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Well, it's a good thing for this little thing that I brought her in. Two vets looked at her, and both decided there was no way she'd survive birthing... there's at least two VERY large kittens they could feel, probably more, but like the vet said "Doesn't matter how many there are if the first one is too big". I don't know what she weighs, but the total weight of her on the table IN the crate (the exam table itself is a scale) was 11 pounds.

She's advanced but not yet full term, and the options discussed were to put her down, wait till term and do a c-section, or do a c-section and spay now. That's what I decided to do. What else can I do? She was purring on me. I didn't want to wait, and risk early labor at home that would end badly. If the kittens are alive and viable, they'll save them. He wasn't hopeful they would be. He didn't feel them move at all even when he squeezed them, but he said that's not always telling.

I talked to the vet a long time (I have a lot of history with this vet). We talked about how we had brought our kittens in early to be fixed so we WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THIS!" and asked "Why do these things always end up on my doorstep?" I have a reputation as a ~~sucker~~ softy, I guess. He said "Well, look at the size of your file here... And I know there have been more that are in the deceased file".

Sigh, sometimes it's a hard world for the little things.

I left her there... they'll work her in today.