Myrtle giving birth

We have never actually seen one of the cows giving birth as they seem to sneak them out in the early mornings. We have been watching Myrtle closely though as she had a bad fall at 7 months pregnant and that can result in a uterine torsion which obviously causes complications giving birth.
She went in to labour on Friday afternoon, we were worried it was going to take all night and interfere with our Friday evening!
But she got on with it quickly and gave birth to another little bull. We have called him Wellington.

The ligaments that hold the hips in place disappear just before birth

Labour had started already, not sure how long ago, but since we checked her in the morning anyway

Contractions arch the back and make the tail stick out

We stayed out of sight and not to close as it is her first time - though she is v friendly we didn't want to stress her. This is the water sack with feet in it

She wandered around for over an hour with the water sack and feet coming out a bit more then going back in. It was quite stressful as we weren't sure what was normal. Once the nose appeared and the sack burst it went much faster.

Splash! Baby on the ground.

 Lots and lots of licking. Every time he tried to stand up he was getting a bit further down this hill so I ended up carrying him up to a flat spot. A hill is clearly not the ideal birthing area.

He was trying to suckle from the moment he hit the ground pretty much even before he could get to his feet (which took about 5 mins). Mum was a bit put out and kept moving her udder away every time he got near it, but they eventually worked it out.