07-18-2011, 08:04 PM
Quote:Physical Changes During the first 5 weeks of pregnancy, there are few noticeable changes. After the 5th week, you may notice weight gain, especially with large litters. If only 1 or 2 pups are present, the mother may gain little weight until shortly before birth. Abdominal enlargement is generally obvious in the last 3 weeks. The mammary glands may begin to enlarge as early as the 35th day, but usually development is not obvious until 45 days. Milk may be present as early as 7-9 days before delivery, but usually it is not produced until 1-2 days before delivery.-- From here
Quote:A dog that is going to have a litter of many puppies will have a visibly enlarged tummy, although there are some dogs - especially those giving birth to just a few - whose abdomen won't enlarge noticeably. For these dogs, the pregnancy stage where they are showing is about one week long. Dogs who deliver a great number of puppies tend to deliver them prematurely.-- From Here
Pregnancy lasts ~9 weeks (63 days)... I would probably say 7-8 weeks into the pregnancy, depending on litter size? This would probably be well after the point that shifting is healthy for mama and babies, though, so unless a Luperci has chosen to birth in Secui form... :x But yeah. If it's a litter of two puppies or one puppy, apparently it's plausible that she could never even show in Lupus or Optime form according to the second quote there. I'd think this is especially in Secui form.
Edit for the second question: Request when you've finished all their threads and officially drop them. :3 you can kill a character off and keep posting as them (presuming that you started threads before their death OR want to play them as a ghost post-death) but when you drop them is when you stop posting with them & you get your title changed.