{"id":404,"date":"2007-12-22T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2007-12-22T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/22\/the-belly-dropped\/"},"modified":"2007-12-22T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2007-12-22T18:06:29","slug":"the-belly-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/22\/the-belly-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"The Belly Dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>4:43pm It doesn\u2019t mean anything specific just yet, but Brenda has reported that her belly has dropped. This normally happens a few weeks before delivery, however it\u2019s different between every woman, and every pregnancy. For some women the baby doesn\u2019t drop until delivery, so really it\u2019s anywhere from a few weeks to a few hours. And still other woman report never noticing a drop at all.<br \/>\nSo what does it mean here? 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