Babymoon''s... is traveling during the 3rd Tri a big no-no?

[meresal]

When are you taking yours? When did you take yours? (Trimester/month wise)

Does anyone know the specific reasons for not traveling in the 3rd trimester?

 

[fieryred33143]

It's up to your OB. I wouldn't go anywhere passed 36 weeks (although I did take a 4 hour car trip at 37 weeks and had DD a week later lol).

I went to Vegas for work around 32 weeks for 6 days and spent 4 on vacation.. I worked 12 hour days but still felt enough energy to do stuff after. I just needed comfy shoes and a comfy bed. We stayed in a hotel that had a whirlpool tub (I think that's what they're called) and I used that to unwind after a long day

. Of course I needed help getting in and out haha

OH I didn't answer the second part. After 36 weeks, you run the risk of going in to labor at any point (granted you could go before then). Airlines won't let you fly and generally speaking, you want to be near your OB and hospital.

When I went on my trip at 37 weeks, my OB wasn't thrilled but we were going to be near a major hospital. They give you a card to carry that has some stats on it so that you could give to the hospital when you go into labor and other than that, med records could be sent over. So she wasn't happy but felt safe. But I had a very uneventful pregnancy. She was shocked that I delivered 2 weeks early.

 

[kama_s]

Most airlines don''t allow women in the 3rd trimester to fly. The only concern with 3rd tri travelling is having an early delivery.

Normally when I counsel my pregnant woman before flying I suggest:

- Walking 15 min of every hour, and
- Drinking lots of water, keeping hydrated

 

[TravelingGal]

Depends how far. Take medical records with you.

My memory is vague, but I got a rec from my doc that it was 26-27 weeks for international, and 32 weeks for domestic.

 

[meresal]

Thanks ladies. You all are saying pretty much what I thought, and I appreciate having the exact numbers.

Last night, DH said something about a weekend in Vegas for a Babymoon, and I was under the assumption that the "risk" in traveling is the chance that you could be hours and hours away from your doctor and hospital. I was thinking as long as we went in the first 30-33 weeks, we would be ok?
Kama- I have also heard about making sure to keep moving due to blood flow. Funny thing is, I REALLY need to remember that information when I sit at my desk for 4 hours at a time. I seem to only find it important when I am on a flight

Fiery- I will have to make sure that DH looks into Whirlpool tubs!

 

[fieryred33143]

If you do go to Vegas, I recommend the Wyndham Vacation Resorts. That''s where we stayed with the tubs

. We were in Paris during my work trip and I couldn''t stand the smoke. I was already short on breath and the smoke made it worse.

 

[TravelingGal]

Is my memory faulty, or is hot bath not recommended for pregnant women? I remember going in for a pregnancy massage/treatment which included a soak in a tepid tub. Yuck.

 

[meresal]

Date: 1/12/2010 1:22:48 PM
Author: TravelingGal
Is my memory faulty, or is hot bath not recommended for pregnant women? I remember going in for a pregnancy massage/treatment which included a soak in a tepid tub. Yuck.

That is what I thought as well, but I have been seeing ladies post about it alot in the last week.

A "tepid" tub... my, that sounds neither refreshing nor relaxing...

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Date: 1/12/2010 1:07:50 PM
Author: kama_s
Most airlines don''t allow women in the 3rd trimester to fly. The only concern with 3rd tri travelling is having an early delivery.


Normally when I counsel my pregnant woman before flying I suggest:


- Walking 15 min of every hour, and

- Drinking lots of water, keeping hydrated

Cruise ships won''t allow you to travel with them during the third trimester.

 

[fieryred33143]

Date: 1/12/2010 1:22:48 PM
Author: TravelingGal
Is my memory faulty, or is hot bath not recommended for pregnant women? I remember going in for a pregnancy massage/treatment which included a soak in a tepid tub. Yuck.

No that''s right. This was a tub that had all of these jets but you could monitor the temperature. It was luke warm at best but the jets felt heavenly.

 

[cdt1101]

I took lots of bath towards the end of my pregnancy to get some relief from all the pain I was in. The guideline I was told to use was as long as *I* don't feel overheated, then it's safe. I never took super hot baths or anything, but not tepid either. I went on to have a healthy baby boy.

 

[MustangGal]

I drove 4 hours when I was 36 weeks with no problem, we just stopped in the middle for a potty break. Didn''t get a babymoon, but they sound nice!

 

[kama_s]

The concern with hot tubs is the resulting increase in body temperature. Studies have shown that high body temperature (102F and higher) for prolonged periods of time can cause birth defects. So depending on how hot the tub is, your core body temperature can rise significantly. We usually recommend a warm bath instead, or hot tubs with the temperature adjusted. You can monitor your body temp, and make sure it oesn''t go higher than 100F.

 

[Mrs Mitchell]

We had ours late in the second trimester, because I wasn't keen on travelling later. Even at that, we didn't go far. We had our babymoon at Gleneagles Hotel, which is less than 2 hours drive from where we live. I really just chose it because it's pretty there and the hotel is really lovely, with fantastic food. We had our baby care and childbirth classes while we were there. It was a lot of fun and nice to spend a few days together before everything changed forever!

ETA it wasn't the distance of travel that I wanted to avoid in the 3rd tri, it was more the hassle of packing, unpacking, washing stuff etc, especially since my only overnight bag was earmarked for hospital and I'd started packing some things in it by the end of the 2nd tri.

 

[fieryred33143]

Date: 1/12/2010 1:44:59 PM
Author: kama_s
The concern with hot tubs is the resulting increase in body temperature. Studies have shown that high body temperature (102F and higher) for prolonged periods of time can cause birth defects. So depending on how hot the tub is, your core body temperature can rise significantly. We usually recommend a warm bath instead, or hot tubs with the temperature adjusted. You can monitor your body temp, and make sure it oesn''t go higher than 100F.

Am I saying it wrong?

I thought a hot tub and a whirlpool tub were different? The tub I was in was a regular bathtub just oversized and with jets.

 

[cdt1101]

Date: 1/12/2010 1:51:27 PM
Author: fiery

Date: 1/12/2010 1:44:59 PM
Author: kama_s
The concern with hot tubs is the resulting increase in body temperature. Studies have shown that high body temperature (102F and higher) for prolonged periods of time can cause birth defects. So depending on how hot the tub is, your core body temperature can rise significantly. We usually recommend a warm bath instead, or hot tubs with the temperature adjusted. You can monitor your body temp, and make sure it oesn''t go higher than 100F.

Am I saying it wrong?

I thought a hot tub and a whirlpool tub were different? The tub I was in was a regular bathtub just oversized and with jets.

You are saying it right. Personally I wouldn''t use a HOT tub, but a regular bath (w/ or w/out jets) where you can regulate the temp is fine, assuming it''s not SUPER hot water. At least that''s what I was told when preggo by my DR.

 

[kama_s]

Date: 1/12/2010 1:51:27 PM
Author: fiery

Date: 1/12/2010 1:44:59 PM
Author: kama_s
The concern with hot tubs is the resulting increase in body temperature. Studies have shown that high body temperature (102F and higher) for prolonged periods of time can cause birth defects. So depending on how hot the tub is, your core body temperature can rise significantly. We usually recommend a warm bath instead, or hot tubs with the temperature adjusted. You can monitor your body temp, and make sure it oesn''t go higher than 100F.

Am I saying it wrong?

I thought a hot tub and a whirlpool tub were different? The tub I was in was a regular bathtub just oversized and with jets.

I have no idea! I thought they were the same thing? I just posted the info just incase someone else wanted to know about hot water in pregnancy.

 

[Pandora II]

Ooops, I did the hot baths thing - maybe that is why Daisy likes them hot now... we bath together so it''s ''my'' temperature - she goes all shivery if it''s lukewarm!

Mer - I wasn''t allowed to travel outside London after 36 weeks. My hospital''s view was that it was risky and unfair on any other hospital that ended up having to take me when I wasn''t booked with them. That was also because I was high-risk and Daisy would need neo-natal care though, so it might not have been their standard advice.

Honestly I would do a trip EARLY in the third trimester. You may be lucky or you may end up like me where you need a crane just to get out of the bath by 36 weeks and walking was hardwork.

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Date: 1/12/2010 2:00:19 PM
Author: Pandora II
Ooops, I did the hot baths thing - maybe that is why Daisy likes them hot now... we bath together so it''s ''my'' temperature - she goes all shivery if it''s lukewarm!


Mer - I wasn''t allowed to travel outside London after 36 weeks. My hospital''s view was that it was risky and unfair on any other hospital that ended up having to take me when I wasn''t booked with them. That was also because I was high-risk and Daisy would need neo-natal care though, so it might not have been their standard advice.


Honestly I would do a trip EARLY in the third trimester. You may be lucky or you may end up like me where you need a crane just to get out of the bath by 36 weeks and walking was hardwork.

LOL were you that bad of a patient? LOL, sorry it''s just worded funny

 

[jcrow]

yes, you run the risk of delivery + blood clots if you sit still for too long [in car, on flight, etc.]

funny, we had plans to go to vegas in march of this year before we found out we were expecting. we decided not to go since it''s so close to my due date.

 

[cdt1101]

Date: 1/12/2010 2:00:19 PM
Author: Pandora II
Ooops, I did the hot baths thing - maybe that is why Daisy likes them hot now... we bath together so it''s ''my'' temperature - she goes all shivery if it''s lukewarm!

Mer - I wasn''t allowed to travel outside London after 36 weeks. My hospital''s view was that it was risky and unfair on any other hospital that ended up having to take me when I wasn''t booked with them. That was also because I was high-risk and Daisy would need neo-natal care though, so it might not have been their standard advice.

Honestly I would do a trip EARLY in the third trimester. You may be lucky or you may end up like me where you need a crane just to get out of the bath by 36 weeks and walking was hardwork.

I tell DH all the time the reason Lex loves water/baths so much is because I took quite a few baths during pregnancy

Seriously the kid loves water.

 

[vespergirl]

Date: 1/12/2010 1:12:24 PM
Author: TravelingGal
Depends how far. Take medical records with you.

My memory is vague, but I got a rec from my doc that it was 26-27 weeks for international, and 32 weeks for domestic.

Ditto this - my OB said the same thing. I was a high-risk pregnancy with my first baby because of a risk of incompetent cervix, so I had to go the the OB every two weeks, and they didn''t want me traveling past 24 weeks, but I did fly to FL to my parents'' house for my baby shower when I was 28 weeks (I had read the rule about 32 weeks, so I thought I would be fine when I helped my mom schedule the party - there were no problems, and I carried the pregnancy full term).

This time I am not considered high risk, and I have a new OB. He told me that the guidelines that TGal lists above are what he recommends. He did say that if I was going to be taking a longer flight, he wanted me to take a baby aspirin before I got on the plane to minimize the risk of blood clots. I told him that I thought that you were never supposed to take aspirin during pregnancy because of the risk of Reyes'' Syndrome, but he said one tiny baby aspirin before a flight wouldn''t do anything.

When I just flew to/from FL at 24 weeks for the holidays, I decided not to take the aspirin, because it was only a 2 hour flight. Instead, I just got up and walked around twice for my circulation.

 

[TravelingGal]

I never took baths because we didn''t have enough hot water in our old apartment. It''s so nice to take them now. And Amelia loves hot baths (she must be weird too) so I''m glad I didn''t ruin her by not taking hot baths when I was preggo! Hehehe.

 

[vespergirl]

Oops, I forgot to answer your original question - the reason that they don''t want you traveling in the third trimester is because they don''t want you going into labor or having a serious complication far from home. Because then you will wind up in an emergency room with a strange doctor who has no access to your records or medical history. Or, even worse, you could wind up in a foreign country with God knows what kind of facilities and equipment available, and possibly with a dr. that doesn''t speak English.

 

[Mara]

i had a friend who did a babymoon at about 32 weeks and she was fine, but yeah i don''t know that i would take a long flight in 3rd tri, i would have been too uncomfortable. short flight yes.

but one thing to note is some airlines in Europe will not let you fly if you are past about 24-26 weeks. they will literally ask you and deny you entrance on the plane. i had an attendant ask me at 18 weeks when we were traveling in spain and they were scrutinizing me!

 

[Pandora II]

Date: 1/12/2010 2:03:14 PM
Author: Hudson_Hawk

Date: 1/12/2010 2:00:19 PM
Author: Pandora II
Ooops, I did the hot baths thing - maybe that is why Daisy likes them hot now... we bath together so it''s ''my'' temperature - she goes all shivery if it''s lukewarm!


Mer - I wasn''t allowed to travel outside London after 36 weeks. My hospital''s view was that it was risky and unfair on any other hospital that ended up having to take me when I wasn''t booked with them. That was also because I was high-risk and Daisy would need neo-natal care though, so it might not have been their standard advice.


Honestly I would do a trip EARLY in the third trimester. You may be lucky or you may end up like me where you need a crane just to get out of the bath by 36 weeks and walking was hardwork.

LOL were you that bad of a patient? LOL, sorry it''s just worded funny

LOL, sadly yes!

- Daisy would be born opiate-dependant and due to my husband having ''hereditary spherocytosis'' (an autosomal dominant condition that she has a 50/50 chance of having) there was a high chance of her having very severe jaundice. The Neonatologists were present at the birth just in case.

- My having bipolar disorder meant I had a very high risk of PPP or PPD. I was booked into the Mother & Baby Unit at the local psychiatric hospital as soon as I went into labour in case it was needed. The perinatal mental health team came to see me several times a day for the first week.

So, I had some very specialised services booked that most other hospitals don''t have. If I had delivered in another hospital they would have had to transfer us both asap at considerable cost and hassle!

Their exact words were "they will be pretty pissed off and won''t thank you for it".

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Gotcha. Well it''s good thing you have a good sense of humor!

 

[fieryred33143]

One of my Directors was 24 weeks pregnant when she tried to go on a cruise. The travel agent knew she was 24 weeks pregnant but didn''t say anything. They wouldn''t let her get on. It was for her anniversary and she cried. Poor girl.

 

[Hudson_Hawk]

Date: 1/12/2010 2:29:22 PM
Author: fiery
One of my Directors was 24 weeks pregnant when she tried to go on a cruise. The travel agent knew she was 24 weeks pregnant but didn''t say anything. They wouldn''t let her get on. It was for her anniversary and she cried. Poor girl.

That really sucks. We went on vacation with DH''s family two years ago, a cruise out of PR. His sister was just barely 24 weeks at the time and couldn''t go. She and her family stayed in San Juan at a resort while we cruised.

 

[swimmer]

Wow, 24 weeks! That is where I am and I don''t feel like that much of a risk...but I guess that is what it comes to in this era of CYA.

Good luck Meresal, we are thinking about a b&b in the mountains...but I''m not so certain that there will be much for me to do beyond sleep and drink cocoa what with downhill skiing being out of the question (i''m a klutz) and the hot tub off limits. You are lucky to have decent weather near you before the bebe is close.