When Is April The Giraffe’s Baby Due? Watch Giving Birth On Live Stream

Even though Animal Adventure Park was confident April the giraffe would give birth on the YouTube live stream over the weekend, Monday brought another day without a baby calf. The live stream was started in February, with the zoo claiming April was 15 months pregnant and due any day.

The upstate New York park took to their official Facebook page Monday, which has nearly 1 million followers, to update viewers about April’s latest status.

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It seemed like April might give birth Sunday night. “Many of you may have witnessed what appeared as ‘pushing’ contractions last night,” the zoo wrote. “The team and vet were in communication regarding these and were documented throughout the night. Let's see if April's plan is to break up your work week!”

While April’s behavior was generally unchanged, she didn’t want to eat as much. “This morning keeper report is no interest in grain and only smelling lettuce treats,” the update read. “No discomfort evident, no distress — normal progression as expected in the process.”

By Monday, there were more than 215,000 people watching the YouTube feed live. For those who were unable to keep their eyes glued to the live cam, Animal Adventure Park created live text updates so no one missed the moment April gave birth.

“Thank you to the many that have signed on for text alerts for Labor & Baby Announcements,” they wrote. “After much discussion, we have decided the initial Gender Reveal will be made via our text alert system as soon as gender is observed post birth. This will be hours in advance of the media press releases.”

Animal Adventure Park added: “The text alert system is 100 percent functioning at this time, and tech support is available to ensure you are in fact subscribed. Go towww.Aprilthegiraffe.com for how to subscribe or receive tech support.”

The night before, the zoo’s social media writer seemed frustrated April didn’t have her calf, answering some popular questions: “You all know how much I love to be wrong about my predictions, but such is life. I'll keep all posted and will let you know when the baby is on its way. It really shouldn't be much longer; I'm just not going to tell you my guesstimate anymore.”

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