Overseas travel at 36wks pregnant - 1st baby

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walkingonsunshine1 · 08/02/2023 10:24

Would anyone here take a 2hr flight at 36wks pregnant (airline permitting)?
The trip is only for a long weekend - Friday to Sunday - to Spain.
The flights is only 2hrs but the travel as a whole will likely be closer to 4-5hrs once you include transfers and hanging around at the airport etc.

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bilbodog · 08/02/2023 10:27

No - my first was born at 37 weeks.

StupidlyImperfect · 08/02/2023 10:27

No.

Sallyh87 · 08/02/2023 10:52

No, I wouldn’t.

OrcaBlondie · 08/02/2023 11:05

No definitely not. And I doubt any airline would allow you to fly with them.

Looplee123 · 08/02/2023 11:23

I’ve just given birth at 37 weeks with my first. I’d really think twice about this.

Betsyboo87 · 08/02/2023 12:41

No I wouldn’t. Sounds exhausting and uncomfortable for only one full day there. Also not worth the risk of baby being born abroad. You could be stuck there for weeks sorting a passport. Most airlines have a cut off as end of 36th week. So you would have to return by 35+6. If there was a delay you would be stuck.

Twoinapod · 08/02/2023 13:14

No definitely not. Most airlines won’t take you, even if they do you’d need a letter from your dr to sign you off as able to fly. I can’t see many if any drs signing that at such a late stage. Then there’s travel insurance which would be pretty impossible to get but it wouldn’t be worth the risk not to.

J1290 · 08/02/2023 13:16

No its not even the travel that would bother me
its if u go into labour in a different country...
can u even get health insurance at this point?

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