Bub quite low = early labour?

[lestyrox]

I just got back from my 30weeks appointment and my doctor commented that bub's head was quite low. She didn't seem concerned at all and it was more of a comment in passing sort of thing. I mentioned to her that this bub feels so much lower than my first. I was a little worried as i'm off to Fiji for a week next week and i started freaking out that i could go into labour there! But my Dr just laughed and said she didn't think i'd go into labour anytime soon (thank God, he needs to cook some more first ) as although bub's head is low she can still fit a finger under it.
Anyway i've noticed a lot more pressure 'down low' iykwim during this pregnancy and i'm just curious as to whether this might mean i'll go into labour before my EDD. right from the beginning i have had a feeling that this bub will come early, say 38 weeks instead of 40. So i'm just curious to see if any other ladies have had there bub sit quite low early on and gone into labour before there EDD. Of course i don't want bub to come out too early but i just have a feeling it'll be before his EDD. I've been getting groin pain this time round which i didn't get with my first and i feel like there's heaps more weight in my pelvic/vaginal area (sorry for TMI ) than there was with my first as well.
What do you think?

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I think yoy should start thinking bub will come at 42 weeks rather than at 38
Most first pregnancies babies come past 'due date' and it is a lot better for your mental state if you prepare to have bubs late rather than 'early'. A lot of babies engage quite early in the third trimester, DS did at around 34 weeks "tight & low", and wasn't born until almost 40 weeks.
Relax! and try not to convince yourself that he will come early, those last few weeks drag on and you don't want to set yourself up to believe that he'll come early, because then they'll take evn longer!

Have fun in Fiji!

ETA: Whoops, I didn't notice you already had your first, my bad !

[Trillian]

Not an indicator at all, just means that he is low - simple as that. There is even the possibility that he will move back up again between now and your EDD. Your body is probably feeling a bit different simply because this is your second pregnancy - all the muscles and ligaments are a little bit loser this time and don't hold it all in as well and combined with him already being low, your belly is going to feel like it is heavier.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

i agree start thinking the baby will come late. i had in my head that my DD would come 2 weeks early... well she was 10 days overdue so you can imagine how frustrated i was when i had to keep playing the waiting game! :-)

as for being low as an indicator.. i dont really know but i dont think it means anything definitive.

[Deltadawn]

My bubs was very low from about 30 weeks onwards too and ended up being 4 days late. He was so low for so long that he was born with a (temporary) bruise around his head where he'd been resting in my cervix.

Maybe all your vaginal/cervical muscles are a bit loser this time around and that is why he/she is sitting lower earlier than #1???

[lestyrox]

Thanks guys, i guess i am being a bit silly thinking this one will come early.. after all i guess he'll come when he's ready be it early or late i thought maybe the groin pain is because of everything being a bit lose down there after DS. Like Trillian said it kind of feels like things aren't 'held in' as well this time IYKWIM
I guess the one thing i can count on is that bub will be here in the next few months either way

[Trillian]

Yep, exactly - have you ever known a woman to stay pregnant forever?

[Je$$_84]

With DD (now 12 weeks old) i remember at 30 week appointment i was told bubs head was very low down but not quite engaged.. I was shocked although felt like bubs was falling out. The MW at the hossy told me that she didnt think i'd make it to 40 weeks. After having DS (#1) at 43 weeks i was glad to hear that i wouldnt be overdue...

AT 34 weeks i was told bubs was engaged... YAY (or so i thought) by 36 weeks i was told bubs had dis-engaged .... I was shocked.. never knew bubs could dis-engage. The MW said it was ok and bubs would probably settle back down and that i needed to rest up... (we were moving house, i was still working etc)

I tried everything i could to help bubs come early but in the end was induces 10 past my EDD... A friend of mine due the day after had no signs of being early, was terrified about labour anf there fore not trying to make bubs come early... No sex, no RLT tabs etc... she went 3 weeks early...

Bubs comes when u least expect it... I'd say definatly prepare for 42 weeks...