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| Check with your doctor before planning any travelling, he/she knows you and your medical history best. Take a copy of your antenatal notes with you - just in case. Ask your doctor or the British Embassy for the telephone number of a good, recommended obstetrician in the area you will be staying in.
The safest time to travel while pregnant is during your second trimester (between four and six months), morning sickness should have stopped by now and your bump will not be big enough to cause you a problem in smaller seats |
| Safety
High fevers and dehydration caused by vomiting and diarrhoea have been implicated in miscarriages and for this reason some GP's will feel it best to restrict travelling whilst pregnant to areas where there is a developed medical service and more importantly to those areas where you are less likely to be exposed to infections.
It is important to be aware that two diseases can become extremely serious if contracted at any time during pregnancy; malaria and hepatitis E. During pregnancy it is probably unwise to travel to areas of high risk for malaria transmission or to areas where faecal-oral or filth-to-mouth disease is rife; for example the Indian subcontinent and Peru/Ecuador/Bolivia. It is not yet possible to immunise against hepatitis E or malaria and pregnant women and children under 9 months should not be normally immunised against Yellow Fever and should, therefore, avoid exposure to infection. If pregnant or planning a pregnancy take special advice on malaria prophylaxis; some prophylactics are unsuitable and with others you may need to take a folic acid supplement.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised against pregnant women and small children visiting areas where cholera and malaria are endemic.
An excellent publication called 'Travelling in Pregnancy' is produced by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 27 Sussex Place, Regent's Park London NW1 4RG Tele +44(0) 207 772 7200.
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