What does this mean?

[flaxen]

My midwife came to the farm today to check me again as Im not well, and said that baby is almost 2/5ths engaged.

To be fair I am finding it quite uncomfortable to sit in a kitchen chair and feel lots of pressure at the back ( like I need to go to the toilet but as I have hardly eaten in almost a week I know I dont need to do ) and when I go for a wee and wipe any pressure is sore.

I also found it quite uncomfortable walking round the few shops I needed to go to and kept getting sharp pains ( had one in superdrug and it almost floored me ).

Im confused as to whether this is normal? Thanks for your help.

 

[nikki8092]

Think its probably baby dropping and engaging hun. Cant remember with my 1st what it was like but with jake i remember feeling heavy down there and hurt to walk around x

 

[Hunnie]

I also think its just all the added pressure causing the discomfort

 

[star fish]

I saw my mnidwife 2 weeks ago and she said the head was 4/5th engaged, this week she said it had moved down a little more and was now 3/5 engaged. So I'm guessing that 2/5th engaged is even closer still to a birth position?

 

[kerry5a]

It's what % of the baby head that can be felt above the pelvic bone so in your case only 2 5th's can be felt meanings baby has moved right down x