https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 11:28:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-220665 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:53:26 +0000 birdofafeather 220665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i flew 3 hours at 10w and was totally fine. commercial airplane and i didn't have to go through the new scanners. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-220662 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:51:22 +0000 SugarplumsMom 220662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew internationally during my first trimester. I made sure to sit near the bathroom, drank a ton of water and walked and stretched often. I also packed some candy to offset the nausea. I refused to go through the scanners and was patted down instead (the only place that gave me a hard time was in Amsterdam, within the States, it was a given and very convenient). </p> <p>LO is here now and she's healthy. But I honestly would not do it again. I was absolutely miserable. If we had the option to postpone the trip, I would have done it in a heartbeat. Maybe because it was so far, but it would been so much easier if we traveled during my 2nd trimester. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-220655 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:47:59 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 220655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew from Ohio to New Zealand at 10 weeks! (And back at 14!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-220626 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:27:17 +0000 rattles 220626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've flown so far at 8 weeks and 15 weeks. At 8, I felt totally normal. At 15, I was uncomfortable and just made a point to get up and walk/pee every hour or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-220129 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:53:56 +0000 yoursilverlining 220129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup - flew both 1st and 2nd trimester and puked the entire flights!! :(</p> <p>I didn't have any issue going through the new full body scanners since the FFA says the level of radiation you're exposed to is less than the level you're exposed to in less than 10 minutes of flying in the aircraft. But I know a lot of people don't like those machines, and a pat down isn't too big of a deal either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-220107 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:45:17 +0000 Clementine 220107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was 6 weeks pregnant when we flew to Bora Bora, which was a LONG INTERNATIONAL flight and I was fine. Just make sure you move around and have some antinausea meds and tons of snacks around. I felt so nauseated, but that could just be me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-220075 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:33:52 +0000 LuLu Mom 220075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was pregnant and did not know it (and went through the body scan) and everything is A-Okay with my baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-220069 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:29:27 +0000 BlueWolverine 220069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew to Denver at 8 weeks, and then to Michigan at 13 weeks. No problems, other than being really really tired when I got home. Oh, and the Memphis airport is my least favorite. We had a one hour layover, and it was so crowded and the options were so limited that was impossible to get something to eat. I was STARVING and had to make do with Chex Mix for dinner (that I had to wait in a 10 person line to pay for).</p> <p>My doc told me not to go through the new fancy machines. I asked to go through the old one (as many people were doing), but I was informed that I was an "opt out" and had to get the pat down. I've been felt up by TSA four times now. Honestly, the women were all very professional and it wasn't a big deal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219984 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:51:51 +0000 tororojo 219984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew to France in my 5th week and back in my 6th week (from TX). No problems so far, but make sure to move your feet/legs and get up to walk around, since pregnancy puts you at a higher risk for blood clots. I was pretty nauseous on the way back, and plane isn't the most ideal place for that--make sure to bring sea sickness bands and something to much on, maybe some preggie pops or something...anything that could help in case you start feeling bad! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219939 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:30:36 +0000 mrsjyw 219939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at 15 weeks on a 2.5 flight to FL~ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219856 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:56:10 +0000 T.H.O.U. 219856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew but I think I was around 20 weeks. The worst was a bit of nausea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219827 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:46:59 +0000 brownie 219827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at 6 weeks across country and then once a week for an hour for 2 more months. My son is now 15 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219822 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:45:37 +0000 loveisstrange 219822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew from St. Louis to London at 8 weeks. Then from London to St. Louis and back at 24 and 28 weeks. I have a totally healthy 3 month old now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219820 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:34:41 +0000 Periwinkle 219820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't fly at all during the first trimester, but have been flying a lot during the second. My OB was completely OK with it and didn't event caution me against the scanners. I did ask for a manual pat down (up close and personal!) on this last flight (23 weeks) and felt fine on the long flight (NY to London). The only complaint I have is that I did have some swelling in my feet, but it came down after some sleep and lots of water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219719 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:23:49 +0000 skibobrown 219719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew a ton during my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimesters. Baby is fine now. Apparently flight attendants, who spend many, many hours in a plane at altitude, have very slightly higher miscarriage rates than the general population. The risk is miniscule... especially if you're only going to fly once or twice during your 1st trimester. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219687 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:57:33 +0000 matador84 219687@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup...and 2nd and 3rd. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219665 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:39:50 +0000 MusicaV 219665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if this counts, but I flew between 3 and 4 weeks, obviously before I knew I was pregnant. No problems! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219617 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:49:59 +0000 HabesBabe 219617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at around 6 weeks from LA to DC (long cross-country flight). I even went through the X-ray machine... I'm overdue now, so I guess we'll see if there were any effects once the kid is finally out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219534 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:58:08 +0000 Phillybaby2013 219534@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at 5 weeks to Disney World from Philadelphia. Didn't have any issues flying. Disney was another story. ; ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219511 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:53:55 +0000 wheres_c 219511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: ditto. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219497 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:50:52 +0000 mrsjazz 219497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at 8 weeks. I didn't go through the full body scanner. I was bloated, gassy, and uncomfortable, but otherwise okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219482 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:48:27 +0000 wheres_c 219482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at 8 weeks. No issues </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219459 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:43:30 +0000 autumnlove 219459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I flew to Hawaii for my honeymoon at 13 weeks! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219458 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:42:53 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 219458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, at 8 week I went to the Bahamas and back. My OB and RE both assured me that it was a wives tale - I'd had 4 miscarriages leading up to that pregnancy so I was quite concerned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219455 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:41:24 +0000 hellobeeboston 219455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at 8 weeks and it was fine! I also flew again at 19 weeks. Just avoided the X-ray scanners... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219394 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:28:48 +0000 petuniasandpearls 219394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at 8 weeks and at 19 weeks (and will fly again around 25-26 weeks) and have gone through the body scanner too. I didn't have any problems aside from needing to use the ladies room a lot :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219377 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:22:55 +0000 SleepyMonkey 219377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i flew at 8 weeks and had no problems. morning sickness made me more sensitive to the motion of the plane (which i am not normally sensitive to at all), but that's about it. i flew several times in the last 2 week (23 weeks) and the only problem was my tailbone was really sore. plan to fly again in about a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219374 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:22:16 +0000 hilsy85 219374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I flew at 14 and 16 weeks. No problems whatsoever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219215 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:31:21 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 219215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep I flew at 8 weeks and puked the whole time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-fly-in-your-first-trimester#post-219212 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:29:17 +0000 LemonLong 219212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I flew at six weeks and again at 12 weeks. I also went through the body scanners each time. I'm currently 23 weeks and I'm planning to do two more trips before I stop flying. I havent had any issues so far. </p>