Can you go into labour with first baby before it is engaged?

[Maybebabie]

My first was only 1/5 engaged when my waters broke. She came down in the end but got a huge bruise for the effort. She was 1/5th engaged from 30-35wks never moved lower.

A friend of mine who just had her third last week was telling me the baby engaged from zero to fully in one go as her waters broke and that water went flying! It left a pretty funny visual.

[diva det]

although my last pg was my 3rd child, it was the first time i had a natural labour so treated like a newbie- also a VBAC
OB had concern that bubs would not engage and be too big to engage and would have to have repeat c/s. No way was i gonna let that happen

The nite before i had him i felt a drop and clunk and pressure in my pelvis- so much that i got out of bed to check that my waters hadnt broke- they hadnt and didnt till i hit transition in labour
cx started 9 hours after i felt bubs engage and i had him that afternoon- 6 hours later.
trust yourself and your body- it will do what it needs to- when the time is right!!!
good luck

[Megsy]

I saw ob this morning - bub STILL hasn't engaged but my cervix is soft (not sure what that means, but ob said that was a good sign). So he has booked me in for an induction next Mon evening so by Tues we should have our first little baby! That's assuming she doesn't come earlier all on her own (I hope so) but I'm happy to take my ob's advice and go with the induction if she doesn't. He said at 41 weeks, doing an induction doesn't increase the chances of intervention but does reduce the risk of lots of other rproblems that arise with overdue babies. I am taking his word on that (he should know I guess!) as I would like to have as close to a natural birth as possible.