Well up until Maggie was 8weeks along in her pregnancy did we actually confirm forsure she was pregnant, and now we know why. After being overdue and going through a long, uncomfortable labor, she gave birth to only one puppy. One little boy puppy, we were shocked. Four hours after the puppy was born I took Maggie to the vet and confirmed with ultrasound that there were no more puppies inside. Emery was so bummed, she had stayed home from school and was all prepared to log all of the puppy birth information, time, weights, etc. Having only one puppy has a term, it is called a singleton. It is actually a little more complicated to take care of a singleton. Usually both moms and puppies benefit from a litter. I'm not even sure if Maggie was producing very much milk because her pregnancy hormone was so low. After a couple of days, Maggie got sick again. This time she wouldn't even get up. After running a bunch of tests, the vet still wasn't sure what the problem was. She suspected that she had a uterine infection. She put her on antibiotics and that meant Maggie would be unable to nurse "Ranger." My friend Emily Phillips helped me design a shirt for Maggie to wear. I started bottle feeding him and let Maggie do the rest of the work, we had it down.
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