How common are false pregnancies?

[EmrldShdwQueen]

I feel like I at least need to be prepared for one...because Lola barely has a tummy. For the longest time I didn't think she was even pregnant at all. Then out of nowhere she got a little pooch. She had morning sickness at the beginning, she's had discharge throughout, stayed swollen after her heat, milk ridges, etc. She has had all the classic signs.

If she is pregnant she would be due May 8th, so she has about 10 days till her 63rd day.

I cannot hear any heartbeat (although I'm not too good at that), and there's no kicking...BUT Lola is fat. She's definitely overweight for her structure, and was that way BEFORE she bred. I've heard it's harder to tell if they're pregnant if they're fat...so maybe the baby is just more difficult to find?

She has milk today...I squeezed her teats and milk came flowing freely out. She is also having diarrhea today.

Again, she DOES have a little belly...more than she did before...but it's so hard to tell because she was already overweight.

Just wondering if false pregnancies are that common...

[bjh]

I have been fooled several times. The mom would show all the signs, start getting a belly and then the belly would start going away and no puppies. They can really fool you.

[NanaDtreasures]

Nicki , I've never had it happen
So I'm no help.

[011011]

I have not had one either in Yorkiess,but when we raised dobermans Dutchess did she gained weight nested and even had milk but it had a tinch of brown color to the milk.My vet siad that is how you can tell sometimes when all else fails to tell you that they are,the milk will be a off color.

[gloriajean]

I've had 2 false pregnacies with 2 different dogs, I took mine in and got an ultrasound just to be sure that there wasn't a puppy, but no luck, both of mine had milk too but it wasn't off color.