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Panicking Pregnancy question
I know I am panicking, but as a first time mother-to-be there are a lot of
things I don't know. I am around 6 1/2 weeks away from the 34 week mark my doc wants me to reach for possible delivery. Up until now, everything has been going very well. But the last couple of days, coworkers have told me that the babies had dropped. I chalked it up to what I was wearing at the moment, but after talking to my husband, he agreed with them. I took a good long look in the mirror, and sure enough, the beach ball I had under my ribs has turned into a tear drop. I was always under the impression that the babies drop right before you go into labor. My doc has been keeping good watch on my cervix and told me that if I went into preterm labor it wouldn't be because it was weakening. I'm worried about what this means, and what is happening to my babies. (I don't have another appointment until Wednesday) What happens when the babies drop? Does my uterus just loose it's firmness? (My stomach still feels hard as a rock). Does the placenta of the top baby just move to a lower position? Does the placenta loosen and detach? I don't feel the babies move constantly, never have so I couldn't tell if one stopped. I just need some reassurance please. -- Thanks, Gayle (EDD 11/11/03 Triplet BBG) |
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The expression "the babies have dropped" to me just means that one baby has
moved into the birth position, head down, in the space in your pelvis. This usually leaves more room for the other babies to move around into a more comfortable position. When I was having my twins, the firstborn twin engaged at 24 weeks. She never moved from there. From 30 weeks on, I felt like she was pressing hard on the cervix and I was quite uncomfortable, feeling like the head was already on the way. I thought that I would be sure to go into labour early because of this, but I lasted the full 40 weeks. The placentas don't move once they are attached. They sometimes appear to move because of the uterus stretching as the baby grows. It is also very unlikely that the placenta would loosen and detatch, though this does happen in very rare cases, but has nothing to do with babies "dropping". Talk to your doc about your fears. Don't worry so much. If you are feeling fine, the chances are that the babies are fine too. Alison "The Huwe Family" wrote in message .com... I know I am panicking, but as a first time mother-to-be there are a lot of things I don't know. I am around 6 1/2 weeks away from the 34 week mark my doc wants me to reach for possible delivery. Up until now, everything has been going very well. But the last couple of days, coworkers have told me that the babies had dropped. I chalked it up to what I was wearing at the moment, but after talking to my husband, he agreed with them. I took a good long look in the mirror, and sure enough, the beach ball I had under my ribs has turned into a tear drop. I was always under the impression that the babies drop right before you go into labor. My doc has been keeping good watch on my cervix and told me that if I went into preterm labor it wouldn't be because it was weakening. I'm worried about what this means, and what is happening to my babies. (I don't have another appointment until Wednesday) What happens when the babies drop? Does my uterus just loose it's firmness? (My stomach still feels hard as a rock). Does the placenta of the top baby just move to a lower position? Does the placenta loosen and detach? I don't feel the babies move constantly, never have so I couldn't tell if one stopped. I just need some reassurance please. -- Thanks, Gayle (EDD 11/11/03 Triplet BBG) |
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Panicking Pregnancy question
I'll echo the other remarks. My singleton daughter "dropped" about 6 weeks
before she was born. It felt sort of like that ache after you landed on the crossbar of your brother's bicycle. Claudia |
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