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Dr. said he could feel baby's head
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Just got back from my doctors appointment. Of course, now I think of questions to ask! He said I was 1 cm dialated and 80% effaced. He also said he could feel her head when he did the exam. I lost my mucus plug this morning. If he could feel her head, does that mean she has dropped? This may be a stupid questions, but could she be coming soon?
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Re: Dr. said he could feel baby's head
She probably has dropped. I would focus more on you effacement and dilation.
My dr. has been feeling baby's head for a few weeks now and keeps telling me any day. I have been sitting at 95% effaced, 3 cm and baby is at a -1 station. I hope "any day" comes soon, i am so ready to have him in my arms.
Good luck to you, hope it means your little girl is on her way soon too.
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Feeling babys head doesn't necessarily mean it could be any day... I only say that because the dr could feel my lo's head and he wasn't even engaged and came a week and a half to 2 wks later. But it can't be a bad thing right?
My NP could feel the baby's head at my internal last week. She said she *might* have even felt hair---although not 100% sure since baby is still in the amniotic sac. So weird! I don't think feeling the head means it's any day now, necessarily. The baby was only at -3 at my exam, and she told me that everything she felt seemed pretty much on track for my due date (June 4).
The way I figure, with how far they have to reach up to examine the cervix, and how little room the baby has left in the uterus it makes sense that they would feel the head pretty easily (as long as baby isn't breach).
Feeling the head doesn't necessarily mean baby has dropped. If they feel it, push on it, and baby doesn't go anywhere, then baby has dropped. If they push on it and baby floats away, then baby is not engaged (has not dropped).
Hope that answers your question. At least that's how my OB explained it to me.