\u201cHow\u2019s the vulva?\u201d \u00a0\u201cHow’s the size of the udder?\u201d \u00a0I don\u2019t even have to ask my children on their way in from chores the whole question any more\u2026I say, \u00a0\u201dHow\u2019s the\u2026\u201d and I\u2019m interrupted with the current status of our pregnant cow. \u00a0Our cow is well past when we expected her to give birth so we’ve all started to grow impatient. \u00a0Her vulva and udder has been the most talked about topic\u00a0all week. \u00a0Observing changes in a pregnant cow\u2019s udder and vulva can give clues as to when birth is imminent. \u00a0Shortly before birth, the teats fill and sometimes drip with colostrum, the important first milk for the calf. \u00a0Also, the ligaments around the tail and vulva relax as calving nears. \u00a0Thick mucous material emerging from the cow\u2019s vulva can be another sign that she\u2019s getting closer to labor. \u00a0Well, I know you\u2019re wondering… \u201cHow\u2019s the vulva and udder right now?\u201d \u00a0It looks like we\u2019ll have a calf in the next 12\u00a0hours. \u00a0Stay reading\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cHow\u2019s the vulva?\u201d \u00a0\u201cHow’s the size of the udder?\u201d \u00a0I don\u2019t even have to ask my children on their way in from chores the whole question any more\u2026I say, \u00a0\u201dHow\u2019s the\u2026\u201d and I\u2019m interrupted with the current status of our pregnant cow. \u00a0Our cow is well past when we expected her to give birth so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/franchlife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}