Will I feel it when bubs head engages?

[Kristin27]

I had a check up yesterday and doc said my baby's head was down but still mobile, so not yet engaged. So I'm just wondering if I will feel it once it's head does 'lock in' and engage?

What should I expect once bubs does engage? Less movement? Pelvic pain? Thanks

[*Efjay*]

I don't think I ever did.

[bon]

I felt some pubic pain, and with last pg I could feel DD's head right down - it was like pressure right down low inside my pelvis, and I could feel it when she moved her head. That was in the last two weeks or so.

[StrawberryMumma]

I never felt it with my DD.

[Antheia]

With #2 i didn't but with #1 i felt it. i was walking around the shops and suddenly felt like the baby was about to fall out. I just had this huge amount of pressure down there and it felt like i had a bowling ball stuck between my legs. I also had a lot of pelvic pain for the rest of the pregnancy too. #2 i did notice i was 'waddling' more when the midwife said bub had engaged but that was about it. Can't remember if i had any pain then.

[sneakysparkle]

I didn't feel it engage as such, but once she dropped I did have some shooting pain in my groin and some numbness down my leg - that was in the couple of days before she was born.

[Tobily]

I never noticed a thing with my kids. No pelvic pain or anything - I'd been peeing constantly since I got the bfp so I didn't notice any change in that department either

My hubby noticed it though - especially with DD he was telling me for a good week that I'd dropped and a few people at work noticed it as well but I didn't take any notice because I couldn't feel anything different.

Some women will have all sorts of pelvic aches and pains though - hips, pubic bone, tail bone etc. Sometimes you might notice you can breathe a bit better as your lungs get a bit more room too.