Confused about engagement levels

I’ve just noticed on my badger notes that my baby is 1/5 engaged. Google images shows that this means he’s fully engaged but seen a lot of posts of people saying they are 4/5 or 5/5 so fully engaged?

Any ideas on which way round is correct?

Pic below from google

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Following this as I’m also confused! My midwife told me last week that my baby was 1/5 engaged and I thought that meant slow progress 🙄

I had to ask my midwife yesterday if he was engaged at all... He's not at all 🙈 he's head down though!

1/5th is very engaged… people who say 5/5ths is fully engaged have just not researched and have no clue what they’re talking about lol. Xx

idk why your midwife has done that but they usually write down how much of the head they can feel. 1/5th means that the midwife can only feel 1/5th of the head above the pelvis which means 4/5ths of it is below it and engaged. You should ask when you go in xx

I learnt this yesterday! My midwife tells me how many fifths ‘palpable’ the baby’s head is, which is how much they can feel above the pelvis. That’s what the Google pic is showing. Engaged is the opposite. Needlessly confusing!

Baby has gone from 4/5 to 3/5 with me which is in line with your image

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