Goodness, so much going on!
Awful as it sounds, I keep losing track of how many weeks I am! I think it's because my scan date and LMP date are 4 days apart, I spent ages going on the scan date but have now changed it to the later LMP date to allow me more time after due date before they start giving me grief about induction, IYSWIM! Anyway, I am somewhere between 33+2 and 34.
As far as longer pg's go, I read somewhere ages ago that in years gone by then the average gestional period was 40 weeks, but as we get fitter, healthier, stronger and bigger then we are able to grow our babies for longer, thereby increasing the period of gestation. So probably a pg in the western world would be average 41 weeks, but in third world maybe 39 weeks (purely guessing there BTW!).
Anyway, I am actually feeling a bit panicky that we still have lots to do. In some ways I feel really organised and in others I feel helpless. The "nursery" still has a large sideboard and a large dresser in it and, until they are both gone, we can't decorate. Walls are strippedand coving is up, but we still need to: sand and fill walls, wallpaper, paint walls and ceiling, fit skirting board, paint skirting and coving and lay carpet. Then: put together changing table and cot, get cot mattress, move wardrode from ds room to nursery. Oh god, typing it all just makes me feel worse!!