To breech or not to be

So I will be in my 36th week this Thursday. At times it feels like I've been pregnant forever, and at times I can't believe the baby will be here in a few weeks time. Currently the baby is in the wrong position, and this is apparently the critical week where he needs to turn his head down. He seems to like where he is...wanting to go more up instead of down. He is still pushing up against my right ribs every now and again, which is slightly uncomfortable and hurts sometimes. Really weird. I sometimes think he's trying to eavesdrop on conversations when he does this. Anyway, I've tried the kneeling on all fours to get the baby in the right position exercise, but that doesn't seem to be working. I even tried lying on a slant with a bag of ice on the top of my belly to get him to switch (only tried twice) but that also didn't do anything except make my belly really cold, cause the baby to kick a lot, and give me a headache with all the blood rushing to my head. Friday I go to the specialist who will determine how big the baby is and see if he can be manually moved externally into the right position (which is high risk and might lower the baby's blood pressure and force me into early labor) or if the baby is too big and my pelvis is too small for the baby to fit through the birth canal, so will need a c-section.

I guess I am looking like I'm about to explode. Lots more people..strangers...have been telling me this lately. Someone even asked me if I swallowed a watermelon. Ah, right - that was one of my cousins being a dick. Although, there are a few people who actually tell me I look small. Funny - people's perspectives. I personally do feel like my belly will explode any minute or I will tip over. I mean, will my belly really expand even more than now? It's been pretty much at 36" - 37" - 38"circumference depending on how the baby has positioned himself. I've used my belly as table to write on. I can use it as an armrest when I'm holding a drink. I feel the need to put a napkin on it, instead of my lap, because it's now where the food or condensation from a cup land. I have trouble fitting into a booth. It's like bumper cars with my belly against the table. I feel like I am starting to waddle instead of walk. My feet and ankles start swelling in the heat, or if I stand or sit for a long period of time. The swelling thing has been happening more so now in the last few weeks but it also has been a lot hotter lately. Heat is really not a pregnant woman's best friend. The worst has to be I can't find a good sleeping position anymore, even with my preggle (body pillow). That thing seems to egg on charlie horses when I'm changing positions at night. Ah but it's not that bad and it will be all be worth it in the end, right?