head engaged , not engaged, engaged, not engaged.....

emmamc28 · Jan 30th, 2011, 06:46 AM

this is to anyone who has had babies before. this is my 3rd so i know what it feels like. i feel like some days his head is in my pelvis then others its not. i can feel him literally dipping in and out cuz i get a sharp pain when he is dipping in down there in my area lol. anyone else getting this? everytime i see the midwife he seems to be free.

joanneNbabyx · Jan 30th, 2011, 06:54 AM

the same kinda thing happened to me . i could swear that last week i felt my LO drop, felt like she was trying to come out but nooo, and she's breech:/

Tanikit · Jan 30th, 2011, 08:37 AM

Yes, this has been happening to me since 34 weeks - she's very low today but seems to go in and out - I think its more common with second and further on pregnancies than with first ones.

KitKatBit · Jan 30th, 2011, 09:09 AM

Yes I've been getting this. Some days he/she feels really low and I get all the associated pains, but the mw says he/she still isn't engaged at all when she's checked. I guess it's just because everything is looser from being pregnant the first time and I know that it's common for babies not to engage right up until labour with subsequent pregnancies for that reason. There's nothing to hold them there lol.

foxyroxie · Jan 30th, 2011, 10:53 AM

yes ive been getting this to

kiraelliott · Jan 30th, 2011, 11:16 AM

Yep, I usually engage at weekends (go for long walks) then go to bed and the next day she's out again so by the time I get to see the midwife on a Wednesday she's free... she's still not engaged and i'm due today

so annoying! Nevermind

xxx

Minnie_me · Jan 30th, 2011, 11:29 AM

I think little Zz might be indulging in similar activity. Must get bouncing and walking and hope for some proper full on engagement!!

dd29 · Jan 30th, 2011, 14:40 PM

hi hun im the same its my 3rd and he keeps goin up down up down it drives u nuts app hes fuly engaged no but i bet thelittle sod floats back up again xxxx

mummymadness · Jan 30th, 2011, 16:07 PM

Yep im on baby number 4 and he is often fully engaged then goes back to 3/5ths engaged and also swivels from back to back to the left then to the right hes going to be a gymnast i swear lol. x

emmamc28 · Feb 1st, 2011, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mummymadness

Yep im on baby number 4 and he is often fully engaged then goes back to 3/5ths engaged and also swivels from back to back to the left then to the right hes going to be a gymnast i swear lol. x

i was told at last midwife appointment he was back to back but he is constantly moving so who nows what position he will be in when the time comes lol

Jan 30th, 2011, 06:46 AM	#1
emmamc28 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: barrow in furness, cumbria Posts: 452	head engaged , not engaged, engaged, not engaged..... this is to anyone who has had babies before. this is my 3rd so i know what it feels like. i feel like some days his head is in my pelvis then others its not. i can feel him literally dipping in and out cuz i get a sharp pain when he is dipping in down there in my area lol. anyone else getting this? everytime i see the midwife he seems to be free.

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Jan 30th, 2011, 06:54 AM	#2
joanneNbabyx Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Melbourne Posts: 291	the same kinda thing happened to me . i could swear that last week i felt my LO drop, felt like she was trying to come out but nooo, and she's breech:/

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Jan 30th, 2011, 08:37 AM	#3
Tanikit Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,132	Yes, this has been happening to me since 34 weeks - she's very low today but seems to go in and out - I think its more common with second and further on pregnancies than with first ones.

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Jan 30th, 2011, 09:09 AM	#4
KitKatBit Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Posts: 639	Yes I've been getting this. Some days he/she feels really low and I get all the associated pains, but the mw says he/she still isn't engaged at all when she's checked. I guess it's just because everything is looser from being pregnant the first time and I know that it's common for babies not to engage right up until labour with subsequent pregnancies for that reason. There's nothing to hold them there lol.

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foxyroxie Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Loughborough Leicestershire Posts: 2,425	yes ive been getting this to

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Jan 30th, 2011, 11:16 AM	#6
kiraelliott Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Newport, Isle of Wight, UK Posts: 2,289	Yep, I usually engage at weekends (go for long walks) then go to bed and the next day she's out again so by the time I get to see the midwife on a Wednesday she's free... she's still not engaged and i'm due today so annoying! Nevermind xxx

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Jan 30th, 2011, 11:29 AM	#7
Minnie_me Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Cardiff, Wales Posts: 3,021	I think little Zz might be indulging in similar activity. Must get bouncing and walking and hope for some proper full on engagement!!

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Jan 30th, 2011, 14:40 PM	#8
dd29 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: swindon wilts engalnd Posts: 594	hi hun im the same its my 3rd and he keeps goin up down up down it drives u nuts app hes fuly engaged no but i bet thelittle sod floats back up again xxxx

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mummymadness Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 7,558	Yep im on baby number 4 and he is often fully engaged then goes back to 3/5ths engaged and also swivels from back to back to the left then to the right hes going to be a gymnast i swear lol. x

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