babies!

Bella had her puppies today. It was long, and sad, and then less sad. She began laboring at home, while my mom was at the gym, and so no one was there to help. Of the three puppies she had at home, only one survived. We packed her and the remaining pup up, and we headed into the emergency vet in Tacoma.

The put the pup in an incubator, and then gave Bella a dose of Pitocin, and then left her in the exam room with us. The first dose of Pitocin started the contractions back up a bit, but eventually they died down, and Belly took a nap instead. Here's some video of Bella after that first dose. It made her restless, as you can see, but that's about it.



After the vet came in and saw Bella napping, she took her and gave her another dose of the Pitocin. My mom and I laid back, my mom playing a game on her cell phone and I reading my book. The vet warned us that when the Pitocin kicked in, Bella would probably cry a lot, and be very loud, so I was really surprised when I looked up from my book to see a puppy coming out. Ew. So I ran and got the vet, and they helped her deliver the first pup. Than it was probably about ten minutes before the last one came out. The final head count was one boy and two girls.

The vet took Bella out to take an xray, just to make sure that there weren't any left. While she did, I took this video of the babies.



Bella and the babies are home now, and she is such the little mama. Klondike is absolutely terrified of them, which is probably good at this point. We're going to be keeping them apart for awhile. I remember he was equally terrified when we brought Bella home a year ago! I am so excited for the puppies to get bigger and open their little eyes! They are so. Cute.