Flying in early pregnancy...??

[SmileyBJ]

Well I have to fly to Cairns on Thursday from Brisbane until Sunday. The weekend is going to envolve alot of travelling...

Is it safe enough to fly??
Is morning sickness worse in the air??
Is there anything I should take with me extra??

[Jinglebells]

its perfectly fine for you to fly in the early stages of pregnancy

if your worried about your morning sickness, ginger can help, you can get tabs from your health store or chemist, or just take some ginger bickies on board with ya

have a great trip

[Hokey Pokey]

You will be fine. Try acupuncture wrist bands from the chemist.

[SassyMummy]

I flew from Melb to Qld at about 11 weeks, then from Qld to WA at about 13 weeks, and back again at about 15 weeks.

I was fine.

Once you get up to about 32 weeks, some places do like you to have a doctor's certificate to fly... but generally, it's not a problem.

I didn't find morning sickness to be any worse in the air... it was just as bad as it was on the ground.

The only thing I absolutely hated was that none of the air hostesses knew I was pregnant... and sitting right next to me on one flight was a woman who was probably about 30 weeks or so... and they all came over to her, offering her everything... all while I was thinking, "Geez, I just wanna spew everywhere."

I was quite jealous that she was getting all the attention when I felt like I needed a bit of it myself...:tongue:

[mysonroger]

i can't see the problem with flying during pregnancy. i did two long haul trips between australia and uk in my first pregnancy (up to 30 weeks i think) and another long haul trip with this pregnancy, plus a bit of trans australian flying with my second pregnancy.

the only think i noticed is when you're later on in the pregnancy i found the baby to move more and it might have something to do with the different pressure in the cabin.

i remember one trip when i was about 7 months and i suddenly felt very faint on the flight and i absolutely had to lie down despite the plane being full. the hosties quickly found somewhere for me to lie down (amazing how 3 seats together can turn up) because they thought that this was it.....labour had started and i think they were a bit nervous.

i'm probably not painting a very good picture am i ....but you'll be fine.