Penny has started to wax up! She had some wax on her yesterday, but this morning she was properly waxed up. Yesterday I was worried about the fact that she hadn't been unstitched so I rang the vet. The vet advised that it was unlikely that she would foal this early and it's best to leave them stitched as long as possible. I have Chris coming tomorrow to do her so she advised I wait. However, this morning she is waxed up properly and I would normally sit up with them when they start doing this as it's normally within a few days of waxing up that they will foal. I think at this rate I will have to be careful about her running off colostrum.

So I anxiously await the arrival of Chris tomorrow. I have turned her out today though I did initially try a different field arrangement. She has been going out with another in-foal mare, Lilly and a gelding Bailey. I'd like to see Bailey moved out of them now because it is getting so close. However Bailey doesn't like being on his own so we can't move him. Therefore Penny is going to be going on her own from tomorrow, in the paddock next to Lilly and Bailey. This way she will be able to see them, but not have Bailey herding her around all the time which he does incessantly.

So fingers crossed there will be no foal today or tonight and we'll be able to unstitch her and everything will be fine. Please god!

Having said all of this, she'll probably end up being a week overdue and I'll have Tesco carrier bags under my eyes because I've been up with her for weeks!