I hauled Gina down to the vet for her 16 day pregnancy check today, and you’ll all be pleased to know that Queen G is pregnant!
That, my friends, is an equine embryo! (It apparently looks all squashed because Gina kept pushing back against my vet while she was trying to get a good ultrasound picture.) The vet is happy with both the state of Gina’s corpus luteum and where the embryo has fixed. (It’s not near any of Gina’s cysts.)
Gina has been positively delightful lately; I’m inclined to think it’s due to the Caslick procedure rather than pregnancy. I imagine that persistent uterine infections and windsucking are uncomfortable! She’s less spooky, less reactive, and more forgiving under saddle. Johnny rode her in the indoor arena yesterday, and she was absolutely perfect. Gina was so good, in fact, that Johnny practiced changing directions at the trot. The man is going to be ready for Tokyo 2020 at this rate.
Gina will return to the vet in approximately two weeks for a heartbeat check, so keep crossing your crossables that everything continues to go well!
Woohoo! So excited about this bebeh 😀
me too!!!! 😀 you’re close enough to come visit it!
YAY BABY! I’m so excited for you 😉
I’m super jazzed! Baby horse seems like a tangible thing now!
Congrats! Blogland is doing well with the first-times-a-charm juju.
Thanks! It really is- I think Gina is #3?
Yay! Babies everywhere come spring if all goes well! Crossables are crossed!
Equestrian internet will be the cutest internet!
What a cute little black dot! #JohnnyAndGinaTakeTokyo?
YES, LOVE THE HASHTAG! (I think Gina is secretly becoming Johnny’s favorite because she’s much more obedient than Moe!)
I am so happy for you! Your comment about Tokyo was hilarious
I mean, he’s on the right track. It’s only a been a year since he took up riding, and he’s already posting and changing directions!
Wahoo! Super pumped for you. I’ve got my fingers crossed
Thank you!! I’m really excited!
So. Exciting. =D
I really don’t get all that excited when my human friends are preggo, but I’m SUPER EXCITED that Gina is! Sounds like pregnancy agrees with her!