AYUDÉ A UNA CABRA EN SU PARTO!/I HELPED A GOAT DURING LABOR!

ESTAMOS A 2 DÍAS DE QUE SE TERMINE EL AÑO 2025 Y TENGO MUCHAS COSAS QUE CONTARLES, PERO CREO QUE COMENZARÉ POR LA QUE MÁS ME MARCÓ ESTE AÑO.

PARA DARLES UN POCO DE CONTEXTO, ESTE AÑO HE COMPARTIDO MUCHO EN EL CAMPO CON LOS ANIMALES, GRACIAS A MI SUEGRO, QUE TIENE ALGUNAS CABRAS. DURANTE ESTE AÑO HUBO 3 NACIMIENTOS, PERO YO TUVE LA OPORTUNIDAD DE ESTAR EN UNO SOLO Y CREO QUE FUE LA SITUACIÓN MÁS BONITA Y ESTRESANTE QUE HE VIVIDO.

ERA UN DOMINGO NORMAL DE NOVIEMBRE; ESTÁBAMOS TODOS EN FAMILIA ALMORZANDO Y DE REPENTE LAS CABRAS COMENZARON A HACER MUCHOS SONIDOS RAROS Y ASOMABAN LA CABEZA COMO DICIENDO ¡AYUDA!

YO SALÍ CORRIENDO A VER Y CONSEGUÍ A LA MAMÁ CABRA EN EL SUELO EN SU LABOR DE PARTO, ASÍ QUE LLAMÉ A MI SUEGRO Y JUNTOS ENTRAMOS PARA AYUDARLA, YA QUE, COMO ERA PRIMERIZA, LE IBA A COSTAR TENER A SU BEBÉ.

LA MAMÁ CABRA (QUE SE LLAMA MAÑANITA) PEDÍA AUXILIO DE UNA MANERA INCREÍBLE; NO HACÍA FALTA QUE HABLARA PARA ENTENDERLE QUE ESTABA PASANDO POR MUCHO DOLOR Y MIEDO. MI SUEGRO, QUE ES YA UN EXPERTO EN ESTE TEMA, COMENZÓ A AYUDARLA A PARIR MIENTRAS YO SOSTENÍA A LA MAMÁ PARA DARLE ÁNIMO, YA QUE EN VARIAS OCASIONES PENSÉ QUE SE DESMAYARÍA. DESPUÉS DE UNOS MINUTOS MUY INTENSOS, NACIÓ UNA CABRITA HERMOSA; RÁPIDAMENTE LA AYUDAMOS CON UNAS TOALLAS PARA QUE SE SECARA BIEN PORQUE ALLÍ HACE MUCHO FRÍO Y TAMBIÉN LA AYUDAMOS PARA QUE TOMARA SUS PRIMERAS GOTAS DE LECHE.

SU NOMBRE… DOMINGA, POR HABER NACIDO UN DOMINGO.

YO, ENTRE TANTAS EMOCIONES, SIN PENSARLO ME PUSE A LLORAR; ES UN MOMENTO MUY EMOTIVO Y FELIZ Y, LUEGO DE QUE BAJA LA ADRENALINA, PUES SOLO ME QUEDABA DISFRUTAR A LA PEQUEÑA Y DARLE MUCHO AMOR.

LAS PRIMERAS NOCHES NO DEJAMOS QUE DURMIERA EN EL CORRAL POR EL FRÍO, ASÍ QUE DURMIÓ CON NOSOTROS EN CASA; NOS DIVERTIMOS MUCHO VIÉNDOLA SALTAR POR TODOS LADOS HASTA QUE CAÍA AGOTADA Y EN LA MAÑANA PEDÍA QUE SE LA LLEVARAN A SU MAMÁ.

MI SUEGRO SABE QUE MI ANIMAL FAVORITO ES LA CABRA Y, COMO ESTABA CERCA MI CUMPLEAÑOS, ME DIJO QUE DOMINGA ERA MÍA, ASÍ QUE LE PUSE UN COLLAR ROJO CON UN CASCABEL Y PRONTO NOS HICIMOS MUY BUENAS AMIGAS.

AMO MUCHO A DOMINGA, AUNQUE YA ESTÁ UN POQUITO MÁS GRANDE Y NO ME PRESTA ATENCIÓN; SOLO ESPERO QUE CUANDO CREZCA SE ACUERDE DE MÍ Y ME QUIERA TANTO COMO YO A ELLA.

WE ARE TWO DAYS AWAY FROM THE END OF 2025, AND I HAVE SO MUCH TO TELL YOU, BUT I THINK I'LL START WITH WHAT MADE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON ME THIS YEAR.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT, THIS YEAR I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WITH ANIMALS, THANKS TO MY FATHER-IN-LAW, WHO HAS SOME GOATS. THERE WERE THREE BIRTHS THIS YEAR, BUT I ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRESENT FOR ONE, AND I THINK IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND STRESSFUL SITUATION I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED.

IT WAS A NORMAL SUNDAY IN NOVEMBER; WE WERE ALL HAVING LUNCH AS A FAMILY AND SUDDENLY THE GOATS STARTED MAKING LOTS OF STRANGE NOISES AND STICKING THEIR HEADS OUT AS IF TO SAY HELP!

I ran out to see what was happening and found the mother goat on the ground in labor, so I called my father-in-law and together we went in to help her, since she was a first-time mother and was having a hard time delivering her baby.

THE MOTHER GOAT (WHOSE NAME IS MAÑANITA) WAS CALLING FOR HELP IN AN INCREDIBLE WAY; SHE DIDN'T NEED TO SPEAK FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN AND FEAR. MY FATHER-IN-LAW, WHO IS NOW AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD, BEGAN TO HELP HER GIVE BIRTH WHILE I HELD THE MOTHER TO ENCOURAGE HER, AS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I THOUGHT SHE WOULD FAINT. AFTER A FEW VERY INTENSE MINUTES, A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GOAT WAS BORN. WE QUICKLY HELPED HER WITH SOME TOWELS TO DRY HER OFF WELL BECAUSE IT IS VERY COLD THERE, AND WE ALSO HELPED HER TO TAKE HER FIRST DROPS OF MILK.

HER NAME... DOMINGA, BECAUSE SHE WAS BORN ON A SUNDAY.

AMIDST ALL THE EMOTIONS, WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT, I STARTED TO CRY; IT IS A VERY EMOTIONAL AND HAPPY MOMENT, AND AFTER THE ADRENALINE SUBSIDED, ALL THAT WAS LEFT WAS TO ENJOY THE LITTLE ONE AND GIVE HER LOTS OF LOVE.

THE FIRST FEW NIGHTS WE DIDN'T LET HER SLEEP IN THE CORRAL BECAUSE OF THE COLD, SO SHE SLEPT WITH US IN THE HOUSE; WE HAD A LOT OF FUN WATCHING HER JUMP AROUND EVERYWHERE UNTIL SHE FELL EXHAUSTED AND IN THE MORNING SHE ASKED TO BE TAKEN TO HER MOM.

MY FATHER-IN-LAW KNOWS THAT MY FAVORITE ANIMAL IS THE GOAT, AND SINCE MY BIRTHDAY WAS COMING UP, HE TOLD ME THAT DOMINGA WAS MINE, SO I PUT A RED COLLAR WITH A BELL ON HER AND WE SOON BECAME VERY GOOD FRIENDS.

I LOVE DOMINGA VERY MUCH, EVEN THOUGH SHE IS A LITTLE BIGGER NOW AND DOESN'T PAY ATTENTION TO ME. I JUST HOPE THAT WHEN SHE GROWS UP, SHE WILL REMEMBER ME AND LOVE ME AS MUCH AS I LOVE HER.