Why am I carrying my second baby so low?

In a second or third pregnancy and the muscles and ligaments that support the growing womb are a stretched and weakened, and can't hold up the growing womb as well as before. Toward the end of your pregnancy, you may notice that you're carrying lower than before almost overnight.

What does it mean when your baby sits low?

How can you tell if your baby is head down? Baby dropping is when a baby's head moves lower down into the pelvis ready for labor. It usually happens towards the end of the third trimester of pregnancy. Also called lightening, baby dropping is a sign that a baby is nearly ready to be born.