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Head not engaged.
Hello, i m 39 weeks pregnant. Doc said still baby head not dropped in pelvic region. ( first pregnancy, cephalic presentation, pelvis adequate). Wat could be the reason for head not coming to pelvis region?
Is normal delivery possible?
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Your age is 39. So although pelvis adequate may be not flexible enough ,,, many times engagement of head happens when labour pain start .
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Head not being engaged into the pelvis before the onset of labor is not uncommon.reasons might be -
Cephalopelvic disproportion
Big size baby
Pelvis architecture
High position of head
So should wait for onset of labor and with good contractions engagement might occur along with progress of labor
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Asynclitism or extended neck is a possibility of presenting part not entering pelvis in an adequate pelvis.
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When the labour pain starts with head can get fixed and start to deliver so there's nothing to be worried about normal delivery when you have a previous normal delivery
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Dr. Pratibha Aggarwal
Gynecologist
32 yrs exp
Chennai
Hi. Since this is your first preg you can wait till labour . Your doc will decide at that time .
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Dr. Prafulla Chaudhari
Gynecologist
4 yrs exp
Thane
It's your second pregnancy.. Mostly in multipara head gets engaged when labor starts.. Nothing to worry at present wait till 40 wks.
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