Ladies, I know flying is generally deemed perfectly safe in pregnancy, and the 2nd trimester (I'm now just over 17 weeks) is supposed to be the 'safest'. But I'm stressing a bit!
My job entails quite a bit of travel. Always within Europe, so flights are typically 1.5-2 hours, no more. No long transatlantic flights or anything. I did lots of flying in October, before I knew I was pregnant, and quite a bit in Nov when I was still quite early on... I must have done 16 separate flights in those 2 months (as some trips are 4 flights, not everywhere is easy to get to from my regional airport!). Well, I haven't done any travel since mid November but I do have a few trips scheduled in for Jan, Feb and March. By the end of March I'll be nearly 28 weeks, so was planning to give up the flying then.
The tips I have planned are not major ones really - one 1-night stay this month, same next month plus a 3 night trip, then one 4 night trip to Berlin in early March. Compared to my usual trips, these are all pretty easy ones - by which I mean, I won't have to present or chair or lead the meetings! So no real stress, but I really should be there.
My understanding is that as long as you aren't having issues (bleeding, high blood pressure, etc), the guidance says flying is fine, that changes in air pressure etc won't affect the baby. So I was ok about all this, and my only precautions were thinking I'd take my midwife notes, and note the nearest hospitals to where I'd be, in case of any concerns whilst there. But my family really stressed me out this weekend 🙄😭 advising me I shouldn't be travelling in my condition etc. I asked my midwife previously and she said it's fine, as though I'm high risk on age alone (recently turned 42), touch wood everything seems normal otherwise. But all this concern has me wondering - has anyone ever been advised NOT to fly just because of age alone??