Your baby is on his way to being a little bundle of joy. He's putting on weight in a hurry. During these last weeks he'll gain as much as half a pound a week. He's storing up fat, calcium, phosphorous and other nutrients so he'll be strong and healthy when he's born.

Moms often have trouble sleeping at the end of their pregnancies, a sneak preview of the early days of parenthood. Why the sleepless nights? At nighttime, it's common to experience a lot of activity going on in the uterus.

You have probably heard of Braxton Hicks contractions. These mild, irregular cramps are sometimes mistaken for the beginning of labor. Think of them as practice. Contractions that signal the onset of labor are regular and grow in intensity. Ask your doctor how to tell when your time has come. It won't be long now before the big adventure begins.