So Bella went into labor earlier tonight/morning and at the moment she is nursing 3 little kittens.
Around 2am she started digging around in her litter box and scratching at the newspaper I put around it but didn't go to the bathroom. When I checked on her she went and curled up on the floor. Then when I laid back and was about to doze off again she jumped up on the bed and snuggled against my leg. She didn't stay there for long tho, she went and dug around in her litter box again and after that she jumped up onto the bed and crawled under my arm. I petted her and I noticed there was some dampness on her rear.
I turned on the lights and she meowed up at me and I saw her water broke. This was at 2:50 am.
She wouldn't leave me alone and go into her box, tho I didn't force her to. She seemed scared and confused, so I talked to her in a soothing voice and petted her. She turned on her back asking for belly rubs, I guess for comfort. All the while she was quiet, only making the tiniest noises when a contractions was especially painful.
After I while I saw the birthing sack and a little tail in it.
When it was obvious she was near giving birth to the first kitten, she had painful contractions and she cried out and even bit me, tho not hard enough to pierce the skin.
I know she only did it cause she was scared, confused and in pain.
She jumped off the bed and was looking around so I opened the linen cupboard door and she ran into it.
At 3:40 the fist kitten was born. At first I was afraid it wouldn't make it cause it was so still, but then Bella cleaned it up and it suddenly cried out.
Oh my god, that was the singe most amazing sound I ever heard.
Bella cleaned the little black and white kitten up and it soon started crawling and searching for a nipple.
The next kitten arrived at 4:20 am - was a fast and relatively painless birth. This one seems like a dark tabby.
And at 4:44 kitten number three arrived ( black and white) also without complications.
Tho Bella still seems a little too big, she laid down and seems to be relaxed and calm. The kittens are nursing so it is all good
so,
water broke at 2:50am
kitten #1 - 3:40 am, black and white
kitten #2 - 4:20 am, dark tabby
kitten #3 - 4:44 am, black and white
I THINK all three are girls. Not entirely sure.
So yeah, I am tired, had not much sleep but am happy that Bella and the kittens seem fine and healthy