At 36th week of your pregnancy, your baby continues to gain the weight. You must know this that the healthy babies are round. This period can be said as the one time process in the life of your baby of putting the weight in pounds.

Many people believe that when the brain of your baby is matured completely then the signal is send to the adrenal glands of the fetus. Then gland starts the secretion of the cotisol hormone, and then this hormone alters the metabolism of hormones such as estrogen and the progesterone, which results in the labor. But many other research have found that the lungs of the fetus secretes signals those indicate that they are now mature, along with this they secrete the enzymes that is responsible for the release of prostaglandins, which is helpful for the cervix ripen and the contraction of the uterus.

Now you must be feeling yourself round and also beautiful. During pregnancy week 36 your uterus is now five and a half inches above your umbilicus. The phenomenon of the uterus and abdomen’s capacity to stretch during the pregnancy is really the great thing. It is a remarkable thing as it takes the period of nine months for the stretching of the uterus from the normal size.

Full term pregnancy may be defined as the gestation between the period of thirty-seventh and fortieth weeks. This means that your baby may arrive any time. In many cases it is seen that woman wants that their baby should come early by the pregnancy week 36. In relation to this, there are many other woman deliver on the exact due date.

Amniotic fluid’s level in your uterus remains constant. It may happen that your baby may swallow a bit amount of amniotic fluid every day during the period of the pregnancy. And this fluid will be removed by your baby in the form of urine. This keeps the balance between swallowed amniotic fluid by your baby and the urine excreted by your baby. If it happens that the balance of the fluid quantity is not maintained in your uterus then there will be increase or decrease of the fluid, and that causes a first polyhydramnios and then oligohydramnios. These types of conditions are seen rare though it is seen affecting near about 8% of the pregnancies. The imbalanced amniotic fluid quantity is more common in the third trimester of the pregnancy maybe particularly during pregnancy week 36. Your physician will measure the level of the amniotic fluid of your baby with the help of ultrasound during your anti natal check-up, to find the imbalance of the volume of amniotic fluid. You must know that swimming is the wonderful thing to do during the period last half of the pregnancy; this can help to give the relief from the pain and the stiffness that you must be experiencing in the last half period of the pregnancy. You must take a hot water tub until the delivery to get rid of her condition of the discomfort.