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ok, this is a possibly stupid question, but...

janice74janice74 member
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Now that my baby is finally head down I can feel him butting my cervix (somewhat painfully sometimes). ?I am fairly sure he hasn't dropped, so if he is already at my cervix, how can he go down further?

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Re: ok, this is a possibly stupid question, but...

  • evhammevhamm
    his head will get firmly 'engaged'/lodged, and then the cervix starts to lower as it effaces so that the trip down the birth canal is 'shorter'...
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  • janice74janice74 member
    hey I said it was possibly stupid, you don't have to one star it, one star loser:)
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  • Pennylane824Pennylane824 member
    imagejanice74:

    Now that my baby is finally head down I can feel him butting my cervix (somewhat painfully sometimes).  I am fairly sure he hasn't dropped, so if he is already at my cervix, how can he go down further?

     

    FWIW... I don't think it was a stupid question. Lots of us wonder things, I have definitely had the same thought.

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  • evhammevhamm

    imagejanice74:
    hey I said it was possibly stupid, you don't have to one star it, one star loser:)

    please don't think that was me - I don't star posts!!!

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  • janice74janice74 member

    imageevhamm:
    his head will get firmly 'engaged'/lodged, and then the cervix starts to lower as it effaces so that the trip down the birth canal is 'shorter'...

    Ok, I I thought maybe it had something to do with effacement, but I haven't seen women say how effaced they were when their baby dropped. (if they even know)

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  • janice74janice74 member
    imageevhamm:

    imagejanice74:
    hey I said it was possibly stupid, you don't have to one star it, one star loser:)

    please don't think that was me - I don't star posts!!!

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    I don't think it was you:) ?I never bother either.?

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  • MrsBro6116MrsBro6116

    I thought this post was helpful. Sometimes I need it in simple terms.

    Soooooo FU 1 star bandit..  Super Angry

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  • kbud9kbud9
    How and why do you star stuff anyway?
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  • GenevievedGenevieved
    He will drop when your cervix starts to thin out, I'm sure if you goggle it you can find pic of the difference.  I saw pics at my birthing class and in the book they gave me.
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  • janice74janice74 member

    imageGenevieved:
    He will drop when your cervix starts to thin out, I'm sure if you goggle it you can find pic of the difference.? I saw pics at my birthing class and in the book they gave me.

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    OOO I must look for these photos. ?I did read that the baby putting pressure on the cervix helps you to efface, so I am hoping that something will start progressing by my next appt. ?LO was sideways and I am figuring that may be why my cervix is still doing nothing.?

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