@ what is the latest you have flown during pregnancy

cookiemdough

It sounds like the latest is around 34 weeks (I still plan on asking my doctor for her advice).  I am traveling around 32 weeks and people were looking at me like I was crazy that I wasn't planning to cancel my trip.  Now I am wondering if I am overly optimistic?  

LaurierGirl28

I would have flown at that point - my GP advised up to 34, even 36 weeks depending on the duration. He did mention some airlines require notes.

In the end, I couldn't get cross-border health insurance past 27 weeks, so I haven't gone anywhere by plane (I would just go down South for a week or two). I would have had no problem flying within Canada. 

is_it_over_yet?

I flew round trip with a 13-month old (!!) at 32w. It wasn't a big deal from my perspective.  

penguingrrl

I was originally told I could fly until 36 weeks and had a trip scheduled at 30 weeks during my first pregnancy. Then at 28 weeks I had the tiniest bit of spotting so my OB made me cancel my trip and said no more than 3 hours away until I delivered.

IrishBrideND

31 weeks.

DomerJenC

I flew at 34w.  It was no big deal. 

ValentineBB

I flew 17 days before my due date for my sister's wedding.  I was miserable & nervous but I couldn't miss her wedding.  I actually suggested taking a train to my doctor but she said she felt more comfortable with me on a four hour plane trip than a  2 day train ride.  It was pretty uneventful, it was just physically uncomfortable.

ootmother2

27.5 weeks

My daughter was born the next day.  I don't know if the flying kicked me into labor or not but it is possible

frlcb

34 weeks, and it was an international flight. I went to 42 weeks so it definitely did not put me in labor.

+adamwife+

27 weeks.  And it was horrid.  My back almost broke.

Thank goodness I was travelling with an older gentleman from work who was extremely chivalrous.  He upgraded me to first class using his miles on the last leg of our trip because he could tell I was in so much pain.

ETA - I woke up the day I after I got home with Bell's Palsy.  I think the stress from travelling induced it.

mysticporter

I flew at 36 weeks for a job interview (had to get checked by the doctor the day before I left).  It was a single flight of 2.5 hours.  I wouldn't have wanted to have a layover and been trucking through an airport with my carry-on or risk getting stranded, or wanted a 4+ hour flight, but the short hop wasn't bad at all.

ringstrue

I had a wedding to go to (my sister's) at 36 weeks (5 hour drive one way) and the doc OKed it with the plan that I'd have to get out often to walk. Sitting in one place for more than an hour is a real issue for a 32 week pg lady. It maybe one thing if its a 1-2 hour flight vs. a 4 hour flight.

If you have any issues like high blood pressure or early labor symptoms that come up, you'll have to cancel. I think either way its a good idea to have a back up plan just in case you have to cancel.

 

curlydoglover

I flew when I was 34 weeks.  It was a breeze.

mrsbecky07

My OB prefers pregnant women don't fly once in their third trimester (so after 27 weeks) but they understand that sometimes its necessary. they really don't encourage it after 34, 35 weeks.