What does baby engaging feel like??!!

Hi ladies,
So i was wondering what it feels like when baby engages. Is it different for everyone?

I am 31weeks today and my bub has been celebrating it seems by wriggling like crazy ALL DAY!! I'm serious i've had at max 15minutes break between at the very most!:o
Bub is head down and has been for a couple weeks and is sitting at about 1cm above my belly button at the very highest (not in my ribs - it likes sitting low)...
Some of the movements have been really painful including headbutting my cervix at times.
Tonight it seems to just be punching down there :o really low - seriously like 2cm from my who-ha and the outside world :o
Sometimes its painful - more just uncomfortable. Its driving me bonkers!! its been such a long day cuz i haven't had a break!! i thought babies were meant to slow down their movements by this stage!!

I do have really bad wind pain atm though:redface: - prehaps that has something to do with bub moving? i dont know... but between baby and wind pain i feel really ill *blek*

So anyway - any insight or experiences would be great;)

For me movement doesn't really slow down at the end of pregnancy - number 1 or 2. It is more squirming than flipping but still constant.

Re engaging - you do notice more space at the top of your uterus.

I really feel pressure in my pelvis and my hips are sorer and there is a stretchy feeling between my hips.

I also get a lot (over 24 hours straight) of Braxton Hicks when bubs engages. This time bubs has engaged and disengaged multiple times.

Hope that helps!

My DS never engaged until I was in full blown labour with him!! When my waters broke 15 hours after contractions started!! So I'm no help to you lol.
I think bubs engaging is meant to feel like pressure down there, really heavy.

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For me movement doesn't really slow down at the end of pregnancy - number 1 or 2. It is more squirming than flipping but still constant.

Re engaging - you do notice more space at the top of your uterus.

I really feel pressure in my pelvis and my hips are sorer and there is a stretchy feeling between my hips.

I also get a lot (over 24 hours straight) of Braxton Hicks when bubs engages. This time bubs has engaged and disengaged multiple times.

Hope that helps!

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Yes it was more squirming and wriggling rather than full on moving around... Bub's hasn't really been up past my belly button the whole pregnancy - only the odd leg and foot here and there. Even when it was lying transverse for a couple weeks, it was below my belly button and between my pelvis still.
I also have had an unstable pelvis and tailbone pain since 15weeks, so there really is no difference in pain for me. I have been wearing the pelvis belt since about 20weeks. The joints at the back were very sore last night though - i had to wear the belt to bed and i haven't done that in prolly over two weeks.
No noticable braxton hicks - but then i've never had them before so dont really know what they feel like - just what i've read from everyone on here.

thanks for your replies though;)