Hey just a quick question really
Im 33 weeks pregnant and had a midwifes appointment today and she said baby is 5/5ths engaged does this mean ill have the baby early???

Im not sure hun. Kieran was engaged at 36 weeks and was 3 days early. Sorry not much cop to you. xx

i dont think im in labour i was just wondering if it meant i wouldnt reach my due date??

I thought it was backwards, 5/5ths engaged is only just starting to engage 1/5th is fully engaged but I may be getting mixed up.

depends on if she meant 5/5 palapable or 5/engaged, if palpable than that means she can still feel 5 fifths of the head (all of it) so not engaged at all, if the engaged then it means fully engaged, its confusing cos different mws do it the other way to each other...i was also told that usually second babies don't engage at all until labour as the pelvis has already been widened they don't ahve to slowly work their way thru, btu my mw cld've been talking bollocks lol x

I forgot to say DS was still only 3/5ths engaged when I went into labour, he is my 1st.
Why do they make everything so complicated WoW?!!

haha same as miss i, i was 3/5th (not sure which way tho) but he never came down in labour either and just stayed there, which is probably why i only got to 2cm, he wasnt' putting any pressur eon my cervix

i have no idea, i think they just like to confuse us and keep us on our toes, highly annoying tho, they shld have one way and stick to it cos its very frustrating not knowing which way is up, so to speak lol.

been fully engaged since 34 weeks (growth scan confirmed it) and hoped that i wouldnt have to wait too long for baby,

im 41 weeks today and no sign of the little one coming soon!

My son was fully engaged from 37 weeks but went to 40+6 and was induced!
I hope it means your baby is nearly ready to go though hun!! xx

I was almost fully engaged at 34 weeks and even more so 2 weeks later, now so deep can barely feel baby's head at all but nothing. So I don't think it is much of an indication I'm afraid.

A friend of mine was also made to leave work early because baby was so engaged but still ended up having to be induced.

Sorry
40+3

My dd was fully engaged from 36 weeks (so painfull lol) and i went 1 week over xx

not the news i was hoping for lol its so very uncompfortable her head being so low not sure how ill cope with 7 weeks more of this