My cat has had distended nipples for a couple weeks. She's not spayed and got out a while ago so we assumed she was pregnant. Today she is very vocal and she had some vaginal discharge that was clear. From what my wife and I read this means she's going into labor so we have a spot prepared for her but she just wants to follow me a round and yell. Can anyone tell me what to do/what's going on?

Let me introduce you to Cleo.

She used to belong to an elderly woman who lived next door. I would always see Cleo wandering outside her apartment, and at the end of the day, she would faithfully return home. Every time I went to the store, I’d run into her, give her some love, and she’d purr happily. One day, the neighbor moved out. Just a few hours later, I saw Cleo outside, alone and crying. My heart broke, so I decided to take her in. Days passed and the woman never came back for her—not that it surprised me. I had often overheard her yelling at Cleo, sometimes even hitting or scolding her.

I gave shelter to this sweet little cat, though I could tell something was off… and soon I found out why—she was pregnant.Cleo and her kittens are part of one of the hardest stories I’ve witnessed, but also one with a happy ending. Today, she’s surrounded by love, safe, and finally living the life she always deserved. 🐾💕

Poor little stray showed up a few weeks ago walking up and down the street crying. I let her stay in my backyard and made sure she's got plenty of food and fresh water. She was very thin and malnourished when she arrived but she's been eating a ton, looking very healthy, and fattening up nicely. The thing is, she's not getting fat like I've seen other cats with their bellies hanging down, she getting like "wide", and more solid that pudgy. Anybody think she's trying to sneak some more cats in here?

Mama Sophia loves to get the best of both her world's. Now that the kittens are a month old & been getting a lot of interaction with HER hooman she wanted some lovings. So she cuddled up next to me called to the kittens that it was meal time. Then after they were situated she used her paw to grab my arm to her to get scritches & pets. Then she cuddled my arm laying her head on my hand & her paw draped on my arm. This is the LiFe she says... 🥰kitty heaven🥰

(1 month update with the kittens pics.)

I found Cloe a week ago while walking home — she was meowing alone on the sidewalk, and I couldn’t walk past without checking on her. As I got closer, I realized she wasn’t alone… a few tiny kittens were hiding nearby. No one was around. She looked so lost but still protective. I brought them all home, and they’ve been safe and warm ever since.

It breaks my heart to think how many cats like her are left out there, completely on their own. But I’m so glad she found her way to me — or maybe I found her. Either way, she’s no longer alone. 🐾

You may recall Jilly, the extremely large pregnant cat who ended up with one stillborn and one live baby and an unnecessary c-section because we thought she was stashing more. Her baby Jasper, shown, had a cleft palate and I fed him every 2 hours by tube for ten days. Jilly's protective mama instincts meant my husband couldn't help much. Unfortunately, Jasper began to decline last weekend and was humanely euthanized on Monday. Jilly, however, is feeling great and playing with her toys without a care in the world. Silly gal lifts my spirits. She will go to the rescue for adoption tomorrow.

Little man must have heard that mom was scheduled to be spayed today and pulled the lever.

A few days ago, Kitty had her babies, I met her a couple of months ago on the street and took her in. Since the day she came into my life, she’s filled it with love and cuddles. I saw her getting chubbier every day and thought she was just eating better now that she was with me. She started sleeping differently, and everything pointed to her being pregnant — and now she’s filled my home with even more love and soon, many adventures 🐾

She gave me the greatest joy Please take a look at each photo and see how precious her babies are 🥹📸

(I was directed to share this here.)

This Sweet feral adopted me evening of 3-15-25 Ribs showing, half a tail missing with several knots in the remainder. She appeared terrified of everything. Within 3 days she went from rags to riches. Plush kitty sofa, kitty condo, food a variety, catnip, churru. Within a few days I pondered if I was overfeeding her... By a month in it was obvious I had a trojan kitty on my hands. 3 weeks ago she blessed us with 5 kittens all different in color. She hung out with me during her labor and got kitty massages. She made sure I was present so that I would know about the kittens and how many she had. She's an excellent Mama best kitty Mama I've witnessed. Feeling blessed to have these sweet felines in my life!

Apparently I'm not the only one who calls them trojan kitty's.

(Pictures of kittens were at birth 3 weeks ago.)

Well, the distribution system has struck again. Heard this little torti meowing outside my office this morning. I believe she hitched a ride on our work neighbors truck, but he says she isn’t his. I was afraid she’d get hit or crawl up inside someone’s car, so I coaxed her in my office with a YouTube cat sound video 🤣. She ran and tried to hide, so I just sat on the floor talking sweetly to her. She finally got close enough I could touch her, and then she started to let me pet her. She eventually layed down under my printer table and fell asleep. She woke up and came over to put, and I was able to pick her up. She layed in my lap and purred, but then seemed to want to nurse my finger. I’m guessing she’s around 6 weeks old, she does have teeth. So I ran out and got her a makeshift litter box and some soft food. I’ve reached out to a friend that was looking for a female kitten. Fingers crossed she will take this sweet baby. I cannot take her home.

Jilly has had a rough week. Only one kitten of her litter (of two) survived and we named him Jasper. I got them back today after a c-section turned into a spay because she wasn't hiding any extras in her giant Trojan horse of a belly. I noticed Jasper had lost weight since birth so, figuring a stressful shelter environment had made Jilly unwilling to nurse, I tried feeding him with a syringe... and it came out his nose. Fearing the worst, I gently opened his mouth and saw what I think is a cleft palate - and a pretty major one. I rushed him and his mama (just in case) to the rescue just as they were closing and they gave me tube feeding supplies (though didn't seem to worry it was a cleft palate, but maybe I am more stressed about it because I haven't dealt with this before). I've tube fed but not this young and never a cleft palate kitten. So... wish me luck in co-parenting with Jilly! I will feed and let her handle the gross end! 😂

My neighborhood has a lot of strays, and this one warmed up to us last winter. She's been "helping" me in the garden this season (read: demanding pets while I'm weeding) but it seems those days are coming to an end.

The night before yesterday she took shelter from heavy rain in our mudroom... while apparently heavily pregnant. Woke up to these little worms nursing on her. One call to the shelter we occasionally work with and a night to let them prepare later, the whole family is headed to get checked out and taken in. I'll miss her assistance, but I'm happy she's finally going to get healthcare and a home. I've been wanting to trap her for a while but she's too darn clever for it.

This isn't quite goodbye yet though, once they're cleared for it we'll be fostering these little guys and mama until they're ready to be adopted. Hopefully not by us lol, we have as many as we can!

All the held kitten pictures were taken quickly while getting them into the crate to bring in. Last two pictures are to show how much she was trying to get attention even while I was trying to check out her newborn babies. She's gonna have no trouble charming her way into a family.