3rd trimester questions?

When the baby drops you'll feel tons of pressure and maybe pains. I was in TONS of pain, not to mention having a flu on top of it REALLY helped lol. But, it just feels like your sides and muscles are sooo stretched, at least for me. Everyone is different. But, my baby dropped at 38 weeks. Lots of mommy's have a smooth third trimester, my last 3 weeks of being pregnant were hell. I delivered at 40w3d, natural.