>"Elbow deep" = your arm is in the animal's vagina up to the elbow.
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>"struggling young ewe during her first lambing season" = struggling
>because she's giving birth, first lambing season = first time she's given birth
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>"or held another" = held another ewe, grieving the death of her newborns.
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>Is that OK?
This response is like talking about a movie or story by saying "this happened and then that happened." It has nothing to do with answering my question, which was what is it supposed to mean in this conversation.