Don't sweat it

I just did a birth last week, first baby and the mother went into labour at 39w and got to 8cm before the baby fully engaged. Then in a matter of two hours the baby came down and was born. Granted it took her 30 hours to get that far (obviously because there wasn't good contact from the head) but the point is she went into labour, she wasn't overdue and she laboured just fine.

I had another mum whose baby wasn't engaged last Friday and she is in early labour this morning - three days after EDD w/first baby.

Fixating on this isn't a great idea because not every baby will engage prior to labour and all it does is stress you out which in itself can delay the onset of labour.

Your body knows what it's doing! It's your job to trust it You can do it