I’m really worried about my sister’s pregnancy. She’s been high risk all along, she’s 45 and she’s got quite a few complications so she is monitored regularly (lots of scans).
She messaged me just now to say that she feels the baby has dropped lower (she’s almost 36 weeks) and that she can now bend over to do her shoelaces up without a problem. She says the baby is moving but stretching more than kicking. She also said she can’t see her belly button anymore but could previously.
I don’t want to worry her unnecessarily but I watched a TikTok video the other day which mentioned one of the signs of a still birth was that she felt able to bend down and put her shoes on without the previous restriction. She could still feel ‘movement’ but it was actually the baby floating around in the water inside her. It could just be that he’s dropped ready for labour. It might be nothing at all.
Would you mention it or not?
Of course I’d feel terrible if something happened but equally I don’t want to seem like I’m making a huge deal out of something that’s nothing.
Has anyone else had these signs late into their pregnancy and it was all fine?