36 weeks

wow! only a month left! that seems too weird to me! everyone says the last little bit takes forever! but overall it has gone by so fast to me! but in a good way! we have had just the right amount of time to get our nursery as much ready as we can prior to our baby shower! we put up some frames and shelves on the wall, and got everything put exactly where we think it will be for now! we put the bassinet in our bedroom, and the swing downstairs in the living room! i was reading that its best to prepare your animals before the baby comes with all the new toys, furniture, and rules that would be set! we have been pushovers when it comes to our dogs! we have let them on the bed and couches! not the most convenient when we have company over that are not dog lovers, or have pet allergies! but non the less, this worked for us! considering we dont have a ton of friends, haha! but now is the time if any, that we can buckle down on them! its hard on me because i love to cuddle with my pets! they are so affectionate and loving and this month will be hard having to tell them NO all the time! but i understand they wont be number one once i lay eyes on my own flesh and blood baby doll! so i got the dogs a bed from costo that we love! only $19! they love it so far! they dont like that they cant be with us on the bed or couches, but they are learning really fast, and we are trying our best to show them just as much love coming down to their floor level! hopefully by the time baby comes they will have it down so we wont have to spend as much time teaching, because i know we will have our hands full! i dont know if i can brake my cat of these things though! he is pretty stubborn, but he doesnt really ever get on the couch cushions, and only lays on the bed sometimes, but doesnt ever really like to be by anyone! so we will see how he does with the baby! he loves to go outside so i can always just put him out there if he is bothering me! anyways! everything else is good! im excited for my mom to be here in just a couple weeks! hope you all are enjoying your weekend!



How your baby's growing at 36 weeks:
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.