Serenity (AKA Screamer) has twin girls

April 17, 2008:  Scream started showing signs that labor was soon early this afternoon.  She had white discharge and her ligaments were starting to soften.  By evening her ligaments were gone and her discharge was getting clearer.  I kept an eye on her and finally around 7pm I put her in the kidding pen.  She was getting that "far away" look and contracting.  I sat with her until 1:30am.  She was quietly sleeping and was showing no signs of anything serious.  The wind was horrible and chilly so I decided to go lay down for an hour.  Set my alarm for 2am and Niki woke me up at 2:30am for a feeding!  Thank god for her! 
 
I hurried up and made her a bottle and ran out to check on Scream.  As I was walking out Annie was pacing back and forth by the gate ( I had put Annie in with her to keep her company).  As I walked up to the fence I saw Scream laying down and two little bodies curled up with her!  My heart sank!  I jumped the fence and rushed over.  All was well, and Scream happily showed me her new DAUGHTERS!!  I scooped them up and began cleaning them off and looking them over.  I must have only missed it by maybe 30 minutes because the youngest was still very slimy with the birth sac. 
 
Doe 1 is a beautiful paper brown special!  She weighed 6lbs. and ate 3oz. of colostrum.  Doe 2 is a stunning brown with white splashes and weighed 5.5lbs. and ate 3oz. of colostrum.  They both seem to be doing very well.  Scream is very proud and just is loving the "licking them all over" part!  She gave me 8oz. of colostrum and probably could have gave me more but, it is very hard to work those first freshener teats!  She is doing fabulous and ate her grain and drank ALL of her molasses water.
 
I am so sad and mad at myself for missing her birth.  I really wanted to be there for her but, she showed me that she can do it on her own.  Very impressive considering she usually is "screaming" for me to be with her!  I guess my little girl is growing up!