Traveling During Pregnancy

Posted on January 1, 2008
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The restriction of travel, except for short trips, it was normal practice for obstetric patients until World War II, when women were forced to embark on trips without taking into account the distance or how you travel.

Travelers cart at an airport
It is generally advised to avoid travel to countries with poor sanitary conditions or high altitude. Nor is it advisable, especially if the next birth, travel to places with limited medical resources.

From the data collected from this period has been shown that for healthy women, travel with no harmful effects on pregnancy.

Should we avoid the travel?
In principle, the trips are not contraindicated during pregnancy as long as precautions are taken, we now show.

It is important to avoid travel to places where medical resources are inadequate in view of possible complications, but also avoid making long trips to close to the expected date of delivery.

Getting to be taken into account
* Travel provided with comfortable clothes, you do not press.
* If the transport medium will allow, make stops every two hours to stretch their legs.
* Do not take any medication for the dizziness that is not prescribed by your doctor.
* If planning a trip in an advanced state of pregnancy, consult your gynecologist about the chances of a premature birth.
* If you are not absolutely sure that the trip posed no risk to you, consult your gynecologist.

Air Travel
Air travel is generally safe during pregnancy. The company Iberia, for example, prohibits the trip to pregnant women during the last 15 days of pregnancy. The airline American Airlines allows travel up to 7 days before date of birth if the pregnant is fine. The detectors used by security services security are not hazardous to the health of the fetus.

When you make a flight to seek a seat next to the aisles or in front, this way it will be easier to get up and access the toilet.

The relative humidity in aircraft cabins is kept at only 8%, which favors the appearance of clots in the legs to avoid this situation, try to walk each hour and drink plenty of fluids to improve hydration.

Boat trips
The boat trips are safe, although it should be borne in mind in the course of a trip on the open sea, the distance to a place where there may need medical attention.

Before embarking on a boat trip, consult your gynecologist what type of medication can be taken in event of sickness.

If planning a long journey by land, it is preferable to transfer from bus to train, and to provide greater freedom of movement.

Travel by car
Travel by car to travel short or medium distances is preferred to travel by bus, since in the latter can not set the stops freely.
* Whenever you make a drive, use seatbelts, as it is considered that the risk for both the mother and the fetus is higher if it does not have the seat belt.
* The tape should be placed below the belt on the lower belly, as low as possible if you could, in the upper thighs. The tape should go above the belt between your breasts and across her shoulder, without breaking your neck, never slide the top of the belt off your shoulder.
* Do not put the belt around the abdomen, as this location can cause significant injury to the abdomen and also tighten the lower and upper bands as much as possible, for your convenience.
* The main cause of fetal death in a car accident is the death of the mother.

Consult a doctor
Read many questions answered by our medical team in ‘Ask the doctor’.

Travel abroad
Before making a trip abroad to see her gynecologist, who will advise on the safety of travel and possible preventive measures to be taken. Do not take any medication without consulting your doctor. Sometimes the prudent to delay the trip until after delivery.

It is generally recommended to avoid traveling to countries with poor sanitary or high altitude, and it is contraindicated during pregnancy, especially during the last quarter, the practice of diving helmet (you can produce an oxygen deficiency in pregnant women).

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