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So today Odanak is clearly in early labor stages. I AM POSITIVE this time. Really.
It sounds and looks like she is experiencing some sort of contractions. She is pushing harder while on the dung pile, nibbling on hay, not really hungry, and, when she just stands around, which she seems to be doing a lot of, she has a low hum that indicates she is uncomfortable, which seems to become slightly lower at the same time her muscles are stiffening.
As a reader of this you are possibly thinking several things, all of which I have running through my head at the same time..imagine that.
1. Karrie is waaaaaay to in tune to how Odanaks hums differ.
2. Karrie has finally popped that last screw and is just out her damn mind.
3. Karrie will be disappointed later today when nothing happens. She will realize she has wasted more energy skipping through the rooms of her house singing "Today is the day Today is the day Today is the day. La La La. We're havin a baby, la la la"
OR, if you are an alpaca farmer, maybe, just maybe you are going to give me the benefit of the doubt and think
4. Karrie, this could be the day
Update:
Crud! Maybe today isn't the day. Odanak is STILL Pregnant. She seems to have calmed down. Maybe she was upset of black flies, maybe she just had indigestion, maybe that baby was sitting on her bladder or kicking her kidneys. Who the heck knows. Still nothing and it is early afternoon. I know, I know, it could still happen. This emotional roller coaster is killing me. I have three more to go. Other alpaca farmers, do/did y'all go through this every time? It has been 5 (?) years now - will this ever end? Maybe when I have 30 head instead of 12 it will be different. Maybe then I won't care. Maybe then I will just randomly look out into the field and say nochonantly "Oh look, a cria was just spit out...that's nice." patience...
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