Puppies are coming!

A bitch doesn't stay pregnant for very long. It seems like just yesterday that my kids (grown) were asking me if I was sure she is really pregnant. I said I know for sure because she and Rascal did exactly the same thing they did before when she got pregnant, so yes, I'm sure. Now she's nearly halfway through her pregnancy. Last night I got some new toys and blankets and a puppy baby bottle. I'm trying to envision where to put the new mom and her litter. My husband has moved into the space she occupied before. I had put it there because it was the most private place in the house, which is why it's a good place for his office. But now what? There is actually room in the office, but with all the weighing and watching and cleaning the pen, it probably would interrupt his train of thought a few times. I thought we could put her in the bottom of a large crate like we did before and put that crate in our bedroom. But our first Bolognese (Punky) has kept rights to sleeping on the bed and she isn't fond of puppies, never having had any herself.  If she isn't in bed with us she will whine all night. I could try putting her in a crate and see if she'll be quiet. As if. She's very attached. Back to Zahra and pups . . . . The basement could work but that's so many trips up and down for me. No water down there which means no washroom, and of course minimal lighting. Plus, with the air conditioning on it's pretty cool down there and by July it will be hot hot hot everywhere. I think I have the nesting instinct and I'm not even the one pregnant.