36 weeks

Here is our baby at 36 weeks. Note that the baby is sucking its left thumb, then has one of its feet by its eye, then its right hand in a fist above the foot.

The baby is still in the Frank Breech position, so that means a C-section for us. Baby has also been getting some raging cases of hiccups lately, and even though Jon and I have explained that it would have fewer hiccups if it just turned upside down, baby is not in the mood to flip.

I wonder if the baby will sleep like this once its born. And, when cuddling into the "fetal position" will our child stick its feet in its face?

Baby weighs 6 lbs and 5 ounces, so its very much on track even though the baby will be making an early arrival.

Here is what's going on developmentally, according to babycenter. com:

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) (or in Baby Ladewig's case, 6lbs, 5 oz) 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.)