Re: Indoor dog and pregnant (A short? story)
From: AnnMarie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 4 Jan 1998 22:22:39 -0600
Oh, Mary, thanks so much for sharing this story. I loved it!
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Date: Sunday, January 04, 1998 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: Indoor dog and pregnant (A short? story)
>At Sat, 3 Jan 1998, Karen wrote:
>>
>>Should I worry about having an indoor dog when I am pregnant?
>
>I highly doubt there is much to worry about as long as (like Stormy
>said) you wash your hands thoroughly after loving them.
>
>During my second pregnancy (1986) we bought a long-haired dachshund and
>had her bred. She and I were pregnant together. Her pregnancy was 60
>days long but she carried 6 pups. It was such a great experience for
>her and I to be pregnant together. When I sat in a big chair(and trust
>me - it needed to be big for us two pregos!), she would sit along side
>me and partly on my lap. I could feel her babies moving inside her
>against my leg. She could feel my baby moving inside me and would look
>up at me with this sympathetic look as if to say "You got those in you
>too?". She was due at the end of my 8th month and we stayed up all
>night helping her bring her little cuties into the world. The following
>month, after my son arrived, she would sit on the floor next to his crib
>listening intently. Any time he would make a little baby noise, she
>would dart out of his room and look at me then dash back in to keep
>watch. She got extremely irritated if I didn't come and check on him
>everytime he made a noise! She was a good mom to her pups but she was
>very facinated with my "pup".
>
>We still have her - she's going on 14 years old. We did keep one pup.
>Now he is the one who guards my belly and gives me a questioning look
>when my tummy kicks him in the face! It will be interesting to see how
>he reacts when this baby arrives :)
>
>Mary
>
>--
>Twin Cities Area
>Minnesota
>
>Mother to:
>Daniel Bradley B/D 9/11/85 (@22 wks)
>David Joseph Born 2/25/87 and growing like a weed :)
>Miscarriage 10/28/89
>Matthew Bennett B/D 12/16/96 (@28 wks)
>Katherine Marie...due March '98
>
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