36 week appointment

I saw the doctor today for my 36 week appointment. He did my first internal exam. It was totally tolerable and way less scary than I'd thought it'd be. He said I was a fingertip dilated, but while he was feeling for her head, I bled a good bit and he thinks he may have pushed me closer to 1cm. I'll take it! The cervix is already shortening, meaning I'm already becoming effaced, but he didn't want to give it a percentage yet. He did an ultrasound to make sure her head was down (IT IS!!) and went ahead and checked to make sure she is still a she while he was looking (SHE IS!!). I gained 6 freakin' pounds THIS WEEK, but my doctor assures me I'm still at a healthy weight and that it's water weight that showed up so suddenly. I believe that since my feet look like inflated medical gloves at the moment. Overall, a great appointment! When I left, he said "I'll see you next week if not sooner." Eeeeeeee!