Doctors measure head engagement to determine how far into your pelvis your baby has settled. There are 2 methods for measuring fetal station. One is -5 to +5 and another is -3 to +3.

The fetus survived despite 6 h of a venous rupture because of the tamponade effect from fetal head engagement. Defects in the vessel wall architecture were revealed by histopathologic ...

Evidence-based recommendations on insertion of a balloon device to disimpact an engaged fetal head before an emergency caesarean section. June 2023: A more recent publication on this topic (IPG744) ...