** HELP!** I need help finding my pregnant KITTY -

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Her name is Atreyu, we also call her 'the muffin'...she is about 10 mos old and a pretty little calico wth white paws and chest.

I broke my own rule yesterday and now it looks like I may have lost her.
Been keeping her inside because I knew she was getting close to birthing, but everytime I thought it was going to happen "today" i was wrong... so I let her out yesterday morning to go potty, and she hasn;t come back! :cry:

My kids are going to freak out on me, I am totally heartbroken... if the coyotes got her in her vulnerable state ... oh no!

Is she holed up somewhere giving birth and okay?
Is she under our house or a neighbor's shed?
Is she in a tree & stuck somewhere...?

We live in Tahoe...lots of danger for our little baby girl...but I am hoping her instincts will be the winning factor and she is just being a wild kitten and will come home carrying baby kittens when she is ready...she has never been the wanderer, she always hangs out close to home, but now? :(

please let me know what impressions you get... i have been looking for her in the meadow near our house, and even under the crawlspace of the empty house across the street and the under the next door neighbors' toolshed...