Baby engaged, how long before labor started and baby born?

[Carolinamom4]

I'm having my 4th hopefully soon. Baby is quite low and definitely engaged. Any sense of how much longer just based on that? I do often enough have contractions, but not yet the key ones!

Thanks for your insights in advance!

[MonP'titBoudain]

Well, let's see... ds dropped pretty early, but I can't remember when so that's not very helpful. DD was engaged with lot's of prodromal/ pre-labor activity for about 5 weeks. My mom was engaged and 3 cm dilated with my brither for about 6 weeks before he was born. So, at least for us, it means not very much with regards to timing! Hope it's not too long for you!