Baby is 4/5ths engaged??

[Trillian]

They can stay that way for a while yet if they want to. I have a friend who was 3cm dilated and her baby was acutally through her pelvis - yep, she had already started to descend a little and her nose was crooked from resting against the pelvic bone and she went 10 days over! But I would be surprised if you went to term or went over at all.

[BellyBelly]

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/baby-engaged

[Nelle]

Ahh uncomfy! My bub was engaged from about 21 weeks, and it's hard to get things done some days hey. I have no idea when you'll go into labour, some babies can be that way for weeks probably, but that might not be the case for you...Like Trillian, in light of your history, I'd be surprised if you made it to term too. But you never know. Hang in there!

(Just an aside for an already engaged bub, they can come in a hurry, so if your bag's not already packed, perhaps do that...)

[joss.00]

Thanks ladies, I think I just get to the point sometimes where wishful thinking comes to mind and I am hoping and praying that I don't have to feel like this for much longer. I have period type pains every night for the last 2 weeks and nothing eventuates or they don't get worse so I am putting them down to Braxton Hicks but I am now at the point where I am tired of thinking every night "Is this it, is this labour"? I try to keep my mind busy but it is near impossible. Oh well, this baby will come when she wants and thats all there is too it

[~Raven~]

Caleb was 2/5 engaged the same day he was born. He had been 3/5 for ages before that though and I thought he'd never move down either!