What is this scratching feeling

[joey123]

I got this feeling towards the end of my last pregnancy too. It feels like my baby is scratching my cervix with her fingernails!! Of course I know that's not it, but does anyone have any idea what it is? It can be very uncomfortable at times, but it's not really bothing me ... just curious.

[mummydreamer]

her head on your pelvic bone maybe? is she engaged? sounds interesting.....Lol.

[joey123]

No, she's not engaged. Just 4/5, whatever that is.

[JennaJayen]

4/5 means engaged, it ranges from 1/5 (just starting to engage down into the pelvis) to 5/5 (fully engaged, head fixed and ready to come out now). Eg, my Little Miss was sitting at 3/5 engaged last friday, and every time she bounces in there her head hits my cervix-area and I get that scratchy feeling, feels like she's trying to calw her way out. I've also been at least 1-2cm dilated for 1 & 1/2 weeks now as well, and the feeling has been stronger since I started dilating.

Sounds like your body may be getting ready for your Little Miss to arrive And good luck with your VBAC too!

[Arimeh]

Oooh Joey!!!!!!! It's so close now and this one definitely wants to be born down the slippery slide!!!

Good luck mate

[joey123]

Yay!! Thanks guys. I didn't know what 4/5 means, I just saw it in my notes. I didn't think much of it cause I had that written in my notes a couple of months ago, but then it changed back to 'free' and then at the last one it was 4/5 again.

How exciting!!

Bring on the slipperty slide ride!!

[RainbowBrite]

The 4/5 means how much of the head is above the brim...so 4/5 is out of the pelvis and 1/5 is in. Free means that bubs head is not in the pelvis at all.
The baby is not engaged until only 2/5 is above the brim.
A lot of babies don't engage until labour starts and some can engage weeks before labor...unfortunately it is all up to bub.

[mummydreamer]

yep sounds like head on pelvic bone then Lol. good luck for the VBAC!! sounds very promising

[JennaJayen]

The 4/5 means how much of the head is above the brim...so 4/5 is out of the pelvis and 1/5 is in. Free means that bubs head is not in the pelvis at all.
The baby is not engaged until only 2/5 is above the brim.
A lot of babies don't engage until labour starts and some can engage weeks before labor...unfortunately it is all up to bub.

That's a odd way of explaining it, here in country Victoria it's the other way round, the midwife got excited last friday when Little Miss changed from 2/5 with free movement to 3/5 and fixed and said I wouldn't make it to my appointment at the hospy tomorrow morning lol DS was similar, free and not engaged until 28wks when he suddenly went head down and straight into 3/5 engaged and stayed that way until I was well and truly in labour and then gradually went to 4/5 and 5/5 when I was told to push.

[RainbowBrite]

Not odd at all...I have had 7 kids and have only heard it talked about that way.
But different midwives may do it different...but that has always been my experiences.

[JennaJayen]

Thanks for clarifying it Got me a bit confused as I've only ever heard it mentioned and had it explained to me in the oposite way to what you've been told lol you'd think they'd have a standard for australia wide and not have it different in each area and state.