At first we assumed it was the placenta and the vet concurred (by phone), but after a half hour of observation, it wasn't moving... so we rang the vet again.
He came out to see what our poor Sheena was up to... Prolapsed Vagina.
Very kindly he popped it all back in for us and gave us a very grim prognosis for the survival rate of any piglets she may be carrying.
We expected the worst... BUT then this happened.
and then... this happened - while the boys and I were checking on how Sheena was doing.
and then... this happened - while we were saying 'awww, how cute'.
As we were expecting the worst this was a fabulous result. These two piglets were born at midday. By 4pm she had one still born and we figured, that's gonna be it.
We expected there to be a few still born in the morning... BUT instead (or as well as) we had another live piglet. The runt had survived.
All in all 3/5 - given the prognosis - is a pretty spectacular result.
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