Doctors note to fly at 34 weeks

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Does anyone have experience getting a doctors note to fly at 34 weeks? Just wondering whether it's a standard thing if there are no complications or whether the doctor might tell me not to be so daft or be too worried about his liability to write one?

He will write you a note that you are ok 2 fly. It's quite common 4them 2 be asked, so he/she should know what they're doing. If there are complications then maybe he might say no, but if you've had an uncomplicated pg then you should be ok.
It's only as flying can put you in a tricky situation ie; you will be far from home, and also the airline needs some reassurance that ur ok health wise 2 fly, so u don't end up giving birth away from home, on a plane, and need 2 divert the plane as this could cost the airline ££££. It's standard with pretty much every airline, as it's a CAA ruling.

I.got one from my doc a few weeks ago. All she did was ask.me if I'm ok and took my blood pressure.

I had to pay 15 pounds for it and no-one at the airline even asked me for it in the end!

Make sure your travel insurance covers you as most policies have a note in the small print that it either doesnt cover pregnancy or only covers up to 28 weeks. There are some insurance companies that will cover you if you are more than 28 weeks but you will have to buy special cover. Also ensure you bring your notes and your EHIC card if you are travelling within the EU.

I had to get a note to fly at 30 weeks so think it is standard procedure. MummyPigandDaddyPig makes a good point about insurance.

Thanks, glad to hear its fairly straightforward. Good tip on the insurance too.

Going back many years (DS is 12 now) but it depends if you are going long haul or not. At 30 weeks I couldn't get a Dr's note to fly long haul unless the airline would give the OK but the airline wouldn't give the OK unless the Dr gave me a note. So I changed destination and flew short haul with no problem and no note.

The airline might not let you fly even with one and please be aware what your insurance policy says.

Bizarrely American airlines don't require a doctors note till 36 weeks to do a 3 flight journey including transatlantic. It's the short hop from England to France that seems to need a doctors note after 28 weeks.

Insurance is the bigger issue - I wouldn't just rely on reading the small print but would ring them up, especially if you're going to the US. I know of someone who gave birth to dt prematurely (both doing well know with no concerns so ) but was left with the most eye-watering bill (hundreds of thousands) so would leave nothing to chance.

I had a doctor's note to travel last year at 28 weeks but the airline wouldn't accept it as it was 2 weeks old - needed to be withn 7 days alhtough they did not tell me this when I telephoned beforehand to ask. We had to get the doctor to fax a new letter to the airport and we only justv made the plane....

This is my concern. If I go to France for 10 days I guess I'd have to get a doctors note from a French doctor for the return journey and don't know whether they're as easy to get there. Don't want to get stranded there!

I'm ok for insurance so that's not an issue, even in the US when very pg.