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Ultrasounds( in labor today)

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#1 ·
How accurate are late term abdominal ultrasounds?? Opal is the doe in question. Last time I saw her in heat the buck bred her she would be due oct 25th. I had an abdominal ultrasound done about two weeks ago by my small animal vet who said she wasn't pregnant. According to my records she has not gone back into heat since the time I saw her bred....
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#6 ·
I don’t know I have heard of many people who had a ultrasound done on late term by a vet and they couldn’t find anything but they really were bred. I did a few later term does last year and I thought they were open until I went way in front of their udder. Even then it was looking for body parts, not full kids.
I would get a closer picture of her back side and see if someone can do the pooch test for you.
 
#7 ·
Depends on how late term. I'm able to see babies pretty well on mine until about 120 days. After that all you can really see are the cotyledons from the placenta. And maybe a heartbeat if you're lucky lol. But the cotyledons would confirm pregnancy since those are only present if there is a placenta. It will look like a bunch of round structures on ultrasound.
 
#12 ·
I find ultrasounds accurate.

I do have some beef with them, I've seen fertility issues and miscarriages start post-frequent ultrasound use.
Most likely unrelated. Ultrasounds are safe in pregnancy. Heck, I had 5 done before week 8 of my pregnancy this time around and both baby and I are just fine.

The miscarriages after ultrasounds were probably already in the process of happening. I had a doe have some bloody discharge so we ultrasounded and babies looked great but she was already in the process of aborting so she came up opening next ultrasound. Does miscarriage more than we realize because early on there usually isn't much evidence of loss.
 
#17 ·
I'm still holding out on this girl. She looks exactly like she did last pregnancy!!! She still hasn't gone back into heat and now she has started baby talking. You know that soft bleating they do at the end of their pregnancy?!?!? [emoji848] I'm watching for any other signs seeing how she is less then a week out from her only due date if she is pregnant.
 
#26 ·
I've always herd later in pregnancy it's harder to see kids due to the size.

She looks pregnant to me, her right side is fairly large (I know not always reliable) and her belly droops below her. Did she have a bit of udder already before?

I did have a doe early this year, had twins, I knew she was PG due to blood test, and her udder did not start until about 2 weeks before and really didn't even fill much until the day or two before. Her pooch wasn't really swollen until a couple days before either. She was a FF but my other FF start their udders much sooner. I have one out there now 6 weeks left and she has a tiny pooch starting.
 
#29 ·
Sorry to say but to me she doesn't look pregnant. But depending on the doe they can hide it. 2 and 3 days before is when one of my does started actually looking 'poochy'. She could hide it really well, except for her stomach. I would try and feel for babies. And be prepared for babies just in case. If you can feel her ligaments you can keep an eye on those.
 
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