preggers pics - no, not me - our mare!

I went out yesterday and checked our mare - her milk bag is starting to fill in nicely, and she's still very round, but her belly has dropped some...  no waxing of her teats yet that I could see, but there are some back-end changes that tell me (based upon what I've been reading about equine birth and delivery) that she is nearing time.

Oh, and funny note - we were trying to place when the baby-Daddy got in with her last year - we thought she was infertile (that's what we were told when we got her, anyway) so I didn't think anything of it...  Well, question answered - he and his equine companion showed up at our front gate two days ago - as they do every year when they break out of their corral.  So she's "over due" by the typical 11 month horse pregnancy, but a local horse person shared with me that she has a breeding friend who said all of her prego mares are going late this year and while she has no idea why, it seems to be "the thing" for horses this year... 

Anyway, here's a picture of our extra large preggers mare:



We have the farrier coming out next week for routine hoof care (I was sure she would have had that baby by now, so I thought it was a safe time to get that done...  but the other horses still need it, and he's been around horses his entire life, so maybe he can give us some ideas if she hasn't delivered by then...  We'll see!

I'll post pictures again once her baby is here.  In the meanwhile, if you want to be praying for a safe and healthy delivery for her and her little one, we would sure appreciate it!