36 weeks! 4 weeks to go!

Well, I'm 36 weeks today. 1 more week until baby is full term. I'm getting frequent Braxton Hicks contractions.. so maybe baby will come sooner than the 27th. My ultrasound last week said that the gestational age (based on ultrasound) was close to 37 weeks (and I was almost 35 weeks at the time).. so maybe he will come soon! I really hope so.

I'm just so tired and cranky lately. I'm ready to have this baby!!

According to babycenter.com:
Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds and is more than 18 1/2 inches long (about the size of a head of romaine lettuce). He's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected his skin during his 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 his 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 he's in a head-down position. But if he 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 him from the outside of your belly.

Baby is as big as a honeydew melon!

How far along?     36 weeks
Total weight gain:   ~39 lbs

Maternity clothes?   maternity pants and tops.
Sleep:     getting worse lately.. waking up 2-4 times per night.. just overheated!
Miss Anything?      just being able to do things I used to be able to do without struggling! Can't really bend over anymore... and I literally have to "roll" out of bed in the morning.
Movement:    All the time. It hurts sometimes when baby pokes me in the ribs & pelvis.
Food cravings: I always want sweets.. don't know if I'd call it a craving, though.
Anything making you queasy or sick:  nope!
Labor Signs:   no "real" labor signs yet, but I'm having frequent Braxton Hicks contractions
Symptoms:    heartburn, ankle swelling, exhaustion, backache, occasional round ligament pain, right knee numbness/nerve problems, sharp pains in my pelvis (baby is pressing his head on my cervix?)
Belly Button in or out?   in...but it's getting smaller!
Wedding rings on or off?   on.. my wedding ring is too big for me anyway. I have a plastic sizer thing on it but it's leaving a little dent in my finger
Happy or Moody most of the time:   a bit irritable
Looking forward to:     finishing the nursery, starting my maternity leave! (that can't come soon enough) oh.. and having this baby!!