Im 34 weeks and my MIL keeps saying baby will drop down soon and i'll feel lighter. Honestly i dont even know what that feels like. For those who've been through it, around which week did it happen for you?
I am waiting for this drop so I can finally breathe again, currently the baby is sitting on my lungs. Everyone says it happens in the last few weeks. Until then I am just waddling around like a penguin.
My doctor said it varies, first pregnancies often drop 2 to 4 weeks before delivery, but it is not a reliable predictor of exactly when labour starts. They call it lightening. She checks the baby's position at each visit in the final weeks.
For first time moms it usually drops a few weeks before labour, around 36 weeks or so. In my second it dropped much later, almost when labour started. You will know because suddenly breathing feels easier but you pee even more, haha.
