Edith is a mommy

Edith gave birth to six kittens, tonight. Labor started a little after 1am, with the kittens being born between 2:40 and 4:30 am.

I was worried about one, because it took him a long to to figure out suckling. He seems to be one of the strongest, now.

I'm still a little worried about the runt. I'll be keeping extra-special eye on him to make sure he gets all the food he needs. Edith's such a little cat and there are so many babies, she might have trouble feeding them all.

So far, she's a very good mommy. She's made sure all of them are clean. After more than 4 hours of labor, she's more than happy to just lay there and let them eat and sleep.

After the first one was born, which took more than an hour, she settled right into the process and didn't seem at all phased. She cleaned them all and cleaned up after each one.

She DID, however, decide to give birth on my carpet. 3 boxes scattered around the house, and she decides to give birth on the floor BEHIND one of them. She started in one of the other boxes, and apparently decided the floor on the other side of the room was MUCH more appropriate, which left me to scrub the carpet after moving the babies to the box she gave birth behind. It's better, but I don't think the stain's ever going to come completely out.

She has, 2 all black kittens, 3 black and white ones, and one black and orange. A couple of the black and black and white ones seem to show faint orange markings, but it's hard to be sure.