Beths bengal babies

Beth was due to have her kittens on 20th. She showed early signs of giving birth but then we confined her to bed rest and her labour stopped.
23 Oct and we are still waiting for Beth to give birth. She settled down too much and now we are wanting her to have her kittens. She is allowed to run around our bedroom, but we are still keeping her calm and pampered, she mustn't get too excited as Beth takes time when she delivers her kittens and we don't want her to get upset.
7pm - Here we go, contractions are starting, although first its the kittens shuffling into place.
9.15pm ish - Two massive pushes from Beth and the first kitten pops out his bum. the rest of him follows slowly and relaxed. Beth doesn't burst the bag and so once he is out we take over and remove him from the bag and remove the placenta. Beth takes one look and a quick lick at the placenta and turns her attention to her new baby, a lovely brown spotted Bengal boy. She takes pleasure in licking him clean and dry and scooping him into her arms upto her nipples to hook on.
12.30am - we have 4 brown spotted Bengal boys by now and there are still some kittens inside. It looks like being a long night so Tim goes downstairs for hot chocolate - Mmmm - lovely!
Beth is now tired and so is taking her time. We have placed a quilt doubled over on top of our bed, then another single quilt curled round like a cacoon on top of that. She and her babies are tucked up inside, its all toastie warm for her and her babies. Beth is happy so long as i have my hand touching her. She is in need of some reassurance just now. With everything set up like this we can all catch a few Zzz...s
2am - ish and we have our first brown spotted female - gorgeous - I was hoping for a girl. About an hour later and we have another girl but no placenta.
It must have been around 3.30am when the last kitten popped his bum out. His bag wasn't there so we had to work quickly and encourage Beth to hurry up with this boy. Beth likes to take her time when giving birth, but without his bag in place he could suffocate if he doesn't come out quick enough. She tells us off a little but we get him out and with lots of rubbing and a couple of swings we have him spluttering and breathing. Beth soon forgives us rushing her when she has her baby boy back with her alive and well.
That leaves just two placentas not accounted for. We can feel them in her belly, so its just a matter of time. We all drop off to sleep.
It was shortly after 5am when i wake up with a cold clammy feeling on my arm - yes you've guessed right - its the placenta draped over my arm - yuk! Still better out than in.
When i get up to dispose of the placenta i notice the other one on the floor, so now i can rest easy knowing that everything is out that needs to come out.
Beth is curled up contented with her 7 gorgeous Bengal kitties. i change the towel for a fresh one so that she and her kittens are clean and dry. What a wonderful sight to go to sleep with.
Jacky
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