Quote Originally Posted by sparks19
Do you get any signs that labour might be approaching soon?
Everyone's different. My first sign was my water breaking. It was just shy of 13 hours from the time my water broke until Nathan was born.

I had a home birth so Justin was able to take care of the animals as usual. If I for some reason I would have had to go to the hospital we would have had my sister come and stay at our house.

When I worked at a pet boarding facility we often had dogs come in while their mommy was in the hospital giving birth. We made sure we had everything we needed in advance and then we just waited for that big call saying that the dogs mommy was in labor and it was time for the dogs to come to us. Then usually a friend or family member brought the dogs in. We always made sure we knew who was going to bring the dogs in and we made sure we had a way to contact them.