Ultrasounds( in labor today)

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.

 

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.

 

I ultrasounded Magic last week and she is due on the 24th. All I could see were the cotyledons at that point.

 

Interesting! Never heard of doing ultrasounds rectally on a goat. I've had it done on my mares but obviously a horse is much bigger than a goat.

 

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.

 

Ok since you’ve seen it done! Did they put a extender on the probe?
A friend of mine asked me to try rectally since I have the probe for cattle. I tried it, the goat wasn’t thrilled (no idea why lol) and then I started thinking how is it even going to get deep enough to see anything or move it around since it’s not like a cow where I put my hand in there too. So I decided not to play around on a AIed doe and never tried it again lol

 

I agree. So far no one has lost kids and they have all settled this year and a few I have ultrasounded again and still hanging onto those babies

 

That far along, could you put her on the milk stand and feel the babies kick? Sorry if that is obvious but just thinking...

 

It SHOULD be accurate. However I had a doe that was ultrasounded two weeks before her due date because we just couldn’t decide if she was pregnant or not. The vet said she was not pregnant. The doe had a kid 10 days later.
IMO, your doe looks pregnant.