I don't know where the time is gone but this mayor is due to have a baby in six
weeks I have no idea how that happens so fast and I'm so excited so today I'm
going to show you a little update on her pregnancy and how it's going and the
changes that I've noticed she only rolls on one side now at a time
so I wasn't worried about that cavaletti be in there so now that Mika is getting
further along I have increased her grain because I know she's gonna need more
calories to make up for what's lost during milk production and the baby
needs more and stuff so she's getting a lot more grain now and she's also
getting spoiled with treats and such but I don't know I just I think back to when
I was pregnant and I don't know I just kind of feel sorry for her in a way even
though it's it's amazing and a really cool experience but she's probably like
what the heck is going on because as babies just randomly kicking her and
she'll she'll even squeal sometimes and kind of kind of stop behind leg cuz I'm
sure it hurts but so another thing that I've been doing different with her is
I've been bringing her into the arena as often as I can I try to do it once a day
and I leave her in the stall for a few hours and I want to make sure that she's
comfortable being away from the herd so I don't want it to be a big change for
her when she starts staying in at night because we're gonna we're gonna be
putting her in the stall in the evenings when it comes close to being the time
for her to have her baby we're protein mud season here so leaving
her outside just really isn't an option so she'll be in my inner arena or in one
of the stalls and hopefully that's hopefully I'll go as well and she has
her baby in the stall so but this is a mirror that's never really enjoyed Venus
tall she's tolerated it you know anytime I ever put her in one she she does okay
but she just really she prefers to be outside so it'll be good for her to be
in a stall just in getting used to it so there's no
once baby comes so I've noticed a couple changes in her so far her belly has
changed drastically so it's now hanging really low so that's been a big change
and her tail up up around her tail this is getting softer right here this has
always been especially on this side for some reason this has always been pretty
firm and that's kind of squishy right now so that's something that I've
noticed while grooming her and another thing that happened kind of overnight
her milk glands have started working so I'm going to show you what those look
like right now and I'll kind of try to as you can see there's some pretty big
changes going on here and the first thing that I noticed was one side just
kind of doubled in size overnight and then all of a sudden they both swelled
up pretty significantly so this happens I guess about a month or so before baby
comes so it's just exciting to see some changes being made this is just a really
neat experience for me because I have personally never bred well let me say
this again I have personally never one of my own personal horses hasn't had a
baby before I did breed Miss Kitty many years ago and we ended up she lost the
baby we never even saw it I think coyotes got it before before we
even found it but so so that was a bummer and I just have never bred a
horse since so I'm really excited about this mare is my favorite mare I'm
excited to have a foal out of her and so yeah the baby is actually kicking right
now so I'm gonna turn the camera on a show you oh my gosh this is so crazy do
you want to see this baby moving it's so cool super cool come right over behind
me
it's just amazing to watch watch rate underneath her belly like kind of back
here you can really see it you see the baby moving
I'm not amazing how big pretty good size bigger than my dog it's probably about
probably a little longer and thinner
doozies like 11 or 12 Wow that baby is moving so much
we have no idea I don't know what it's gonna look like nothing I know nothing
that's so exciting
well she's like oh that one hurt she swishes her tail that's when it
hurts so basically all I'm doing today is just it's a really nice day and I
want it to get her in get her cleaned up I'm gonna do her feet and just kind of
give her some TLC that she she just really needs some love so I know that
things are gonna get very busy around here and not that she would enjoy
and clearly I found a good spot
when you're grooming a horse that's eating and they stop eating and lift
their head you'd know you've found a really good spot so I'm going to just
work on that area for a little bit she truly seems to enjoy that I want to
make sure to get her feet trimmed now just so she's good to go and I don't
have to worry about that when baby comes
yeah what I do it now because I feel like the farther along she gets the more
uncomfortable she's gonna be so it's easier to just do it now and you know
check one more thing off the list
there are so many things that I'm so that I'm so excited to find out like I
can't wait to know if she has a boy or a girl and I'm excited to come up with a
name I'm excited to see what color it is I don't care what color it is but I
definitely am I'm just excited to see this baby this is one of my absolute
favorite horses in the entire world and the fact that I get to have a baby out
of her I'm so excited and I put a lot of thought into this so yeah but comment
below let me know what do you think she's gonna have is it gonna be a Colt
or filly and what color do you think it's gonna be so if you haven't seen the
stallion be sure to check out her story and see what he looks like and and all
that and I'll I'll put a link above so you can see so you can see him exercise
is so important regardless of species so I want to make sure that I get niihka up
into my arena on a regular basis just so I can move her around a little bit we
have so much snow and ice that it's hard for her to really get around a whole lot
in the paddock that she's in and it's relatively small so she has a tendency
to stand at the food walkover get a drink which is only about 20 feet away
so I really want to make sure that she's moving enough and getting the exercise
that she needs there's no need to do anything strenuous so I keep it at a
walk because I feel like that's sufficient I rode this horse through
both my pregnancies and there's not a whole lot of horses that I would trust
to do that with she really took care of me and I think it's funny how now the
tables are sort of turned well that's it for Anita's pregnancy update she's over
it that's her thoughts on the whole deal if you'd like to keep following Micah's
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watching