can anybody help me with what my midwife wrote ???

[rhian85]

she put i was 34wks + 5 and 2/5th palp ???

what does that mean ? will baby be early ??

 

[budge]

it means you are measuring 35 weeks and 5 days. And the 2/5th palp i think means your babies head is 2/5th engaged

 

[Jo]

Hiya 34 weeks +5 means what it say plus 5 days

as for palp2/5th i think it means this
Relation of PP to brim
PP (presenting part) refers to the bit of your baby that will arrive first (usually the head). Your midwife will note down how much of your baby's head can be felt above the brim of your pelvis as fifths: 5/5 means that the head is not engaged at all and is often described as being free, whilst 0/5 means that the head is fully engaged (your baby's head has moved into your pelvis ready to be born). So basically the lower the first figure, the more engaged the baby's head. E or Eng means engaged, while NE means not engaged

hope that helped

 

[Keely]

this doesnt mean baby will come early though, baby is just getting ready. Ellis was 2/5 about your stage too... he was only 2 days early xxxx

 

[cassi]

Depends on how the mw writes it sometimes they put the higher the number the more engaged...im 4/5 and i think if the gp was right today he said that he is writing it as 4/5 engaged not 4/5 to go but some mw's write it as 4/5 meaning that much to go...

 

[kellie80]

If shes wrote 2/5 palp i think that means she can't feel 2/5 of babies head, therefore head is 3/5 engaged. I think