Travel insurance for partner of pregnant person

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Hello,

My husband will be travelling to a wedding in Europe when I am 37 weeks pregnant. He will come back if I go into labour but it will be expensive and obviously we are trying to save. Does anyone know of travel insurance which will cover his return under these circumstances? I have been looking but everything is for pregnant women and I won’t be going.

Thanks!

Unless it's a medical emergency he won't be covered to fly back if you go into labour.

I should think the insurance company would view you going into labour at 37 weeks as a foreseeable event.

Thanks I was worried that might be the case. Oh well.

Very hard to imagine this being covered by insurance.

He wouldn't be able to get back in time anyway for the birth, unless it's slow. It's really not a good time for him to go away - about 25% are born before 38 weeks.
My DH did go away for a wedding when I was due with Ds3 (when I was abut 37 weeks), but my last 2 children were induced at 41 weeks.

He might get back in time, depending on where to and from, frequency of flights and how much money he's prepared to throw at it.

Eg there will be several flights a day from somewhere like Paris, Malaga etc to London or another major UK airport - he could be back in 4-8 hours if he sets off to the airport and books a flight while en route.

Obviously if it's in a smaller Eastern European country with 2 flights a week, much less likely.

But no, you won't get travel insurance to cover this risk, and if you did, it would probably cost as much, if not more than a flight booked at short notice, so if you go into labour while he's away, he's just going to have to suck up the cost.