3/5 engaged?? lol yeyyyy but huh??

k i went to my hossy appt today and i told the nurse bout the ripping feeling n the sharp lightening pains down there... she said its prob bub moving down its quiet common..
i then laid down to get my measurements and she felt for her head and commented" Geez no wonder u can feel those pains n that her head is right in there.. its 3/5 engaged.. i dont even think u will make it too ur next appt..." me"YAYYYYYYYYYYY"" lol but thing is she is one of those vague midwives and does ur appt really quick and sends u out...
just wondering does anyone know what this means??
she also said i can go whenever now so ladies IM READY!!! what can i do??
i walk non stop im constantly chasing my son round literally
sex is becoming soooooooo uncomfortable sometimes i wanna cry thats how bad it is..
ive been cleaning like crazy...
so tell me what else??? :) :) :):clap:

Drive on a really bumpy road. Do you live near the beach? a walk on really soft sand can walk(old wifes tale worked for me my waters broke). Cant think of anything else at the moment hope your bub makes an apearance soon

awww not long now till you can hold your new lil bub yay. sorry ive no idea .....but ima take notes on replies just in case for later lol

LOL :)
aligator - i cant stand the bumps on the road lol they frustrate me otherwise i think id b driving up n down them lol.. n i dont have a beach near here i wish i did i would love a walk in the sand... :) it would be soooooooo relaxing
familyof3 - lol i hope sooooooo i cant wait any longer... yeah im interested too i never got this with my others it was always very messy info so im sort of excited :)

3/5 engaged is down there all right :D I know the pains you're talking about. But DS3 was 3/5 engaged, then he'd pop himself up a bit, then down he was like a yoyo :lol: But you still could go any time.
Hmmm...well sex is usually helpful, but in my experience the more you want it to happen ASAP the less likely it is, murphy's law you know. Maybe you should try planing a trip or dinner party, bub would surely make an early appearance then to muck up your plans :lol:
I've heard a good curry can help, or chilli, nipple stimulation...I can't think of anymore at the moment.

:goodluck: hope you get it going soon :D

No idea! But hoping it all gets going for you soon!

Nipple stimulation and accupuncture worked really well for me. :)

this nipple stimulation thing im not clear on ppl say its good if u use a breast pump for 15 min on each side n its not just the nipple that ur working on.. but im worried if i get my milk going n i dont start anything but the milk lol
and the acupuncture im too scared of lol im a big chicken but is that anywhere they do it?? is it especially for preg.

Accupuncture works by putting tiny needles in specific points. So they use different points for different things. It shouldn't hurt. The needles are tiny, the only time it hurts is if they get it in a little too far, shouldn't happen too often. (It's only happened twice to me and I've had hundreds of needles stuck in me.) If you tell them it hurts they adjust it and it doesn't hurt anymore. Finding a good accupuncturist is the key. Hope that makes sense :think:

with the nipple stim, I just played with my nipples for a few mins. Lol til I had a BH. Next morning my waters broke. Possibly coincidence but worth a shot?

I'm pretty sure the pumping would only get you colostrum. I had colostrum from about 14 weeks and never saw a drop of milk. I think it's the hormones that make the actual milk come in after a few days.

HTH.

aaaahhh ok i might actually give these a shot lol thanks heaps!!! :)

sounds like we'll be reading your BA very soon!!!!!!

With the 3/5ths engaged, it's a way that the miwife can locate the position of the babies head in the pelvis. The midwife or Ob will feel put their fingers/hand right in the pelvis under your belly and try and feel the babies head. They measure this from 5-1 (fiths). Meaning that a baby at 1/5th is basically at the pelvic outlet and then as the babies head lowers in your pelvis, so do the numbers. So being 3/5ths would mean that yes your baby's head is in the right place and still has about 2/5ths until she is fully engaged.
HTH, and good luck, sounds like things will be happening soon!

thanks ladies for ur responses im sooo excited but not going too get too excited in case she decides now that she wants to take her time.. lol :) but def want her to come out so i can meet my lil princess that ive been waiting for for soo long :)

:) your welcome hun. Good Luck. I hope things happen soon.

*labour vibes*

how exciting!! - hmmmm to bring labour on? maybe get a brazilian wax! :D - my bestie got her braz wax done the sunday and her bub was born the next day after a 3 hr labour! he was 2 weeks early too!

GL with everything tho, sending you heaps of labour *vibes* :)

lol negrita- im keen but not that keen!! lol :) i would rather walk for 2 hrs from suburb to suburb then have that i nearly cry doing my eyebrows my skin is so sensitive atm lol id probably boot the lady in the face if i did it :)

Ooh if your skins sensitive accupuncture might hurt a little bit. Still worth doing but didn't want you to go and lie there being angry at me cause I said it wont hurt. Lol

the best way I found was to make plans :lol: I made plans to do things like go out for dinner and made a hairdresser appointment and what do ya know I had a baby so I couldnt make appointments :lol: worked for the girls any ways

def make plans it will always bring it on lol.
sex
walk along the road with one foot on the curb and one foot on the road. you will feel like a d head doing it lol.
insert evening primrose oil capsules before bed

My baby has been 3/5 engaged since 32 weeks. It is painful! Baby is now 4/5 engaged... so I wouldn't think it means you're going straight into labour sorry. I don't find I can walk very far without a rest now because the pains I get in my cervix are too much.

Good luck :D

lmao @ heva&zacky as u posted i was actually checking it out lol!! np i wont be mad at u ill just think u have it in for me lol (jokes) i think im going to try it it sounds ok it does mention it can hurt but i am ok with pain its just more my face that hurts more lol.. but it also mentioned that it should be started 2 weeks before u want some results but some get them within 6-48 hrs after their visit.. lol

Party of 5 i have made plans lol but its for all her stuff lol i have to put my car seats etc in tomorrown thursday i plan on putting her crap away n setting it up n knowing my luck thats not the plans she wants hahahah :)

Thanks ladies...

Haven't read all the replies but just wanted to pop in and say that you don't have to be completely engaged to go into labour :) My DS never engaged until my waters broke and I'd already been in active labour for 15 hours! Then of course he just went straight down lol!

So you could go at any time! Good luck. Oh and also nipple stimulation worked for me!

yeah i heard that too, my mw told me today that where i am now is really good n that fully engaged isnt always till labour is in full swing..

Mwahahahahahaaa!

I had the accupuncture the day my waters broke because the hossy said I only had 48 hours to have him before they induced me. They do 2 types for birth - one is to help your body to get ready and the other is to bring on labor. I had the latter at about 9am and was having irregular contractions at 3 30pm-ish.
I think they recommend you start with just preparing you body then progress to the actual induction later on.

My accupuncturist (um is that a word?) said it usually takes 2 or 3 sessions for the induction treatment to work. So you might be in for a couple of sessions.

Lol!!
K cool I'm gonna go look into some today n see if they look ok lol yes I'm a chicken :) thanks heaps :)

I'm stalking now to see how you're going :D

lol thats ok :) well ive had alot of BH today so im waiting to see if they eventuate into anything hopefully fingers x'd lol

:crossfingers:

i tried every way possible to bring on labour! haha in the end i was 12 days over due and they were planning on inducing me the next day, but apparently the threat of being induced made him decide to come out naturally, with a very quick 2 hour labout he was here lol.

however, nipple stim did bring on BHs so did the S&S (when i was post dates) but i did try accupressure? i dunno if you've heard of it or tried it but its similar to accupuncture only instead of needles you press certain points with your fingers. i tried it at about 3.30pm and went into labour at 10.45pm and bub was born at 12.48am. couldnt have been the hugest coincidence but it cant hurt.

yeah im looking into a few avenues but ive decided to wait till monday before i try anything as thats when dh starts holidays lol :)
but i did try the nipple stimulation n it made them sore lol like really sensitive is that normal??
im trying little things now but ill save the big ones for monday day :)
im still having heaps of BH so maybe my body is preparing itself we will have to see what happends but i hope it does soon im getting so anxious to see her!!

From the time I was about 2 weeks pg if anyone touched my nipples I wanted to punch them! Seriously like over sensitive to painful, was like that for all 3 pregnancies :D so yep pretty normal, well for some of us anyway lol

You know now that you're waiting for Monday you'll probably go before then :p

Lmao yeah I even feel like hitting myself for touching them :) lol u know wat I HOPE SO!!! I hope Sunday nite I go into labour but knowing my luck.... Nothing will happen :(

Haha I know what you mean even now (I'm still BF) if I or DS brushes a hand against them it's horrible (feeding's fine though)

I'll be stalking stalking stalking! :p

Lol I feel ya! N jus cause willow ur my stalker now lol :) I'll giv u an update I just left the bossy cause I'm blown up like a balloon n my blood presssure is up so I have to go bak tomorrow n if it doesn't change n dependin on my bloods I might have to stay there till I deliver :( not happy lol might hav to start trying to get her out sooner than Monday lol all my plans change every day lmao.... :)

i was reading the other day what a IM had to say about natural induction methods... just leads to frustrating & draining prelabour.

So true.

My suggestion is to just get on with your day to day stuff & try not to think about it. :)

*stalky stalky stalky*

lol @ heva&zacky :)
Yeah efjay thats what i put it down too the more i think about it the more i know nothing will happen.. sad but true n thats anufa thing im worried about is it taking forever thats one thing im not into...

That's no good about your blood pressure! You need to sit back and relax! Let the friendly stalkers do the worrying and be anxious for you :D

Stalk again later :lol:

Lol I wish it was all that easy can't wait to get out of here!!!

Missed the part about the swelling and your BP. Try to rest up, I hope it settles down :(