Why can I hardly move around all of a sudden?

[Emz2019]

My baby is due next week and Iv been experiencing pre labour signs for 7 days now but since yesterday Iv noticed I can barely walk! You see those pregnant people who waddle, well I feel like I’m walking like that! I have to kind of lean back and throw my legs! Is this normal at the very end?

Yup. I've been ok with this pregnancy (39+4) but with my first a week before I had him I felt something shift. I was out walking with my mum at the time and had to sit on a random persons doorstep as I just couldn't walk any further. She had to go fetch the car.
Rest of the well I struggled to get further than the kitchen.

Take it easy if you can and don't worry. Baby is just settling into place.

Not normal but it is common if that makes sense. It could be pelvic girdle pain or SPD. The good news is that if it is that it doesn't generally affect the baby or delivery - some say delivery is easier if you have it. The pain is likely to go when you have the baby but without good physio etc it can come earlier and more severe in subsequent pregnancies. I would ring your midwife and describe the pain (in case it is something else), rest, don't do house work, walk very far etc. Anything which makes it worse avoid doing.

Are you in pain? If not I think it is baby getting into position ('engaged') as Grumpy said. It's more likely to happen in advance of labour in your first pregnancy.

No not pain maybe a little achy? But it doesn’t hurt to walk it’s just hard and I’m really slow all of a sudden

Then probably not PGP/SPD but baby engaging. The head in your pelvis makes it harder for your pelvis to flex as you walk. Fingers crossed not long to go for you now! xx

Hopefully this baby shopping spree brings him on