Baby engaged?

How can you tell if the baby has engaged? DS was breech and never engaged so I'm not sure.

In the last couple of days I have needed to pee even more than usual, and it feels like there is a lot of pressure down really low.

I had a 'general ache' down there esp in my thighs and a lot of pressure on my hips. I also felt like I had to support the bottom of my bump or she'd fall out but - definite waddle. I never had to pee more whilst pregnant though. Easier to breathe a bit too.

DS was engaged at 35 weeks but I never noticed any changes. He carried quite low from the start of the pregnancy, so perhaps thats why I didnt notice anything different.

TheKelly wrote: also, second babies often don't engage until right before labour.

I thought this too, but apparently if your first baby was breech and never engaged, then the second baby usually behaves more like a first baby and will engage early.

I think baby must be engaged, today my pelvis feels so heavy and full, and achey. And when I sit down it feels like the babys head is pressing right on my cervix.

After my specialist appointment the other day I got told baby was starting to engage, and lately I have been feeling very sore in the pelvis, very achey like I did a marathon workout or rode a bike or something, and have been waddling a lot more, sitting with legs way apart, peeing even more if that's possible, and just feeling that pressure like you mention.

So I'd say it's quite possibly that :)

ETA baby has gotten a lot lower and sometimes when I sit up too fast it feels all constricted, like he's a bit lower and I'm bending in to him if that makes sense. I find it very hard to sit up from lying down in bed

Edited by mrsh101