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cats in labour

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Question
my cat went into labour about 3pm this afternoon over the next 3 hrs she has had 3 kittens all well she definitely has at least 2 more kittens inside but is showing no signs of them coming she is not distressed or unsettled at 12 am the kittens were wriggling like mad now there is slight movement but no where near as much but mum is quite happy what shall i do

Answer
All kittens should have arrived in about six hours or so - since you wrote yesterday, if this hasn't happened already then your cat needs to get to a vet immediately.

Here is some detail you can read about the birth process:
http://cats.about.com/od/reproduction/a/birthprocess.htm