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Winter sun and Zika whilst TTC

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Longtimelurker01 · 17/10/2019 16:28

Hi all,

We’ve been trying to plan a holiday for December to get some sun as I miscarried on our UK summer holiday this year so it wasn’t much fun! All of the places I can think of that would be hot in the winter are a risk for zika and I’m really struggling to decide what to do. I’m hoping I’ll be pregnant by December but if not then I definitely wouldn’t want to wait after we get home as is advised, and if I am then it’s obviously risky.

I’m going to discuss with my GP but I just wanted to see if anyone had any experience/wisdom or destination suggestions on here first. Thanks xx

OP posts:
Happythoughts123 · 19/10/2019 07:37

I think Dubai is zika free And would be pretty warm in winter

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Longtimelurker01 · 18/10/2019 15:43

Thanks @Whatelsecouldibecalled @Macbless @Avig14 @Celebelly - I think we might have to settle for the canaries and hope we get lucky. I’d love to go to the Maldives or Sri Lanka but we’ve only got a week due to work so it’s a bit far to go.

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Whatelsecouldibecalled · 18/10/2019 07:19

The advice is to wait six months not one.

Macbless · 18/10/2019 06:55

Sri Lanka is malaria and Zika free and is the most amazing place! Hope you find somewhere! Xx

Celebelly · 17/10/2019 22:59

Canaries are warm in December. Not scorching but mid 20s.

Avig14 · 17/10/2019 22:56

I hope this helps. My husband traveled to Asia to a few places with Zika. I really wanted to get pregnant but waited for a month after he came back, as advised by the gp. Conceived that month with our now 2.5 year old who is healthy and well. Good luck!

Whatelsecouldibecalled · 17/10/2019 19:03

We really struggled for a zika free destination. Not sure how warm the canaries or Cyprus would be at that time of year. Think you could be struggling in December. Maldives or Mauritius I think is zika free?