Foaling Season 2011

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Thornless said:
Ugh vaginal tears... it was a deep internal one I'm guessing?

Can vets not do episiotomy on horses?
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This is a tear in the vaginal wall so I don't think an episiotomy would have helped? :dunno Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what an episiotomy is. :unsure: I know next to nothing about human deliveries. :ninja

The vet said it wasn't very far in so they're hoping it isn't into her abdomen. If it isn't they say that it ought to heal fine on it's own. If it is then that's a whole other kettle of fish and much more serious. Not sure what they can do for her then. The way the mare was looking when I went home I have to wonder if she's hemorraging somewhere else too. :( I really hope not. She's a nice mare.
 
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zirconaz said:
This is a tear in the vaginal wall so I don't think an episiotomy would have helped? :dunno Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what an episiotomy is. :unsure: I know next to nothing about human deliveries. :ninja

The vet said it wasn't very far in so they're hoping it isn't into her abdomen. If it isn't they say that it ought to heal fine on it's own. If it is then that's a whole other kettle of fish and much more serious. Not sure what they can do for her then. The way the mare was looking when I went home I have to wonder if she's hemorraging somewhere else too. :( I really hope not. She's a nice mare.
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They cut the skin below the opening of the vagina, to keep it from being horribly torn by the baby coming out, cleaner recovery than a jagged tear. But if she was torn deeper toward the cervix, wouldn't of made a difference there.

I'll keep her in my thoughts, hope she heals!:(
 
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zirconaz said:
I earned my pay last night. Holy cow! :willy_nilly: Our fourth and fifth foals were born. I missed the fourth one because she was born just before I got to work.

The fifth one was a doozy. The mare broke her water at 1:30am last night. By 2:00 I could tell she was having trouble so the vets were called. That poor, poor mare. I feel SO sorry for her. She's a smaller mare and her baby was massive! It got stuck twice and we finally got it out of her at 3:00am after a lot of pulling and a lot of lube. Everyone was wiped out and the mare was exhausted. She just lay there. :( We ran her some fluids intravenously and gave her a pain killer. She finally got up an hour after delivering. She is in pretty rough shape and the vet found a vaginal tear. Given the size of the foal and her difficulties with delivering she could be hemorraging more yet. If she is, it doesn't look good for her. :( The foal is fine, in spite of her difficult beginnings. It's a big, bouncy filly. :)

I am wiped out. Trying to pull a foal out that is hung up in the mare's pelvis is NOT easy work. I rewarded myself with breakfast at Timmies. I will sleep well today. I hope the mare is OK. :(
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OMG! How awful for the mare..... and you and the others trying to help deliver. Do you have an update on the mare yet?

*hugs* *hugs* *hugs*
 
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I hope she's ok.


this is insensitive, but there's no WAY I could be all up in mare with my hands trying to pull out a baby.
 
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JanieDough said:
I hope she's ok.


this is insensitive, but there's no WAY I could be all up in mare with my hands trying to pull out a baby.
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Nah, that's cool. Different strokes for different folks. I have no problem with such things and I'm sure there are things you'd do that I wouldn't be caught dead doing. :)


I got to work this evening and the mare was gone. :( Apparently the vaginal tear was the least of her worries. She also had a ruptured cecum. My co-worker told me that shortly after I left this morning the mare crashed (meaning her vital signs went downhill fast). There was nothing they could do so they had to put her down.

RIP Natalia K
 
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HottyToddyChick said:
I'm sorry Zirc. :(

Will baby be okay without it's mom? One of the other mares will adopt it, right?
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We are currently bottle feeding her and looking for a nurse mare in the area. If they can't find a nurse mare they might try to stimulate one of our barren mares to produce milk and see if that will work. If all else fails we'll just keep on bottle feeding her until she can sustain herself on solids, which would probably be a few months at the least.
 
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OMG! Annie has such a cute face in that picture!

And look at the legs on the other filly.

My heart has melted.........

How sad for the Mama & Annie. It sucks when shit happens. But she has great HumanMamas too.
 
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Sorry to hear about the mother, Zirc :( that's a big shame.

I love the legs on that baby, they look like twiglets!
 
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