in the homestretch

so, i am 35 weeks pregnant now, and in the home stretch. i've decided to write a little about my pregnancy today because as i was sitting at my computer, i had my feet up because i noticed when i had gotten home from grocery shopping, that they were covered with a scary network of bulging veins that i had never seen before. my feet and legs get tired when i walk too much, but it never bothered me enough to warrant a closer inspection, and i can't really see my feet when i am standing anyway. so with my feet up, i noticed a pulsing vein (or artery) in my foot!
now i can't really complain, because my pregnancy has up until this point been pretty normal with no complications. i had morning sickness and my sense of smell was more sensitive in the first trimester, but then i felt great & had my energy back all the way until my mid third trimester. it wasn't until the past couple of weeks that i have been feeling a bit nauseous after i eat, especially if i eat too much, which isn't much these days since the baby has taken over and pushed all my organs up. i have to eat small frequent meals, which was not really a problem, but now i get tired after i eat and have to take a nap! which makes me feel incredibly lazy and i wonder how all those women i know have worked until their water breaks. aside from a little backache now & then, i don't have much else to complain about.
i actually feel incredibly lucky to be able to rest & take it relatively easy throughout my pregnancy. although it is pretty normal for women not to work here, even if they are not pregnant.
but back to my veins. so i have noticed for the past few weeks that the veins in my hands have gotten enlarged and are popping out, which is really distressing. i guess due to my age and the increased blood volume, it makes sense, but it is totally unsightly and i am really worried that they will not go back to normal after the baby is born. most things don't stretch out & shrink back later (except your uterus i guess). i'm not an overly vain person (ha!) but i now have the hands and feet of a 70 yr old. since i can't spend 24 hours with my hands and feet elevated, i worry that it will get worse than it already is. and since it is about 30C, i can't really wear support hose, and i don't even think they make support gloves, so i'm not sure what i can do, aside from having some kind of surgery later, and although i need to research it more, i'm not really sure how they can remove the bulging veins (don't you need them?) by injecting them with some solution that makes them shrivel up.
well, i'm going to do a little research online - unfortunately, i haven't been able to find anyone else with the same problem on the pregnancy websites. these women complain about absolutely everything else + things i have never even imagined. i'm not sure which is worse, bulging veins or stretch marks - i think i would have to say, i'd opt for the stretch marks!