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How common is it to have a pregnancy without a POS? My girl is definitely prego right now (huge girth, nasty attitude, basking, hcp, refusing food, etc), but she still hasn't had her POS. Last year (first time breeding her) she was pretty much text book except she delivered at 89 days POS (15 healthy, one still). This year, she ovulated on both sides (just like last year) and is even bigger than she was last year, but still hasn't gone into her POS, 3 weeks after ovulation. Could she just be taking a little longer with her POS this year or is it possible she could skip it altogether?

Billy

I had almost half my girls go without a POS, so itr is pretty common, I would just count 120 days from the last ovulation, that should get you close on a date.

Thanks for the reply. I'll count about 85 and start watching for nesting behavior based on last year's early delivery then!

Billy

>>I had almost half my girls go without a POS, so itr is pretty common, I would just count 120 days from the last ovulation, that should get you close on a date.

Just a guess, but I would think last year was probably a late shed, not an early delivery, unless there were a lot of premies.