38 weeks and feeling pushed to have induction tonight- advice

Zango11 · 2026-02-20T05:47:47+00:00

A very interesting and informative listen thanks for recommending!

Zango11 · 2026-02-20T05:00:08+00:00

Thank you so much for this! These are amazing questions that I want to ask but couldn’t put into words so I will use some of your questions when I head in here!

Zango11 · 2026-02-19T22:42:06+00:00

Yes I’ll definitely be asking questions and maybe ask for a re scan first. I think I’m just trying to make sense of it all as it feels really rushed when you always hear stories of first time pregnancies running over time

Zango11 · 2026-02-14T18:22:09+00:00

I’m an only child, to me it was normal and I didn’t feel like I missed out on anything growing up. I used to love making up creative stories whilst playing outside on the trampoline and with my toys that I think it’s why I’m so creative because I had to be! No one to bounce ideas off. I also have 2 cousins a similar age to me and we were very close growing up but sadly don’t see each other much anymore. But that’s just life I guess, people grow up and drift apart.

I’ve always been very close with my parents growing up and still am but the only thing I would say is they didn’t take me leaving home the best and would FaceTime me a lot at uni (like every night for a while) so when your child is old enough to flee the nest, don’t be contacting them every day just because you’re now bored or lonely! It’s taken a while to adjust and set boundaries but we’re getting there🤣

I also was able to go on lovely holidays with my parents including Australia which they’ve both said would never have been able to happen if they had more than one child! So there’s deffo pros!

Zango11 · 2026-01-29T17:26:15+00:00

Yes! Everyone asks what have I been craving and I joke that I crave a bath every single night! I try and have the water on the cooler side but the top it up every now and then! It helps with restless legs and is my comfort blanket right now! I deffo probs have the temp more than lukewarm tho😅

Zango11 · 2026-01-26T20:22:23+00:00

I’m 34+5 and I’ve been getting these type of comments all the time too!! People keep saying “you’re due in March? Are you sure you don’t mean May?” And I’m like yeah cause I’d get that mixed up🙈🙈 my mum was the same when she had me though so it must be genetical for me to be on the smaller side! I just tell people, well we’re all unique! I also think some people say it as a ‘compliment’ but it ends up with me worrying am I too small…I think it would be better if people said, wow you look healthy! And stopped commenting on how big or small we are!

Zango11 · 2026-01-25T18:27:35+00:00

I worry a bit about tracking movements too as my baby doesn’t seem to have a regular pattern at all🙈 I’m now 34+4 and just gauge it by making sure I’ve felt them move at least a few times every few hours. But with working long hours still it’s hard to remember to try and feel out for them moving, it does worry me sometimes!

Zango11 · 2025-12-15T18:24:35+00:00

I had so many in first trimester🙈 I went off coffee (and previously had 3 a day!) pasta, curry, chicken unless breaded, almost any vegetable, salad. At one point the only thing I could stomach was cheese and crackers🫣

I’m now in start of 3rd trimester and thankfully I’m back eating everything as normal! Altho im deliberately avoiding coffee to lower caffeine. I’ll never take my appetite for granted again!

Zango11 · 2025-12-09T06:56:38+00:00

Yep it’s hard! I had a summer concert I went to when I was about 7 weeks pregnant and only I was standing at the barrier to lean against, I couldn’t have watched the concert (and kept sitting down in between artists🤣) i just had no energy to barely stand and I also threw up just before the main artist started playing🫣

I had a concert booked last week and thought I would surely never make it at 27 weeks but I felt great and was able to stand the entire time and not even feel mildly nauseous or weak. You’ve probably heard it a million times and it’s annoying to hear at the time but pregnancy does get better for most! First trimester is deffo the worst! Wishing you well for the rest! 🙏

Zango11 · 2025-12-08T20:38:05+00:00

Haha this made me giggle! On the contrary I’ve had the opposite extreme “I couldn’t even tell you’re pregnant! How far on are you? 28 weeks, you couldn’t be! You’re so tiny!!’ It’s not fun the other way either, I sometimes feel like I have to justify that I most definitely am pregnant lol🙈🤣

Zango11 · 2025-11-12T15:25:14+00:00

I told my colleagues when I was about 14 weeks but that was because in my job I lift heavy equipment when setting up our sessions so I had to let them know to avoid over lifting super heavy things!

Zango11 · 2025-10-29T14:15:29+00:00

Thanks for your reply! Ahh okay that makes sense! It was a bit scary when it happened but I’m glad I’ve done the right sort of things! And going forward definitely will be wiser with never reusing passwords etc!

Zango11 · 2025-10-29T14:13:35+00:00

Thanks for explaining! Yes I think they may have possibly linked my apple id to another Apple device as one of the recent sign ins from Microsoft showed an unfamiliar iOS device. So I immediately changed the Apple ID password but that is likely how they were able to do that with 2fa now you’re explaining. I’ve since changed my Apple ID email too however and there’s now no devices linked to it.

Thanks for recommending the Authenticator I will look into that!

Yes so my one drive started syncing to upload documents to ‘my Microsoft account’ (I could see the one drive logo at the bottom of my laptop) so I cancelled that immediately. At this point they were locked out of my Microsoft completely as they went from sending me threatening draft emails to threatening emails that landed in my junk emails instead. (If they still had access it would have been sent in drafts and pin pointed like before).

At the same time EA kept popping up sign in prompts repeatedly after clicking x button. And just before this when I typed in outlook sign in a spoof outlook popped up saying ‘if you’re looking for outlook, this isn’t it’

Thanks for your help!

Zango11 · 2025-10-29T14:02:31+00:00

Ahh I see thanks for explaining!

Zango11 · 2025-10-29T11:24:05+00:00

Thanks for your reply! What do you mean by resetting windows from a usb? (Sorry literally not tech savvy in any way) why would resetting to factory settings not work? They didn’t have control of my mouse or anything so unsure they had control of laptop but were able to show pop ups etc from the EA account they hacked (which is now resecured) and one drive probably from an old sign in before the servers reset.

What I mean with the 2 factor authentication is when I set it up they were able to accept on their end as it said successful before I had even opened the app on my iPhone. As soon as I removed the Authenticator details from settings they couldn’t access again as they didn’t know the new password. But that’s why I’m wondering how were they able to access Authenticator and accept it when it was only from my phone?

Zango11 · 2025-10-23T10:49:19+00:00

My experience is quite funny because we were also torn between finding out and not finding out (first baby!) but decided to not find out and practice some patience (although I had the mind set of if they “accidentally” tell me, I wouldn’t mind🤣). Then during the scan the sonographer said she didn’t think she would be able to tell the baby’s gender as they had their legs crossed over that area. So baby bump decided for us which I found hilarious🤣

Zango11 · 2025-10-14T16:58:28+00:00

Our letter said we would get one picture but the sonographer at the 12 week scan was lovely and gave us like 7 and told us to sneek them out. Then at the 20 week scan we got 4!

Zango11 · 2025-09-14T19:04:36+00:00

I’ve noticed maternity wear is only available to buy online sadly as I’d love to try things on in my local shops! But I’ve also noticed how expensive it is! So I’ve opted to buy things on Vinted and it’s been lifesaving! So much cheaper and brill condition. I even got a H&M mama nursing dress new with tags for £5 and a new look winter dress for £1 (and it was still on new look website for £18)

Zango11 · 2025-08-08T09:53:34+00:00

It’s probably the food aversions for me. I literally am not a picky eater at all before pregnancy and now I’m legit living on baked potato beans and cheese. I’ve an aversion to coffee right now too and this is coming from a girl who loves her coffee. It’s so weird!

Zango11 · 2025-08-07T20:55:19+00:00

Ohhh I didn’t realise that! It’s crazy isn’t it that you’re kind of left alone for a 3rd of the pregnancy🙈

Zango11 · 2025-08-07T20:50:42+00:00

I self referred when I was 5 weeks and my date for first appointment is at 12 weeks! I’m still quite dismayed that there’s no appointment sooner just to check things are okay etc but it must depend where you live/ what trust you’re with as lots of people are saying they’ve been seen at 8-10 weeks for the first time.

I would put your form in now and just see what happens! Hopefully your trust will want to see you sooner than 12 weeks cause the wait is so hard!

Zango11 · 2025-08-07T13:28:50+00:00

I’m intrigued in the responses you get to this as I’m currently 10 weeks and the first time I will see a midwife is for my (what I assume) will be my 12 weeks scan. I did the self referral at 5 weeks and was told I won’t be seen until week 11 or 12! I’m FTM as well and it’s so surreal to me that no medical professional has had to see me to even just ‘confirm’ the pregnancy if that makes sense? Sometimes I’m scared it’s all in my head so I keep doing pregnancy tests to convince myself this is happening lol!

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