Week 36!

How your baby's growing:
Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.

At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position. But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.

How far along? 36 weeks -- only 28 days!
Maternity clothes? Of course:0)
Stretch marks? Nope, please stay this way!
Sleep: I think I have insomnia....I wake up either really early (like 3:00 am) or at midnight. I just can't get back to sleep.
Best moment this week: I had two showers!! Adam being the most awesome hubby in the world, surprise me with a few of my friends/his friends at The Willows. It was good friend and food:-) My work had a shower for me today...we played games, ate cake and opened lots of gifts. It really felt like a shower and I am so thankful for all the kind people I have meet since I've moved here. My mom and Kirsten also were though me a sort of shower via an announcement. It was super cute with a picture of me on the front and a little saying in the card.
Movement: Lots of twists and turns..oh and the occasional hiccup.
Food cravings: I think my belly is shrinking since I can eat a big meal anymore....I guess that is a good thing since it may help to decrease the amount of salt intake...thus the swelling.
Gender: At my first shower, someone just assumed I was having a girl, so I have lots of little girl clothes. I am going to keep them until the big day.
Labor Signs: Nope, but I still having lightening crotch if anyone cares to really know..LOL!!
Belly Button in or out? It is still depending on where the baby is situated in my belly depends if my belly button is an innie or outie.
What I miss: Wearing shoes...even my slippers are getting too small. I guess the right ankle sprain is not helping with the swelling. Can you believe that I sprained my right foot?!?
What I am looking forward to: Meeting Baby Winter to find out if he/she is a boy or a girl.
Weekly Wisdom: Enjoy everyday...I am so excited to meet Baby Winter, but I think a part of me may be sad that I won't be pregnant anymore. I have loved each and every moment so far.

Week 36 picture - on my way to my work shower. Look at that bloat! I look miserable...:-(