Could the baby have dropped???

[RainCoastMama]

I wrote in another post that in a day or two, NOTHING fits me anymore and I feel like I've had a huge growth spurt or something. My belly seems to be sitting lower...is it possible that the baby's dropped already?? Am I too early? Am I just getting fat?? :LOL

[Slackermom]

I swear my baby dropped a couple of weeks ago. I was already carrying low, and one day at work felt an enormous flipping sensation, and suddenly my belly was a completely different shape and size. I now feel like I've got a watermelon sitting in my lap, and when I walk/waddle, I feel like it's going to fall out.

DD didn't drop until a couple weeks before she was born, but I have no abdominal tone anymore...

[cynotgirl]

I have a dr. appt. today and was condsidering asking her if everything is okay! This baby is sooo loooow, it's amazing. THis is my first, so I'm not experienced otherwise, but it just seems odd!! I have my friends feel the "void" at the top of my belly, you can push in and it feels like there's nothing there, but then down low there she is! Crazy!

My grandmother had a fit and was convinced I had dropped and I should go to the hospital righta way. HA!

It gets uncomfortable sometimes, like she's "pushing" down... I nudge her up a little, trying to get her to move!

[PicnicBear]

cyno-girl -- hmm, I think I have something similar -- the baby seems lower and like the top part of him/her is the butt which is at about the level of my navel. Now the area right above my pubil "line" or where the hair starts is now protruding more. This is my first, too. I feel more arms(?) down there. I'm pretty sure it's not breech since the hearbeat and hiccups happen down there and I think I feel the but at the top and the back on the left. I don't feel any "pushing" like you do , though. I am intereted to hear what your doctor says and will let you know what my MW says tomorrow.

It does seem similar to what the PPs said, but since these are our firsts I guess I didn't expect it. Maybe we are just growing overall.

[HoneyTree]

What do hiccups feel like?

Whoops... sorry. This was supposed to be its own post (but inspired by a comment above!).

[cjbeach]

Ugh. I'm so there with you. I have soooooooo much bladder pressure. I'll be 31 weeks tomorrow and considering the fact that my other 2 kiddos came at 36 weeks my MW and I have had the talk about how early I will go possibly this time. With my DD I started to dilate EARLY. I walked around fromo 32-36 weeks at 4 cm. It was awful. This is also the child that popped her head out when I standing over the bed with my chest on the birth ball. I have to admit I'm feeling much the same way now. I have incredible bladder pressure constantly. I'm always in fear that I'm going to stand up and my Bag of water is going to start leaking (this happened with DS).

[Slackermom]

Originally Posted by cjbeach

I have incredible bladder pressure constantly. I'm always in fear that I'm going to stand up and my Bag of water is going to start leaking (this happened with DS).

That's how I feel. I feel like something is going to explode out of my pelvis.

With DD, she was up high, and I was always feeling like I had little feet stuck in my lungs and couldn't breathe. At least I can breathe this time, I guess!

[gonnabeamom]

If you do pelvic tilts on hands and knees, you can sometimes get a little relief from the pressure. It will encourage the baby to come up a little.

[averymybaby]

OH geez, I must me growing a long'un, because I've got feet in my ribs AND a head about to pop out of my vagina.

[spughy]

My poor babe just has no room I am short and my torso is short even for my height - my legs are the same length as a friend who is 4 inches taller than me. So wee Blobby is squished right in, I can feel her head down low against my hip bone and her feet can actually make my boobs jiggle when she kicks (and YES I'm wearing a bra!) Oh, and my ribs hurt like hell too. I just can't see that she'd have anywhere to drop TO.

Honestly, I have no idea how she's still going to fit in there in 2 months. Maybe some of my internal organs will leak out and make room. I don't really need a liver all the time, do I?