Chihuahua with broken pelvis, now pregnant
My daughter's dog (purebred chihuahua, about 10 lbs normally) had a broken pelvis earlier this year. It was broken in 3 places. It has been 8 weeks and is fully healed now. However, the birth canal is no longer straight and smooth, but has a slight bend to it just as it curves down toward her vagina. I don't know for sure, but it appeared that it also may likely heal with a kind of protrusion from part of the bone where it came together in a kind of jagged connection. (Geeze, I hope this makes sense!) The vet recommended that we get her spayed due to the possibility of problems if she were to have puppies. Before I could get an answer back (permission to spay, actually) from my daughter (in the Army) the dog came into heat. Not typically a problem, but she must have desperately wanted out of the yard when I was at work one day, and she climbed a stack of wood near the fence, walked along the top of the fence (like cats do) and jumped down when she got to the front of the house. She did this twice before we finally figured out how she was getting out. Well, lo and behold, she is now pregnant. I'm expecting puppies (maybe 2 or 3 it seems) in the next week or so. I am concerned about a baby possibly getting stuck where her pelvis is now crooked. Should I maybe find a midwife, or should she have a C-section? Neither my daughter nor I can really afford the C-Section route, so I'm hoping for a less expensive alternative, if there is one. Just really worried, and not sure what to do. Thanks for any help that may come our way! ~Janet (and pregnant Daisy)