Posted by Mary on May 19, 2001 at 06:00:58:
Well, we're down to three weeks and counting for my first kidding with my pygmy goat girls. I'm shaking in my barn boots...very anxious,nervous, excited, etc....I've read till I'm blue in the face. The one thing that I'm not clear on is the navel dipping. Say, I miss the kidding ;(, you know how sometimes they deliver when you are snug in your bed???? Well, I go out the next morning, and there is the new babe...should I still dip the cord then?? What is the time limit after birth and dipping?? Any other ideas, suggestions, etc. on birthing would be greatly appreciated. Thanks-Mary