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Baby Dropping (Lightening)
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Hey Everyone!
I'm a FTM here and 37 weeks. My little girl is so high still, causing me terrible heartburn and shortness of breath. I was reading up on when they drop and it said 2-4 weeks before birth, so technically, she should be dropping sometime this week right? Do all babies drop in FTM, I read that seconds and thirds don't, but do the firsts? Also, does it happen in like a day, or over the course of a few days? Does this mean that I am going to go past my due date? I am so ready to either end the heartburn with the dropping or have her out altogether, it's the worst! TIA!
I'm a FTM here and 37 weeks. My little girl is so high still, causing me terrible heartburn and shortness of breath. I was reading up on when they drop and it said 2-4 weeks before birth, so technically, she should be dropping sometime this week right? Do all babies drop in FTM, I read that seconds and thirds don't, but do the firsts? Also, does it happen in like a day, or over the course of a few days? Does this mean that I am going to go past my due date? I am so ready to either end the heartburn with the dropping or have her out altogether, it's the worst! TIA!
Re: Baby Dropping (Lightening)
Your baby might drop, might not. Either way doesn't mean you will go past your date.
And, sorry, but once they drop you trade one set of discomforts for a whole other set. In addition to probably still having heartburn, you have the feeling of carrying a bowling ball in your pelvis, and if baby starts to headbutt you, or move their head around for any reason, it's really uncomfortable.
You will be able to breathe better, tho. And you're in the home stretch. Congratulations on the upcoming birth of your daughter.