To ask you how far off labour was when your bump dropped

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I know with your first baby it can be weeks between baby dropping and engaging into the pelvis and actual labour, but all literature I've come across states that with each subsequent baby the labour is much more imminent when the visible and physical signs of "dropping" occurs. This is DC3 for me but I'm only 33 weeks and DEFINITELY dropped last night. Waddling around with what feels like a bowling ball pressing on my pelvic bones and peeing little dribbles every five minutes!

So, if you can remember, how long was it for you with births that weren't your first? I don't even have a hospital bag packed!
For context, I've already been in with significant and tracked braxton hicks on the monitor which were coming every four minutes but thankfully doing nothing. The fibronecitin test showed no labour due for at least two weeks. Conveniently, I'm a day over the two weeks

I didn't notice mine did that. It was certainly getting lower over the last few weeks but never had "the drop"

I feel like mine didn't drop until I was already on gas and air for the contractions.

Mine dropped as I left ds's nursery christmas carol concert. So at around 3pm.
Dd was born just over 9 hours later.

Oh he's dropped for sure this one, I'm walking like a penguin with something stuck up its bum just since today. It's such a dramatic change in how my entire body feels. I'm hoping to reach 36 weeks at least but everything is pointing the other way which is far from ideal

Typically with a second or subsequent baby, lightening ("dropping") occurs during labour itself.

While 33 weeks isn't great for a baby to be born, it's late enough that the baby's chances of survival are likely to be much greater. Sometimes only about 2 weeks in SCBU/NICU is required.

Is it okay if I ask how your due date was calculated? I've seen due dates differ by up to 3 weeks when they were calculated both by the mother's last period and by scan.

I had fertility treatment, so dates are pretty accurate

The head won't necessarily stay engaged - you may find your baby moves up again. It's worth mentioning to your MW, given that you're still some way off term. But the MW will probably just say 'wait & see'.

I didn't notice a drop of any kind!

The only one I dropped with was Dc3. This was when I had arm to induce labour dropped immediately and the waddle finally came. I was overdue at this point. Didn't notice any dropping with the other two pregnancies.

Sorry didn't answer your question. Labour started about two hours after the drop. Keep a close eye on things.

I'd say 2-3 weeks

No drop in either!

Silently hoping that he's just lying funny today

I'm 35 weeks now and felt the drop on Friday. Its only my second but I remember feeling this same way close to the birth of my first child. He came early, at 38 weeks my waters broke.

When my waters went at 9cm dilated

I felt like mine was low most of the last few months. People at work were commenting on how I’d dropped.

The only one I had a really noticeable drop with was my 4th child, who was born about a week later.

Mine dropped at 31+5. I commented to a friend that I suddenly looked pregnant and it felt like my vagina was going to fall out of my body, was such a weird sensation. She asked if it meant I was going into labour. I laughed and said I had months yet. Waters broke 24 hours layers, DS born four hours after that.

@Rtmhwales how was baby, what with being born so early?