Dog 5 wks pregnant and bleeding

[mackjack]

I have a 19month old female bully who is 5weeks pregnant. I noticed on Friday that she was bleeding and brought her to the emergency vet.  They provided no real answers so the next day I took her into my regular vet to see what was going on.. he said she has a bacterial infection and put her on antibiotics for 10days. The ultrasound showed at least 3 pups but vet could not determine whether they were dead or living. How old do pups have to be to clearly see a heart beat?

My question is, I know the bleeding can be attributed to the bladder infection but how much could you expect? She drips bright red blood basically all day long.

I was told by my vet that bleeding during pregnancy is normal for some dogs, but I cant find any further information on this. She has been bleeding for 4 days now.

I was told to return in 21 days (week 8) for an xray to determine if pups are infact living and if they've grown. Until then, I'm just not sure what to attribute the bleeding to? What can I expect in the days to come?

Thanks!

[cp333]

amox would keep the infection from spreading further. i do wonder if some do leak blood because mine was bred. stopped bleeding and then bled a week more. i wanted to say it was implantation bleeding but saturday will be 4wks in and i saw last blood 7-10days ago. idk if it will come back. she seems fine but stomach distention from infection fluid would be closed pyrometria. i hope its not that!

[JanisM13]

I am so sorry to tell you BUT THIS POST IS SIX
YEARS OLD... I doubt the origional poster will
return to answer questions.
PLEASE POST A NEW question on the boards,
maybe someone will be more likely to see it and
give you an answer...
I'm sorry I can not offer additional help... have
you thought of going to an different vet with you
girl for help?
Jan

[gsdlover4]

Please tell me what happened in on same boat my female shepherd is in same boat vet can't answer either just prescribed amoxicillin 2x a day please im terrified

[gsdlover4]

Please tell me what happened in on same boat my female shepherd is in same boat vet can't answer either just prescribed amoxicillin 2x a day please im terrified

[mackjack]

She is an english bulldog.
She has been to 3 different vets now and no one can give us any definitive answers. We were told to sit on it and wait. For now she is on amoxicillin 2x daily. We were instructed to bring her back to the vets for xrays in 21days if she continues to get bigger and it becomes apparent that she is pregnant.
I am not a backyard breeder, I have much experience with bulldogs and am aware of the health complications/birthing complications that can occur.  This issue just stumps me...

[pogingbangis]

i had a bullterrier 7weeks preggy,. he discharge a lot of blood.. wht will i do? is she on a surgical stage??

[Ghilly]

Actually, there is a safety mechanism in place for the mother who is carrying a litter and one or two of the fetuses dies.  In very large litters, the mother's body will often resorb the fetus, but if it is too far along in development, the fetus becomes mummified and is delivered along with the rest of the litter at full term.  Naturally, the mummified fetus is not viable, but it happens so that the rest of the litter can be born normally without any ill effects to the mother from carrying around a dead fetus.  It happens in most animals, and can even happen in animals that only have two or three babies, like goats and sheep.  Mummified foals have even been born along with a live twin.

The red blood thing has me a bit worried, though.  When you say "bully", are you referring to an English bulldog or an American bulldog or a pit bull?  What type of "bully" are we dealing with here?  The reason I ask is because English bullies need C-section deliveries, and often have complicated pregnancies to begin with, so if she is an English bully, I would seek out the services of a canine reproduction specialist and not take the word of a regular vet, since they are traditionally not all that well-versed in problems stemming from pregnancies and breeding.

Ghilly

[ginger899]

I have heard that it is extremely difficult to breed bulldogs successfully, that there are often many problems. Also because of selective breeding, their heads are too large for the mother to be able to give birth vaginally, and the pups always have to be delivered by C-section.

Bearing all this in mind, I would take your dog to a good vet now, preferably one who has experience with bulldogs and whelping issues.

[ginger899]

Yes, your vet's idea does sound a bit hit-and-miss. It's true what have2kids says, carrying dead pups (or even only one dead pup) could be very dangerous for her. But then I would think if that happened you would be likely to see some other kind of discharge, not just fresh blood.
However, you don't want it to get to that stage! Go see another vet, get a 2nd opinion. Apart from costing a little extra, it cannot do any harm.

By the way, I have heard that in some cases, b**ches do bleed a little sometimes during pregnancy, then deliver healthy pups! It does sound odd to me, but that's what I've heard.

[have 2 kids]

I really think you should get another vet to look at her.  If the pups have died she can develop a severe infection.