Wow...you are carrying high....

letzgoracing81

Anyone else hearing this comment.  I KNOW he is high....my little monkey if forever trying to crawl up under my ribs!

This is the third time I have heard this comment.  The doctor has never said a word about it, but now I am wondering....

I assume (in theory) he will drop before the birth?

82Sonia

He'll drop eventually.  I've been carrying really high this whole pregnancy and she's still sitting right up there, playing my ribs like a harp with her feet all day long. 

kenna_4

My DD never dropped. I remember thinking when I was just about to start pushing "wow I can breathe" as she finally wasn't in my ribs. She was out 3 pushes later.

sammich078

Eventually he'll drop, yes. From what I've read this usually happens before labor starts for FTMs. For me it feels like (and looks like, when I look at my weekly bump pictures) he's been descending very gradually. His head is down but still not engaged at 38 weeks for me though.

Angela814

I've carried high 3 times and have never dropped. I only went into labor with DD1, but she was so long that even though I pushed for a while before my cervix started closing, she was still super high when they did my c/s and pulled her out. I remember the huge relief in pressure from my ribs. She was 22" and I'm only 5'4". I'm not sure she had any room to drop. 

mommysangels

No, you shouldn't be concerned at all. He's cuddling, lol. He wants to be by mommy's heart right now and when he's ready he will drop to be delivered. Mine is breech so I know the feeling and the comments of how I'm having a girl. Yeah except there were boy parts, lol. Good luck, we are almost there!

jenny1980

I carried high with DD and she never dropped until it was time to push. I am carrying this one high as well. Hello, heart burn LOL.

nyki06

I didn't really notice the "drop" everyone talks about with my first. She must have dropped though because she eventually came out of my vagina. 

amykins1283

I get comments about how low I am carrying.  When I was in L&D this weekend for contractions the nurse commented on it while attempting to try and find his heartbeat with the monitor.  They practically had to strap the thing to my crotch, LOL. 

He should drop before birth if all goes according to plan. 

InkedMegs

I keep getting, "You're carrying low."  I feel like I'm high.  Who knows.  Baby will drop when it's time.

MrsWindyCity

I carried high with my first and am again this time. DS didn't drop till I was in very late active labor, and just a bit. I got to the hospital at 10cm and he was still at 0 station (which was a drop from where he was, but still), so he didn't fully "drop" till I was pushing.

dande2129

nyki06:

I didn't really notice the "drop" everyone talks about with my first. She must have dropped though because she eventually came out of my vagina. 

This is also true for me.

DS was always stretching into my ribs too. People would tell me, "Oh, it looks like you dropped!" And I was always just like, "Okay. Whatever. Anyway." because I never noticed a difference. 

Trish&Pete07

I carried DD1 very high the whole time. She never dropped. Even once I was in active labour. The dr didn't want my waters to break because her head wasn't on my cervix and they were worried her umbilical cord could slip between and pinch. After a long labour she was delivered vaginally at 8lbs 8oz, perfectly fine

Runaway22

I wish I could tell. I am too short-waisted to be carrying "high" or "low," I think. However, I do think it goes out, then sags a bit at the end... like the fat Buddha. :X

Spacebunny19

He'll drop in his own time.  DD#1 dropped kinda early but they each do it in their own time.  You have weeks to go yet for him to make the trip.

dclsboo235

Yup. I like to ignore those comments or reply with a yeah the heartburns killing me. He will drop eventually!

TMWarren85

I get that too- I carried the same way with DD and everyone kept saying "you're having a girl because you're carrying high" (I was carrying EVERYWHERE if you know what I mean...) Well, DS is a ball in my ribs and I can't breathe half the time and look silly when I wear yoga pants and a fitted shirt because there's such a drastic difference from my belly to where he will eventually have to drop to. And everyone keeps saying "It's a girl" and we know without a shadow of doubt it's a boy...

My OB told me that you carry low your second time because your muscles are stretched out but I spent years doing core exercises between kids so I'm wondering if that has anything to do with  him being so high? Maybe if you've got abs that don't stretch as much you carry higher?

Who knows- I remember when DD finally dropped around 38 weeks I was so uncomfortable walking, sitting- pretty much doing anything that I was wishing she was back in my ribs. 

abritta34

I'm 39 weeks and still carrying my son pretty high My ob (like yours) doesn't seem concerned and has actually commented that he is in good position for delivery.

I know it's hard to hear. I heard it through out allllll my weeks in the 30's. This is my first pregnancy and I feel like we pregos become public property for people and their comments. I've had some comments delight me, others frighten me and others just straight up piss me off.

I try to focus on what the ob says. I've done some pelvic exercises on the ball to help him down also with success!

Hope this helps

xo

IncogNeato

nyki06:

I didn't really notice the "drop" everyone talks about with my first. She must have dropped though because she eventually came out of my vagina. 

I LOLed. Thanks for that!

laurenbell09

I have the opposite remarks. "WOW.. you're carrying really low, you aren't going to make it until your due date...."