appropriate weight gain?

what should they be gaining if they are pregnant?
whats normal weight gain for rats in general?

thanks.

You know I've never tracked weights on any of my preggo female rats. Basically when they get to the point where I mutter "holy ****, that rat gets any bigger it's gonna explode!!!" then I know they are about big enough and ready to deliver. :D

lol, ok ill keep that in mind

Besides which Ash, you and I have both had kids. Can you imagine anyone saying how heavy a 9 month gone female human gets....we'd waddle over and kill em...or at least sit on them while we ate chocolate and whined about our swollen ankles!!! I hate to embarrass my lady rats LOL.

I never understood why they weighed you first and THEN took your blood pressure. Even when I wasn't pregnant, I didn't appreciate it. :ohmygod:

Cuz they are sick puppies with freaky senses of humor! Same reason they invented stirrups and backless examining gowns....buncha wierdos!

Personally I always enjoyed the labor room nurses who asked how "we" were doing.

"Well hon....we are just freakin jim dandy...one of "us" is laying here in a considerable amount of PAIN...and one of "us" better get her butt back out that door!" :mad:

I just about beat the nurse when she hands my husband a glass of ice water, and hands me one full of ice chips. I told my husband to give me his water. He tried to reason with me (silly man) that the nurse said I couldn't have it. I told him he could either give me his water or I was getting up and getting my own. Needless to say he handed his over. :wuv:

You don't think we were being unreasonable do ya? :giggle:

lol, you guys are sooooo friggin funny!!!! i didnt mind beign weighed, once i got over 200lbs i didnt care anymore i laughed lol.. i gained like 80lbs with my second son, thankfully ive burned it all off now (hes 1½) but at the time i found it rather humerous once i got over being mortified!!! at least i only had one at a time instead of a dozen!!! besides, i got to cheat i had two c-sections.. with my first son i labored on pitocin for 11hrs before the ob said "listen hes obviously not coming were going to go in and get him" by then i was just thankfull to have him OUT lmao!!!

Christie when a woman is in the final stage of labor...NOTHING we do is unreasonable....everyone else is completely unreasonable and should be smacked with a stick.....just sayin'....LOL

When they are ready to deliver they look like wobbling pears, its hilarious but you can tell they are miserable, i feel so bad though... But i make sure and give them more treats then usuall when its all over.

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Originally Posted by juddb

When they are ready to deliver they look like wobbling pears, its hilarious but you can tell they are miserable, i feel so bad though... But i make sure and give them more treats then usuall when its all over.

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That was pretty much my husband's way of dealing with me when we had Mikey! LOL

Dang! I must be doing something wrong. I delievered my son Feb. 13th, so I spend Valentine's day in the hospital. The only chocolate I got was from the hospital, and my husband ate it! :evileye: That's just wrong. Jo would you mind taking me under your wing and showing me the ropes? :please:

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Dang! I must be doing something wrong. I delievered my son Feb. 13th, so I spend Valentine's day in the hospital. The only chocolate I got was from the hospital, and my husband ate it! :evileye: That's just wrong. Jo would you mind taking me under your wing and showing me the ropes? :please:

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:lol: that is sooooo wrong!!!!! :colbert: :taz: id be tearing your hubby a new one :sunny: :banned1:

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

That was pretty much my husband's way of dealing with me when we had Mikey! LOL

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HAHAHA :8:

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:lol: that is sooooo wrong!!!!! :colbert: :taz: id be tearing your hubby a new one :sunny: :banned1:

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I know! (At the time, I was a little distracted by my first born and all :rolleyes: )

Well you see Christie, you all know how Mike is such a rabid Red Wings fan and being that Mikey was due right in the middle of playoffs that year, hubby was worried!

Well we watched the game Saturday night and I went into labor early Sunday morning. Mikey was born by noon on Sunday and we were back home Monday by 2 p.m. and watched the game that Monday night. I told my hubby that a good Canadian wife would never dream of having a baby and making her beloved miss a play-off game for heaven's sakes. LMAO! Made some major points on that let me tell ya! :D