Flying at 27 weeks???

[bella8445]

Hi I am 27 weeks and dont know what to do, my husband and son have gone to see family abroad for a month I didnt go as I didnt think I could fly and I thought that I would cope being alone but Im not I cry non stop cant sleep or eat I just want to be with my son, I dont know if its my hormones making me this way but I dont think I can do this for 4 weeks, so I am thinking of flying out there to them as my mother inlaw has gone there out too and they are all the family I have and all my friends are away or are busy working. I dont want to be alone Im going mad what should I do stay and cry or fly.....

I think you are ok to fly up until 35 weeks with a single pregnancy. Check with your GP and book your ticket

Hope you feel better soon.

Check the airlines policy. With Ryanair you need a letter from a doctor to fly after 28 weeks I think. I don't think there are health implications this late on in the pregnancy, just problems for the airline if you give birth!

A month does seem like a long time. I'm 26 weeks and emotional too!

Book that flight, as long as the country is one with a good healthcare system. Like others have said, check the policy but it's usualyl something like OK up to 28 weeks, and then need a doc's letter up to 34/36 weeks. I'd hesitate if it were long-haul though.....

Im thinking of leaving next week at 28 weeks
its 3hours then a stop then 1h 30. The country does not have that good of health care but we have to members in the family that are doctors there.

OK, I would think very carefully if the hospitals were poor. I have to be honest. What if you had a premature delivery? Are there private hospitals you could use?

No there isnt. But I feel that how upset I am is upseting the baby and I risk going into labour if I continued for the next 4 weeks crying and stressing out for my son...
my friends say I should stay and be alone for the peace and relax but I cant.

Could your DH come back a bit (or a lot) early, with your son?

Not really the reason they are going for so long was because the ticket was cheap, it was double the price to come back after 2 weeks.

If the hospitals are poor, it's a risk. Also, if it's an area where you need jabs for, you shouldn't go unless you have to.

Check with your airline too - many won't fly you after 28 weeks without a doctors note.

What country is it? Are there really no hospitals that would be OK?

Ive checked the airlines most want doctors letter for after 30 weeks, I dont need jabs and they do have hospitals and should be ok.

Oh, go straight away, then! Hurray! Sure you'll be much happier out there with your family.

please please think carefully about this. I was due to fly at 29 + 5. Doctors said it would be fine. DS was born at 29+3.. I would never have forgiven myself if we were out of the country, or worse mid air. I had a 2 hour labour and DS was intubated within minutes of his arrival We were in a very good hospital. If any of these things had not been the case I do not know whether I would have forgiven myself.

I know this is not usual, but these things do happen

Bad things can happen out of the blue at any time sadly, but that doesn't mean pregnant people should stop doing anything in case something incredibly rare happened.

Hope the OP can enjoy her time away. I was just going to remind you to make sure that your travel insurance covers you being pregnant and covers the treatment of a new baby on the wild off chance that he or she was born abroad.

I agree this doesn't mean pregnant people shouldn't do things, and I did not say don't go.

I'd go, and not worry too much about very unlikely outcomes. I know they happen, but they are very very rare. If your doctor says you're fine to go, I'd go.

A whole month without my son or DH ... I would go mad. I've just had a week without DH, looking after DS and pregnant, and I'm climbing the walls!

Thank you for yr advice, i will ask my consaltant tomorrow if she thinks its ok then I will go, I hope I can go spoke to son and he was upset and crying as he misses me too.

Most airlines don't even need a doctors letter before 28 weeks. You might need one for coming back, get one of your family memeber doctors to write a letter confirming your EDD and that you have a single uncomplicated pregnancy. Have fun!

I'm due to go to a wedding in Spain at 28 weeks. The flight is 2 hrs. I think it would be highly unlikely that I would go into labour during that tiny window of the 40 weeks. Go and see your family and enjoy yourself!