Engaging Baby in Labor

Engagement of the baby into the pelvic inlet (brim) is important because to fit through the pelvis, baby has to get into the pelvis first. Engagement is when the widest part of baby's head enters the true brim of the pelvis.




Figure 1. Diagram depicting the fetal head
immediately prior to engagement. The straight black arrow depicts the
scanning plane at the level of the pelvic inlet,

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Unraveling the mystery of non-engagement

Dear Gail, "I loved your new video on exercises for optimal fetal positioning!

I finally got my second baby into the right position but alas, he did not
engage and I did not go into labour which resulted in an elective
section at 42 weeks.

I had a previous cesarean when my waters broke without contractions. My first baby didn't
engage despite being induced.  I'm now wondering if there is

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