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That’s a hard one because everyone’s bodies react to pregnancy differently. I do agree that though that you shouldn’t put off life and big trips because you might be pregnant at a point in the future.

I flew early on in my pregnancy twice and both times were torture – I literally had my head in the airsick bag (well, multiple bags) the entire flight (and it didn’t get better in the second trimester for me). I can’t imagine a trans-Atlantic flight – but then, some women fly with no issues. I was also so exhausted and sick my first trimester that I wouldn’t have been up to going on long walking/exploring tours at all, so I wouldn’t have been able to really take advantage of trips to new places. Again though, some women are fine, and don’t get that sick, or that exhausted. Unfortunately, you don’t know ahead of time how you’ll feel.

I would probably go ahead and plan for the trip, but maybe look into getting some sort of insurance for a refund or date change if you are early on in your pregnancy and super sick when you were originally scheduled to go.

Good luck!

I think you should go ahead and plan your trip. TTC is just too unpredictable to wait. I have flown a lot in this pregnancy and been fine, but I didn;t get sick at all so maybe I would feel differently with MS.

Agree with everyone that you should go ahead and plan it, but get insurance. I went to New Zealand weeks 10-13 in my pregnancy. Now I was one of those very fortunate women who never dealt with any real nausea. However, I did have some nasty food aversions, and we didn't get to do a lot of what I wanted to do that was more adventure-y because of my condition. But it was still a blast.

Glad you decided to go! Like others I don't like the idea of planning around something that is so unknown. Hope you have a good trip!

You should definitely go!! If you do get pregnant, traveling early on is okay!

@kml636 - I'm going to Paris and Barcelona for 2 weeks also. I was in Italy and Greece in 2010 and LOVED it. I stayed mostly at b&b's to really get immersed in the culture. You're gonna have a blast!

It's hard to predict if you would get morning sickness or not, but in general, the first trimester meant a lot of slugishness and sleeping for me. I would have made a trip regardless, we went to Egypt when I was about 7 weeks pregnant, but I was feeling fine and got the ok from my OB.