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hi i dunno if this is any help but my babys head has been in engaged since 32 weeks and im now 39 weeks. i hope thats some help to u

i dont want to seem stupid here but im a first time mom2be and my baby has turned. im 36.5wks now. how will i know if my baby has become engaged?

If you really want to know, make sure your hands are clean or use a glove and see if you can actually feel its head up inside you. If it is engaged, you will know for sure then.

Hi, I am in the same situation. I am 35 wks pregnant with my second child, but i felt lightening last week... I also thought that for second pregnancies, lightening only occurs right before or during labor. Does that mean there is a greater chance that we will go into labor early?

I have the opposite problem...my baby isn't engaged and I am not dialated and I'm due tomorrow and a first time mom! I'm really afraid I won't go into labor on my own, as he has been in the same position for over a month without dropping!

Shannon - that's the way I was with my first as well. I ended up being induced because of preeclampsia but it did turn out that she was posterior, I have a feeling that is why she never came down into the pelvis until I was about to deliver her.

I have just reached 35 weeks with baby No.2 and had a midwife appt today and she told me baby is head well down and that I am probably not likely to engage until labor established. I have had all the signs of early labor but nothing happening yet!

I am in the same boat as you. With my first I dropped about a week early - totally normal. This time I'm 34 + weeks and baby has dropped I'm pretty sure. I can breathe again and I need to potty more even with less substance! Everything that I have read says that we usually don't drop second time around until labor starts. My bones are killing me as I can feel her in there! I unfortunately have no information for you as I don't go back to the dr until next week due to the holidays. I'm like you in wondering if this means labor could come early.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow so I will come back and hopefully answer some questions. I am at 35 weeks and my baby has dropped. I had period type cramps the end of my seventh month and again in my eighth month. Sleeping has been so tough. I was so tired but had to get up because my pelvic bones were aching. I have dull cramping right now, but at least I can breathe!!!! So I will ask my doctor tomorrow.

I don't know if I would stick my hands up there to check engagement like someone suggested. Sounds like it could risk infection. Even doctors don't like checking up there too often. Just a thought.

I'm 34 weekspregnant with my first child and I felt a really sharp pain for about an hour today , then my baby hasn't really kicked in the usual spot, it feels like he may have turned. Is it possible I may have felt lightening and engagement? The sharp pain was very severe, I thought I was dying and i cried. What's happening to me?

I also experienced that today yes i would have to say your baby is engaging atleast i think mine is

I would not check yourself, I was told in childbirth cla__ses NOT to do that you can break your bag of water, cause infection and only a doctor should do that. I am on my 4th and this baby is low to begin with and now hasbegan to drop i think he kicks and moves so hard I think he is coming out the half of the time.