Patietently waiting.......

When Shannon and I first got married I shared with him my love for the Dachshund! I told him I had always wanted to have a few, and a few litters. I think they are just the cutest dogs in the world. So my loving husband, always wanting to fill my every want, went out and bought me two of the cutest mini doxy's I've ever seen. Ross is a blond/creme doxy with the cutest little legs, and the most cheer full disposition. Bridgette looks like a little dairy cow. We almost named her Jearsey. She is known as the baby. She has this baby complex and totally eats it up when receiving any type of attention.

Well, here we are two years later and I have one pregnant dam and one very satisfied stud!

Bridgette has been pregnant for what feels like FOREVER! I guess that is partially my fault. When I saw the "deed" being done I counted wrong on the calendar. I figured the puppies would be here around May 5. Boy was I wrong! Here we are May 18 (Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband) and no puppies. Day 63 falls on Friday (today is Tuesday) however, the vet tells me it could be "any day now". Those words are dangerous to an anxious mother to be. I have had a week's worth of sleepless night checking on my mother to be constantly throughout the night. Every noise she makes, I'm up! She is one noisy sleeper! She moans and groans all night long.

I swear Bridgette has been in labor, I mean full blown labor at least 4 times since last Wednesday. I think she snuck on my computer and read up on the signs of labor just to mess with my mind. She has even gone as far as turning her nose up at food. She digs around in her "nest", her belly gets really tight and she strains. I know these are all things that just happen to pregnant women, but when you are a person and the dog in the one that is pregnant, it is kind of hard to know the difference. Do dogs get Braxtin Hicks???

Last night was the the worst. I just knew I would get to wake my kids and husband up with new puppies. ERRR, wrong! She woke up this morning, ate a full breakfast, and ran around the house and greeted everybody like any other normal morning. I am truly 100% baffled!

So I'm sitting here on my laptop with my dog that has been "in labor" all night long laying next to me and she is sleeping the day away like nothing ever happened.

I called the vet and asked if there was something she could do like take a walk, have sex, you know the normal things a doctor would tell a woman to do to jump start labor, and she laughed at me and said "No, we have to let nature take it's course." I am definitely not a fan of "nature" right now. Enjoy the pictures of my poor little girl looking as big as a barn!