35 Weeks and New Symptoms!

35 Weeks and all is well. I am still having contractions but they have not increased in intensity and they are more sporadic than they were on Friday before my trip to L&D. I do have two new symptoms though: an insatiable thirst, and the need to sleep constantly. I seriously think that I slept for like 18 hours yesterday. Of course I woke up at 3am wide awake this morning unable to go back to sleep.Why? I was thirsty and my hip was killing me.
So here we are one week away from our(mine and my Dr's) delivery goal date, and two weeks shy of being full term.. I have officially used up one week of my FMLA time, I have 11 weeks left. I am hoping to get at least 9 weeks at home with my new daughter. That means she needs to be born by Valentine's Day..My Dr said we would discuss possible induction during my 37th week if I make it that far. Some days I feel like I am in for the long haul, and others I don't. Friday I just knew that we were going to have another NICU baby, now I KNOW that we won't( at least not a direct admit just based on gestational age).
I also realized Friday after our trip to L&D just how much stuff still wasn't done for this little one. Well I can tell you I didn't get much of it done today(like I said before I slept a ton)...So today after Church I am hoping to get it done. They are all little things. Hanging the shelfs and coat rack in the nursery, setting up the bassinet in our bedroom, rechecking the hospital bag(only because of my OCD)and printing out my birth plan,(I didn't have a copy at the hospital on Friday)..Anyway just a quick update. I will take another belly picture this afternoon after Church(my one allowed field trip per week) and post it ... Hope everyone has a good day.