Last time Claire saw the midwife, she said that Jack’s head was no longer engaged – A baby's head becomes engaged when it moves down into the pelvic cavity usually a few weeks before birth with first babies.
Apparently, it wasn’t really a problem then, but the midwife wanted to come out again to check after 4 or 5 days just to check again. If the baby’s head wasn’t engaged when Claire’s waters break, we were instructed to make sure that the midwife at Hinchingbrooke hospital sees Claire, as the cord could come first which is dangerous.
After a bit of a cock-up (on her behalf!), the midwife eventually came over to the house the other day to check Claire’s belly out again.
Claire said she wiggled, jiggled and bounced around her belly a bit and she thinks now that Jack’s head is ‘slightly engaged’ now, which is a good thing.
This doesn’t mean that the baby is ready to come out yet. (Much to everyone’s dismay at work so far of course, as they’re dropping off the sweepstake list as each day goes by!)
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