appropriate weight gain?

[ADEE]

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

thanks.

[frankykeno]

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.

[ADEE]

lol, ok ill keep that in mind

[frankykeno]

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.

[tigerlily]

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.

[frankykeno]

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!"

[tigerlily]

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.

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

[ADEE]

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!!!

[frankykeno]

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

[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.