Did you have to ask...

for your doc/midwife to check if bubs was engaged/engaging? I have my 36wk checkup tomorrow n just wondering if I should ask or if they do it as routine sometime???

My dr told me when i was... i never thought to ask!

My midwife checked that routinely.

Checked from about 28w onwards. I didn't have to ask, but only once was I asked if it was OK to check it.

I had ask as my neither of my dr said much about that

i didn't have to ask, i was told.

Hmmm they check my fundal height but have never mentioned engagement...I think I will ask tomorrow. Thnx girls!

I read it on my card the first time. If they don't tell me I ask them.

I asked from about 36 weeks and the time I didn't my OBS told me bubs was engaged.

i think the only way the can truly tell if bubs is engaged is via an internal.. can someone confirm this??? Alan??

I think they would be able to get a pretty good idea of whether bubs is decending into your pelvis without an internal? I asked yesterday, hadnt been offered, so just ask each time you visit and they should have no trouble telling you.

when does this start happening?? ie when shoud i ask the question???

Im nearly 32wks and my dr said she is nto too fussed for now about bubs possy - she will start looking at that when I hit 36wks.

I had to ask, my midwives and dr's never thought to tell me!!

pregpan, ask anytime if you are curious like me, otherwise later down the track as the the baby will continue to change positions, even right up to labour in some cases, and you will be told, like I was too, that it's too early to be concerned.

I only asked as my baby turned from the breech position at 28wks, and I am becoming aware of movements in my pelvis now, not just my belly. (and because of the curiousity of course!). I get the feeling sometimes that he wriggles his way in the right direction, then changes his mind and wriggles back! It reminds me of the wombat on the RSPCA ads!

My baby was posterior yesterday, his head was pointing towards my left hip and he was moving throughout the examination, as usual. Cheeky little man of mine. I'm having an ultrasound tomorrow so it'll be interesting to see for myself what possie he's in then.

My OB always tells me what position bub is in. But if they don't say anything I would definitely ask.

Do you have a card that you take with you each week that they fill out? The midwives didn't tell me, but they always wrote it on the card. (Once I asked SIL what it all meant, it was great, LOL)
They always checked Natalie's engagement by feeling for her head just above my pelvis - they press quite hard...

i have never asked, and never been told.
I have been told by some peoples that sometimes the baby can be more engaged, and then the next week, be less engaged, so i take it that my obs figures its not a completly necessary thing.
he does U/s every visit, and fundal measurement etc. And from that, he tells me that the baby is positioned perfectly, says i couldnt ask for anything better. And, i am happy with that.

my midwife appts are every 2 wks. 25/05 bub had its head down ready to go, then the following fortnight 8/06, its head was under my ribs. Every appt the midwife does the whole find the baby thing, external palpatation I think its called, and they tell me. Where will it be this next appt on friday?

miy midwives/GP checked, but it was never written on my card.
At my 39 weeks checkup they said 'it could be any day now' (i was induced at 41w+2) so I took that to mean bubs was engaged.

i had to ask at 38 weeks as no one had said anything to me - perhaps nothing much at happened by the stage??