from the beginning that 6 would be a good number this time, so I’d like to think that this will be so. However, we all know that these numbers are only “guesstimates” at this stage. One thing’s for certain, however…she’s definitely pregnant.

Pregnancy

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Alda at 8 weeks pregnant 

After Season has completed (the female was bred during this time), she returns to the Breeder Keeper family. During this time, she could act clingy, loose her appetite, and have some discharge. After four weeks she will receive an ultrasound to confirm pregnancy. Also at that time her food will change and increase. In her 8th week of pregnancy she returns to GDB to prepare for her whelp. The gestation period for dogs is 63 days (9 weeks).