Head engaged, regular BH.. should i be nervous?

[lestyrox]

I had my 32+ week check yesterday and the doctor said the baby's head is engaged and she has written that the head is 1/5 engaged on my OB card. I've googled head engagement but it seems there's a lot of contradicting info.. one website said that they measure engagement as follows
If 5 finger widths of your baby's head is felt, it is written as 5/5 palpable or 'unengaged'.
If 4 finger widths of your baby's head is felt, it is written as '4/5' palpable or 1/5 engaged.
If 3 finger widths of your baby's head is felt, it is written as '2/5' palpable or 2/5 engaged.
If 2 finger widths of your baby's head is felt, it is written as '2/5' palpable or 3/5 engaged.
If 1 finger width of your baby's head is felt, it is written as '1/5' palpable or 4/5 engaged.
If your baby's head cannot be felt it is written as 'fully engaged' or 'not palpable'.

.. does anyone know if this info is right?

I'm getting a little nervous becuase the last few days i've been getting regular BH, Usually towards the end of the day and coming every 20 mins. I've been getting BH since 11 weeks so its not unusual for me but i've never had them come regularly before. It seems that anything will set one off.. i bend down to pick up my son.. wham braxton hicks, i get up from the couch.. Wham another braxton hicks. Its really making me nervous!
I got back from Fiji (yay was sooooo nice, except for a bout of gastro ) on Tuesday and the last 2 hours of the car ride i started getting BH every 20 mins however they stopped when i went to bed that night. Then on Wednesday they started coming every 20 mins from about 5pm untill i went to bed and they stopped. Again yesterday they started around dinner time but stopped again when i went to bed. So far today i've had quite a few but nothing regular. I told my Dr about it yesterday and she didn't seem concerned and just said that if they start becoming regular and closer together to go straight to maternity to get checked.
I guess i'm getting a bit nervous since bub's head is engaged and i've been getting regular BH.. am i worrying over nothing? With my DS i was induced at 40weeks and didn't expereince this.. his head didn't engage untill labour and although i had BH with him they were never regular and never this frequent or strong.

It feels as though bub is sooo low, when i stand up it feels as though his head is just about sitting in my vagina (sorry TMI ) and i've been getting a lot of groin pressure for the last 6 or so weeks.
Has anyone else had their bub's head engage this early? Should i worry about the BH? I still have just over 6 weeks to go is it too early to be experiencing these things? Would love to hear what you think

[~clover~]

I think 1/5 actually means the head is only just starting to engage. Thats how it was put on my ante natal card with DD1. My other 2 didn't engage til labour.
4/5 is almost completely engaged.
Are the BH painful?
If not you shouldn't have to worry, but if they get painful I would get checked.
For now at least I wouldn't worry too much.

[PinkPalace]

It could be a while off yet.
The head can pop in an out of engagement up to birth.
As for BH - i have had them from 20 and really strong! and baby head down.
But i am not expecting bub to come early at all.

[Visitor7]

Nina was 1/5 engaged at 32 weeks. I had her at 37.5 weeks. Emily was 1/5 engaged at 36 weeks, I had her at 40 weeks. Both times I had regular b/h.

[lestyrox]

Thanks for your comments everyone. Just an update, i haven't had anymore regular BH since i last posted so thats good. Still get them quite often though, guess its a good sign my body is getting ready for bubs arrival! I'm starting to get excited now!
Thanks

[satya]

I'm glad they stopped. Some women get regular BH for weeks or months before they give birth so don't let it worry you. Others (like me) don't get them and just go into labour. Try to relax, it will probably still be a while yet.