Posted by P.S.I. American Bulldogs Link: See Lulu's Babies
on February 18, 2009, 4:49 pm
Message modified by board administrator February 19, 2009, 9:12 am
Lulu's Temp dropped earlier the day before. I dont remember exactly when her Temp dropped but as soon as it hits below 98 you know your with in 24 hrs of having babies.
The Final Count:
# 1: 5:24 am - Male (ABE)
# 2: 7:00 am - Female (ALIE)
# 3: 7:46 am - Female (AUDREY)
# 4: 8: - Female - (AYEDA)
# 5: 8: - Male - (ARTY)
# 6: 9:25 am - Female - (ANGIE)
There was a break for 3-4 hours roughly then:
# 7: not sure on time - Female Still Born (ANGEL)
Then there was another lengthy and a few calls to the vet and they were going to head into the vet and before the car could be warmed up to go:
# 8: 5:20pm - Female (ALLOTA HOPE)
# 9: not sure on time - Male (ANCHOR)
# 10: THIS IS WHERE THE ACTUAL COUNT GOT MESSED UP:
7:25pm - Female (ALEXA) She is the runt, and is considerably smaller then the others. And is having a hard time nursing. At this point, Mike has her at the vet and they hear fluid in the lungs. UPDATE: No fluid in her lungs, just a snotty nosed kid.
I hope she pulls through.
People watching the birth added the name AROMA. So an extra name got added to the list. (ALEXA AND AROMA were the SAME PUP)
SO -- At this point EVERYONE thought we had 11 puppies born. I think Fannie and Mike were just so tired, they did not even catch the wrong number count...LOL
And first thing in the morning they took her in for x-rays and found 2 more pups who did not make it. It was then they did a C-section and found the last pups were just too big for natural birth. (I cant believe how much the c-section cost them 
)
So -- The Final Count not to confuse anyone:
3 - Males
6 - Females
3 - Still Borns (1st still born was a female, and I know one was a male, not sure what the 3rd one was.) (Update: 3rd still born a was male too.)
The pups were a couple days early as per the day she was bred she was not due until Feb. 20. (63 days from the FIRST date of breeding). So all in all, I think Fannie, Mike, Coco and Lulu did an Excellent Job.
They are going to leave the pups on the web cam for all to watch while they grow. What an awesome gesture. To allow countless strangers into their home and watch them raise these babies.
CLICK HERE:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lulu-its-time
During birth the highest I noticed the viewer count was 224 people watching at ONE TIME! 
Thanks guys for allowing us all to be a part of these babies so intimately.
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