How did you/do you feel around 17 weeks?

bridget0117 · February 2013

Gah, I don't even know how to ask the question... My brain is pulling a brain fart on me today.

Anyway, DH and I are planning on going to a wedding in April and I should be right around 17 1/2 weeks. How did you feel at 17 weeks?

We are planning on buying our tickets tomorrow but what do you ladies think? Should I consult my Dr first?

Meinschatz11 · February 2013

You'll be fine. That's a great time to travel.

botanicalbliss · February 2013

Tell you're doctor you're traveling, but there should be no issue with that. I felt pretty good around 17 weeks. Tired mostly.

MRads · February 2013

You'll be fine. I was barely even noticing my stomach at that point, and although I was kind of tired, it wasn't an overwhelming tired.

bridget0117 · February 2013

Thank you ladies!

Botanical: Do you think I should wait to buy our tickets until I talk to her or go ahead buy the tickets tomorrow and then tell her when I go in for my appointment next month?

bridget0117 · February 2013

MRads:
You'll be fine. I was barely even noticing my stomach at that point, and although I was kind of tired, it wasn't an overwhelming tired.

Thank you! I think I can handle the tiredness specially since we aren't staying with family. I'm going to enjoy this as our babymoon.

bobcee · February 2013

Yep, you'll be totally fine. I stood up to my brother's wedding when I was pregnant with my daughter at 17 weeks and then traveled for another wedding at 19 weeks. No problems at all. I think you're probably fine to go ahead and book tickets. Unless you were extremely high risk or something I can't see your OB having an issue with it, but if you want to be on the safe side just go ahead and give them a call ahead of buying the tix. Have fun!

botanicalbliss · February 2013

bridget0117:
Thank you ladies!
Botanical: Do you think I should wait to buy our tickets until I talk to her or go ahead buy the tickets tomorrow and then tell her when I go in for my appointment next month?

As long as you haven't had any complications, go ahead and buy your tickets and just inform her next time you see her. That's what I did when we traveled and I was about 23 weeks. She was cool with it.

waterfall213 · February 2013

I felt great around that time. My belly wasn't very big at all and I had my appetite and energy back!

bridget0117 · February 2013

botanicalbliss:
bridget0117:
Thank you ladies!
Botanical: Do you think I should wait to buy our tickets until I talk to her or go ahead buy the tickets tomorrow and then tell her when I go in for my appointment next month?
As long as you haven't had any complications, go ahead and buy your tickets and just inform her next time you see her. That's what I did when we traveled and I was about 23 weeks. She was cool with it.

Great, thank you for the info. I will book tickets then and let her know. She hasn't said anything about me being high risk or anything so I think she should be okay with it too.

botanicalbliss · February 2013

bridget0117:
botanicalbliss:
bridget0117:
Thank you ladies!
Botanical: Do you think I should wait to buy our tickets until I talk to her or go ahead buy the tickets tomorrow and then tell her when I go in for my appointment next month?
As long as you haven't had any complications, go ahead and buy your tickets and just inform her next time you see her. That's what I did when we traveled and I was about 23 weeks. She was cool with it.
Great, thank you for the info. I will book tickets then and let her know. She hasn't said anything about me being high risk or anything so I think she should be okay with it too.

We did get travel insurance just in case we couldn't go for some reason. Keep that in mind when purchasing. I doubt you'll need it, but it was worth the extra $30 per person to know we wouldn't lose out on our trip if we had to cancel for an emergency.

emw1023 · February 2013

botanicalbliss:
bridget0117:

Thank you ladies!

Botanical: Do you think I should wait to buy our tickets until I talk to her or go ahead buy the tickets tomorrow and then tell her when I go in for my appointment next month?

As long as you haven't had any complications, go ahead and buy your tickets and just inform her next time you see her. That's what I did when we traveled and I was about 23 weeks. She was cool with it.

This! I travelled to Europe at 14 weeks and will be travelling to the Caribbean in a week (26 weeks). I had already had our tickets booked when I found out I was pregnant, but I haven't been high risk and at all. The only advise I would say is that if you're flying at all, get compression socks! They helped a ton with circulation, especially for such a long flight! I plan to wear them again next week when we leave.

carcrashheart · February 2013

dr's don't care about traveling until you're beyond the 30w mark, so waiting to talk to your dr will be moot.

i last threw up at 16w. i did not feel so hot at 17w. i actually had a round of spotting and heavy cramping at 17w and ended up going to the ER to be checked out. but i had been sick the entire beginning of pregnancy, it just hadn't gone away yet. so if you're not sick now, you're probably fine.

but all these people with their "i was totally fine!" clearly don't know what it's like to be sick for much of the pregnancy. not everyone is fine at 17w. ask chrissyrmu how she felt until the day she delivered.

ungraceful13 · February 2013

Great time to travel. I did a 10 hour drive at 10 weeks for a vacation and Aruba at 14 weeks. I would have preferred to have waited a little bit.

bridget0117 · February 2013

carcrashheart:
dr's don't care about traveling until you're beyond the 30w mark, so waiting to talk to your dr will be moot.
i last threw up at 16w. i did not feel so hot at 17w. i actually had a round of spotting and heavy cramping at 17w and ended up going to the ER to be checked out. but i had been sick the entire beginning of pregnancy, it just hadn't gone away yet. so if you're not sick now, you're probably fine.
but all these people with their "i was totally fine!" clearly don't know what it's like to be sick for much of the pregnancy. not everyone is fine at 17w. ask chrissyrmu how she felt until the day she delivered.

I completely understand what you are saying and that worries me. When I had just found out I was pregnant I had sharp tummy pain and got checked out. I haven't had any spotting but I did have cramps around weeks 4 through 6, which I think everyone says that's normal.

The only thing is that I have had really bad nausea, and I mean bad. The dr gave me zofran to help so I wonder if I could have a problem with that... Do you think that could be a problem?

bridget0117 · February 2013

ungraceful13:
Great time to travel. I did a 10 hour drive at 10 weeks for a vacation and Aruba at 14 weeks. I would have preferred to have waited a little bit.

Driving worries me, I went on a short road trip with DH i think the total drive was 8 hours and I was in pain when we got back.

I think the flight might not be tough because the flight time from Denver to Los Angeles is 2 hrs so that's not so bad. Then the wedding is 20 minutes away and while we are in California DH is taking me to finally see the beach and where I was born in Ventura and that's an hour drive. So actually being on the road won't be rough, I think.

MRads · February 2013

carcrashheart:

dr's don't care about traveling until you're beyond the 30w mark, so waiting to talk to your dr will be moot.

i last threw up at 16w. i did not feel so hot at 17w. i actually had a round of spotting and heavy cramping at 17w and ended up going to the ER to be checked out. but i had been sick the entire beginning of pregnancy, it just hadn't gone away yet. so if you're not sick now, you're probably fine.

but all these people with their "i was totally fine!" clearly don't know what it's like to be sick for much of the pregnancy. not everyone is fine at 17w. ask chrissyrmu how she felt until the day she delivered.

I get what you are saying, but even if you are going to be sick your entire pregnancy, 15-19 weeks is probably still the best time to travel. I feel like it is when you have the best chance at feeling good. Having said that, I started throwing at 18w and have continued to do so everyday, mostly because of heart burn/acid reflux, so it definitely is different for everybody. But the odds of feeling the best are right around 17 weeks.

carcrashheart · February 2013

you're probably right-17w is probably the best of all times. but if you haven't been feeling well up until then it's a toss up.

as for driving vs. flying-don't forget that flying will mess with swelling. you'll probably be still early enough that swelling won't be much of an issue but you'll have to keep in mind that you need to stay hydrated while flying. it's less time sitting but also 36k+ miles in the sky.

bobcee · February 2013

carcrashheart:
dr's don't care about traveling until you're beyond the 30w mark, so waiting to talk to your dr will be moot.
i last threw up at 16w. i did not feel so hot at 17w. i actually had a round of spotting and heavy cramping at 17w and ended up going to the ER to be checked out. but i had been sick the entire beginning of pregnancy, it just hadn't gone away yet. so if you're not sick now, you're probably fine.
but all these people with their "i was totally fine!" clearly don't know what it's like to be sick for much of the pregnancy. not everyone is fine at 17w. ask chrissyrmu how she felt until the day she delivered.

Fair enough, I'll amend my you'll be fine to the majority of the people feel fine around that time. Sure there are going to be people that don't feel so great or have complications at any point during a pregnancy but this is not the norm and there is never any way to predict this. So, I'd still assume all would be well and either buy insurance like a pp suggested or wait until that day to decide which obviously is not really feasible if you're at all concerned.

bridget0117 · February 2013

carcrashheart:
you're probably right-17w is probably the best of all times. but if you haven't been feeling well up until then it's a toss up.
as for driving vs. flying-don't forget that flying will mess with swelling. you'll probably be still early enough that swelling won't be much of an issue but you'll have to keep in mind that you need to stay hydrated while flying. it's less time sitting but also 36k+ miles in the sky.

Oh yeah very true. I'll have to remember and keep that in mind.

Thank you

bridget0117 · February 2013

bobcee:
carcrashheart:
dr's don't care about traveling until you're beyond the 30w mark, so waiting to talk to your dr will be moot.
i last threw up at 16w. i did not feel so hot at 17w. i actually had a round of spotting and heavy cramping at 17w and ended up going to the ER to be checked out. but i had been sick the entire beginning of pregnancy, it just hadn't gone away yet. so if you're not sick now, you're probably fine.
but all these people with their "i was totally fine!" clearly don't know what it's like to be sick for much of the pregnancy. not everyone is fine at 17w. ask chrissyrmu how she felt until the day she delivered.
Fair enough, I'll amend my you'll be fine to the majority of the people feel fine around that time. Sure there are going to be people that don't feel so great or have complications at any point during a pregnancy but this is not the norm and there is never any way to predict this. So, I'd still assume all would be well and either buy insurance like a pp suggested or wait until that day to decide which obviously is not really feasible if you're at all concerned.

DH and I decided to go ahead and purchase the tickets and add the insurance just in case. It's worth it for $11 per person.

Thanks again ladies for all the input I appreciate it

LSquared1024 · February 2013

This is the time we went to Vegas for a weekend and it was a blast. Felt great! I didn't ask my Dr. just let her know...

Emeraldeyed315 · February 2013

It never hurts to ask the doc now...but for me I feel perfectly normal haha. I have a lot of energy, feel comfortable and good. I just look like a had a few too many donuts. The beginning of the 2nd tri has been super comfortable.

nicole0066 · February 2013

I was sick at 17 weeks, but I was really sick the whole time, up until I delivered. That said, most people feel pretty good around that time. Enjoy your trip!

ziggy23213 · February 2013

Everyone is different, but I felt great at 17 weeks. Morning sickness was gone, the exhaustion hadn't hit me yet, and I had just started feeling the baby move so that was really reassuring.

WildcatPrincess · February 2013

Not pregnant

I didn't really have a belly to speak of and the m/s was gone, it was a weird period of time. But I felt fine.

liall09 · March 2013

I flew across the country when I was 16 weeks. Definitely not a problem ( I did tell my doctor though so I could get a letter to fly, but am still not really showing).

bridget0117 · March 2013

Thank you ladies!!

Kaiene · March 2013

I'd go. I felt great from about 13-14 weeks to 33 weeks. The last month I just felt uncomfortable most of the time (I delivered at 37 weeks).

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