how do you know if your baby has dropped into the birth canal?

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I’m 35+1 and I usually bounce on my exercise ball about a 1 hour a day I started Thursday and even before then I’ve been peeing a lot like every 30 mins and having real bad cramps/Braxton Hicks and back pain after I get off the ball im a first time mom and just wanna know what this means?

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My baby currently head down and in pelvic area. I had a suspicion when walking got difficult,  lots of pressure on lady bits, I find sitting hard. Sometimes have that lightening crotch feeling. Suspicion was confirmed when I had us he was indeed downstairs

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My lower part of my stomach has soften and I just saw my Ob Friday he said the baby has dropped into the birth canal. I feel kicks much lower and there is no longer a foot in my ribs 😂 my baby is VERY low doctor said to start walking to get my cervix opening. I’m 38 weeks Tuesday

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You can usually tell by your baby bump dropping lower. Also you may feel less heartburn or struggle breathing less of you had those problems at all. It’s happened at about 37 weeks with both my babies.

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If you have a short torso then you may not be able to tell if baby dropped or not but you can definitely feel the difference when baby does. I don’t have a short torso or a long torso I’m kind of in between but I definitely can tell baby has dropped.

how do you know if your baby has dropped into the birth canal?

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