lots of pelvic pressure...has he dropped already?!

[Sunkissed19]

i have been up walking around the last few days out and about doing things and ive noticed that its been getting quite uncomfortable to walk for long periods of time...like i want to walk with my legs widely spread lol. today i have so much pressure down there that it feels like the baby might even being pushing down against my cervix but im really unaware what that would feel like....it just feels like more weight down there and my vagina is quite sore. it also hurts between my legs like where your girlie parts connect to your legs feels almost bruised...kind of like ive been riding a horse for 2 weeks straight lol. i have noticed myself peeing a lot more frequently and i am getting pee out but it seems that the feeling of havting to pee never really goes away even though i know ive emptied my bladder completely. my lower back and my butt are really sore...it honestly feels like ive been hiking around for miles and i havent done anything out of the usual. i have an ob appointment on thursday but do i need to get checked before then? id hate to go in for something silly  like "the baby just gained weight and he's heavier now so it hurts more" or whatever. the baby has been settled into the head down position since 26 weeks and he hasnt moved from there at all the ultrasounds between then and now. do u think he might engage himself sooner because he went head down so soon? maybe im just finally getting really sore from his head rubbing down there for so long? i feel like i want to hold my vagina when i walk around LOL. this seems like a ridiculous question i know but try to help if you can...thanks! oh and im 31 weeks 4 days now.

[faye83]

I think your baby might have dropped...all of what you describe is what im feeling right now and have been feeling for the last few weeks and my midwife told me my baby is already in position and continually dropping

[Sunkissed19]

oh and i meant to add that i really think he has dropped because the bulge from his head looks quite a lot lower to me now and i cant bend fully at the hips when sitting up because it pinches really bad in the cervix area...like his head is preventing me from bending there or something. i have to roll out of bed or squat to pick up things or i get pinched real bad ouch! and that just started happening like 3 days ago.

[Sunkissed19]

Thanks...man sometimes being pregnant is rough! and you can CUPCAKE all you want girlfriend because i had cake cake cake at my shower! and it was soooo good! mmm! lol the shower went well it was pretty fun although i did feel like i needed a stiff drink afterwards (mostly joking) because df's family tends to stress me out. uptight is a good way to describe them! theyre nice people just very different from my own family and a little on the judgemental side....okay....a lot on the judgemental side LOL. I thought it would all be really fun and exciting but to be honest i didnt really like allllll that attention right on me like i thought i would. because now i sort of have major anxiety that the baby is coming weather i like it or not and i cant stop it or slow it down and i have so many things to organize and i dont feel like i have enough time to mentally prepare myself for actually becoming a mother in 60 days! we did get quite a bit of stuff though...only a few things that are actually useful lol but my next shower is on sunday and thats at my mom's with all my family so it should be waaaay more relaxed thank goodness.

[ammanda]

Yea Im 30 weeks 4 days right now and it feels the same way for me.  Its like i can never not feel like I dont have to pee any more, and sometimes theres so much pressure down there I wanna cry.  Hang in there its almost over.. I know Im about ready!!!!

[Ashelen]

oh and I meant to add he probably HAS dropped...Kahlan dropped at about 32wks and the pressure was incredible I kept feeling like he was going to fall out of my vagina...lol, anyway, dropping and engaging are a bit different so don't stress.

by the way...CUPCAKE!!! How did your shower go??

[Ashelen]

Nah I'm only 20wks and I get a lot of pressure and soreness if I'm walking about too much...you're just helping him align in the pelvis but he won't engage until he's ready. I would recommend sitting down and putting your feet up a little on pillows, or better yet get on your hands and knees and rock back and forth slowly..it'll help resettle him in your tummy. He can be dropped without being able to "engage" so I wouldn't stress about it too much.

he probably is pressing on your cervix and yes it is uncomfortable..it only gets worse from here, lol...baby will be gaining lots of weight in the next 9wks and it'll hurt more :(...lol hang in there and try those positions and that stretch and see if it helps, but if the pressure gets to be too much they can always check to make sure.