Week 35 Belly Pic

I feel like my belly has really grown these last two weeks!  I received another comment from a stranger the other day, so maybe it's not just my imagination:

According to my scale, I think I've hit the 30-pound mark.  How can Otto possibly be measuring small when I've gained so much weight?!

Other developments:  in the last week or so, I've developed a pretty bad pain in my rib cage.  I'm not sure what it is (the ultrasound last week confirmed that it can't possibly be one of Otto's limbs kicking or punching me), but it's agonizing at times, particularly at night.  And, like most pregnant women, my back has been bothering me.  I'm sure it's from carrying all this extra weight in the front!

But on the whole, I still think I've been very lucky with this pregnancy.  For those wondering, I don't have any stretch marks (yet), and no, my belly button hasn't "popped"!