Does baby being really low mean engaged?

happymamma · Mar 15th, 2010, 22:32 PM

My dr said today, the baby's head is extremely low, do you think that means he's engaged yet? Or is that something totally different? I dont get this whole engaged thing, the 4/5 or whatever.

rwhite · Mar 15th, 2010, 22:54 PM

My midwife said to me at my appointment last week that baby is really low down - she has also said he's engaged. So I would assume they are the same if not a very similar thing

I'm 2/5, meaning that he has one station to go until fully engaged

She said this normally doesn't happen until labour though x Hope that helps

happymamma · Mar 16th, 2010, 02:06 AM

The thing is, Im only 32 weeks. She asked me if I feel like Im gonna have him early, I hope not. Maybe cuz it's my 5th baby Im just carrying low? Im scared to google it lol

kerrie24 · Mar 16th, 2010, 02:58 AM

Im having my third baby and i have been feeling lots of pressure and as if a big heavy bowling ball will fall out when im walking around.

My midwife says my baby isnt engaged,but obviously when youve had children the muscles down there have allready been stretched and are not as supportive as they once were.Im not expecting the baby to come any sooner,just to get more uncomfortable

natasja32 · Mar 16th, 2010, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kerrie24

Im having my third baby and i have been feeling lots of pressure and as if a big heavy bowling ball will fall out when im walking around.

My midwife says my baby isnt engaged,but obviously when youve had children the muscles down there have allready been stretched and are not as supportive as they once were.Im not expecting the baby to come any sooner,just to get more uncomfortable

I know just how your feeling. This is baby number 4 for me,and at times it really does feel like he is just going to fall out.

I have a really heavy feeling in my pelvis and other times i find it really hard to breath. I think its the way baby lays sometimes too. Im getting more uncomfortable with every day that goes by too.

Big

for you sweetie.

Ginaerhol · Mar 16th, 2010, 04:45 AM

thank goodness lol i thought it was just me being weird but everything feels so different this time around (this is my 3rd) just like i am literally being held together by a thread lol. It feels weird when i cough or sneeze too xx

Embovstar · Mar 16th, 2010, 05:37 AM

my MW said that whilst my baby is "firmly" head down, baby is still quite "high" up and not currently engaged. So no, I don't think low means engaged.

Nicola xx

sophieee18 · Mar 16th, 2010, 05:43 AM

My baby is 2/5 enaged, so nearly fully engaged. But my bump is so high still! It hasn't dropped at all! x

Lauraxamy · Mar 16th, 2010, 07:07 AM

Mines 3\5, well was at 36 weeks. Seeing midwife next monday so hoping baby is lower or still the same

Mar 15th, 2010, 22:32 PM	#1
happymamma Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,002	Does baby being really low mean engaged? My dr said today, the baby's head is extremely low, do you think that means he's engaged yet? Or is that something totally different? I dont get this whole engaged thing, the 4/5 or whatever.

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Mar 15th, 2010, 22:54 PM	#2
rwhite Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Posts: 4,165	My midwife said to me at my appointment last week that baby is really low down - she has also said he's engaged. So I would assume they are the same if not a very similar thing I'm 2/5, meaning that he has one station to go until fully engaged She said this normally doesn't happen until labour though x Hope that helps

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Mar 16th, 2010, 02:06 AM	#3
happymamma Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 1,002	The thing is, Im only 32 weeks. She asked me if I feel like Im gonna have him early, I hope not. Maybe cuz it's my 5th baby Im just carrying low? Im scared to google it lol

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Mar 16th, 2010, 02:58 AM	#4
kerrie24 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: uk Posts: 2,965	Im having my third baby and i have been feeling lots of pressure and as if a big heavy bowling ball will fall out when im walking around. My midwife says my baby isnt engaged,but obviously when youve had children the muscles down there have allready been stretched and are not as supportive as they once were.Im not expecting the baby to come any sooner,just to get more uncomfortable

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Mar 16th, 2010, 04:45 AM	#6
Ginaerhol Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Highbridge, Somerset Posts: 1,690	thank goodness lol i thought it was just me being weird but everything feels so different this time around (this is my 3rd) just like i am literally being held together by a thread lol. It feels weird when i cough or sneeze too xx

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Mar 16th, 2010, 05:37 AM	#7
Embovstar Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London Posts: 2,223	my MW said that whilst my baby is "firmly" head down, baby is still quite "high" up and not currently engaged. So no, I don't think low means engaged. Nicola xx

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Mar 16th, 2010, 05:43 AM	#8
sophieee18 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 856	My baby is 2/5 enaged, so nearly fully engaged. But my bump is so high still! It hasn't dropped at all! x

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Mar 16th, 2010, 07:07 AM	#9
Lauraxamy Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: WestMidlands/Shropshire. Posts: 4,366	Mines 3\5, well was at 36 weeks. Seeing midwife next monday so hoping baby is lower or still the same

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