Just bred my young mare for the first time, now the wait for the beautiful Black Dot begins.
This will be my first “not a whoops” foal - two previous pregnancies were all discovered after I had bought a mare, with a foal onboard unknown to all involved. Two mares, two foals. Now I buy geldings!
Anyway, super excited to see if this mating takes. Mare is a Lipizzan partbred, stallion is a PRE.
Remind me, are you in the Southern Hemisphere?
Fingers crossed for a black dot!
Yes. It is spring still here.
Such a nerve-racking time while waiting! Fingers crossed for you, keep us posted!
Well… there is less of a dot, and more of an oval.
Can you guess?
Oval doesn’t sound promising?
Unseparated twins. You could see where they were merging/touching.
The good news is that scan #2 showed just one, big, black dot. Twin #2 has been reabsorbed (hopefully). Check again for a heartbeat in 2-3 weeks.
You just know I’m calling this one Gemini…
well then yay!
Congratulations! Now you can enjoy ALL the months of waiting and worrying. You’ve gotten off “easy” in that respect in the past with your unplanned babies. 
We have an embryo! And just the one thank god. Looks like a tiny wee jellyfish.
Have scheduled a gender-reveal scan for next month, because I hate surprises and if it’s a filly I’m not getting attached!
Congratulations!
She tells me she’s eating for two, so double up those rations!
Uh. No. No soup for you.
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