{"id":1074,"date":"2017-11-16T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T19:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2017-11-16T21:57:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T02:57:37","slug":"how-to-fly-comfortably-while-pregnant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/how-to-fly-comfortably-while-pregnant\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fly comfortably while pregnant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Being pregnant for 40 weeks is a long time to avoid traveling, especially for someone like me who enjoys getting out of town. However, being pregnant does present some challanges while you are traveling. Through research and trial and error, I have some tips for all of you preggo ladies who would like to travel.<\/p>\n
First Trimester<\/strong><\/p>\n The first trip that I took was in my first trimester. I was sick a good portion of this time and was wondering “how will I ever get on an airplane”. However, I had an amazing conference to go to. So, I took a deep breath and got on the plane. To make the trip comfortable, I followed all the tips from my flying comfortably post<\/a> and I added a few additional things:<\/p>\n Second Trimester<\/strong><\/p>\n In my second trimester, I had thankfully lost the tummy issues and was feeling great, maybe too great. I felt like I could fly like a non-pregnant person. Thankfully, this was also the first time that I was really showing when I traveled. Showing a little has many perks. People start to notice and help you, a lot. Even with the help, there are still a few additional tips:<\/p>\n Third Trimester<\/strong><\/p>\n Why yes, I pushed it! I flew in the begining of my third trimester, right at 30 weeks. My previous trips were to cities inland and I was missing the beach. Becuase of Zika, I ended up flying from Atlanta to LA to seak out a beach. The trip was wonderful and relaxing – I love the beach and needed to feel the sea breeze. However, the flight was on the difficult side. In addition to the above:<\/p>\n With these tips, I can say you can travel comfortably while pregnant, it just takes a little preparation. Of course, always ask your doctor or midwife first and check with the airline\/cruiseline about their pregnancy travel policy, as many have restrictions and require a doctors note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being pregnant for 40 weeks is a long time to avoid traveling, especially for someone like me who enjoys getting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[48,281,114,280,282],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243,"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074\/revisions\/1243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askviptravelista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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