I think my little boy has dropped already. I've felt really bad pressure/an aching pain in my lower abdomen. I looked it up, and noticed some people have dropped this early, but some dont drop until really late/never drop. I also noticed somewhere said that your symptoms, like heartburn, shallow breathing, etc, will get better. I didn't think about it until I read that, but I haven't had heartburn since I got this pressure/pain, and I used to have heartburn 24/7, and really bad.

When did your LO drop?
Is it unusual for me to drop this early?
How did you know they had dropped?

i would like to know too, because i felt my baby dropped like 1 week ago...i got funny sensations in my vagina at time when the baby moves and it felt like LO is about to drop out!
And yes, I can relate to those lower abdoman pains and pressure too...but i do remember that I read somewhere on the web that even if it's "engagement" at 32 weeks, it's fine....

This is my fourth pregnancy cant recall when my previous babies heads dropped... Im currently 37weeks today.. Baby has been head down since 29/30weeks and 2/5engaged now since i was 34 weeks... midiwife thought id of gone in labour by now. but little madame wants stay put im glad though as i have a c section in 14days n prefer wait

I saw my midwife on tuesday and my LO's head still hadn't engaged but she may have by now as I'm getting a lot more pressure in my pelvis and pins and needles in my legs

mine still hasnt dropped if im ment to be able to breathe better lol i feel like im going to pass out if i lie on my back. last week my babies head still wasnt engaged and was high up so the midwife said so hopefully when i get checked monday there will have been some progress xxx

With my first he dropped at 38 weeks - My bump noticably sloped down rater than being right under my boobs.

With my second, I never noticed that she dropped at all....well, not until I was in labour anyway! lol

hi ladies,

i have been having all of the same sensations as you are, but just came back from mw and was told she hasn't dropped yet, so dont be so sure!!! lol.

at my 35 week check midwife said he had def. dropped and was at -2 station

but according to my mother it dropped about 3 weeks before that even ---and i kept thinking that it had and just thought i was being paranoid but turns out i was right and it had----

anyway the heartburn wasnt so bad for like a week or two but then it came back and worse than before--- so u may still have the heartburn--- i still do ===except now when it gets really bad i often choke on the heartburn and have puked from it once and had to constantly catch myself from puking again and again when it got that bad

Oh, god, I hope my heart burn doesn't come back! My heartburn used to hurt SOOO bad! I might be exaggerating some, because before I got pregger I NEVER had heartburn. But I did have quite a bit during my first trimester, and then again after my third trimester started. And the heartburn during my 3rd tri was like 20x worse than during the 1st tri.

I was describing to my mother that I had pains, and she asked if he had dropped yet? I told her I didn't know, because .. well .. how am I supposed to know that?! I've never been preggo before! but I told her I was reading on it, and thats what I thought too because I also haven't had any heartburn since then (and still haven't). But when I told me doc about it he didn't say anything, and he wasn't the one to do my check this last time, it was some new girl (which I think is just an intern).

But, I do have another appointment the 28th, and I'm definitally going to ask. I heard they usually come within about four weeks after dropping. And my mom told me it sounds like it will be soon. Which I am hoping because big babies run in both our families, and I dont think I will even be able to carry (physically) a baby thats too big as I am so small framed.

Anyways, I will quit with the book!