Well, they were a bit later than expected and numbers are not what her figure indicated, but Bernard has 2 beautiful kittens. She went into labour in the early hours this morning, the 1st kitten, a red, was born at about 4:45, the 2nd, a black, was born shortly afterwards but was unfortunately stillborn. The 3rd kitten, another black, arrived at around 6am and Bernard immediately settled and showed no signs of further pushing, but because of her size I was pretty sure there were more to come. I gave her about 4 hours (would have not waited as long had she been actively pushing or in any sort of distress) then phoned my vets who advised I pop her in for a check. They agreed that she certainly looked like she wasn't done, but a couple of quick xrays (she was such a good girl, didn't need any sedative) showed that she is in fact in serious need of weight watchers!
A couple of quick pictures, I will take better photos in a few days when Bernard has had a chance to recover from giving birth/visiting vets. They are huge strong kittens and both are suckling well :)
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