I only took one trip to FL (2.5 hour flight) at 15 weeks with DS1.
This time, I've flown at 23, 25 weeks and will again at 30 and 31 weeks.
I haven't thought much of it. But it crossed my mind when I was on my way home yesterday and going through the x-ray machine.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I thought x-ray technology was being phased out of airports, in favor of milimeter wave. I always do the metal detector and pat down instead of mm wave technology. I haven't seen an x-ray machine in years!
pineapple / 12566 posts
I flew 5-6 round trip flights when pregnant with LO1, including a transatlantic trip. With Lo2, I flew just 3 round trips, but one long haul.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@blackbird: yesterday I walked through the old x-ray machine, the other times it was the new 3 second wave machine.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
@mrsjyw: That's nuts! It has been forever since i've gone through one. Was it a super small airport?
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
@blackbird: nope, Logan Int'l in Boston, but it might have been a fluke at that security checkpoint, they had the newer machines and the standard metal detector but they weren't using it/shut down!
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
I flew at 9 weeks and will be flying again for our baby moon in May (I should be 17-20 weeks along).
Then I should be going home to the east coast when I'm about 26 weeks.
I am invited to a wedding in Sept (I want to go) but I'll be pushing 30+ weeks and I don't think my Dr will approve the travel with twins.
eggplant / 11824 posts
I flew a couple times but refused to fly much because every time I flew while pregnant, my MS was out.of.control. Like, I took both meds I had Rx for before a flight and was still barfing nonstop the entire flight. Fun times.
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@yoursilverlining: 
My flight at 8 weeks, I was eating pretzels to keep myself from throwing up. It was a 3 hr flight with an hour layover and then another 1.5 hr flight. Pretzels is what saved me. Did you puke in the bathroom or at your seat?
eggplant / 11716 posts
I've flown twice so far this pregnancy and have one more trip in May (RT, of course) and a potential flight in June. I don't even think about the scanners, tbh...I worry a lot more about my constant need to pee and how my feet swell for a couple of days after flights when I'm pregnant--it makes wearing shoes super uncomfortable.
bananas / 9229 posts
I flew international around 9-10 weeks, domestic around 20 weeks and will again domestic at 32 weeks. I opt out of the scan machines, if an old-school metal detector isn't available. Will do the same next time.
eggplant / 11824 posts
@bluestriped bee: At my seat. At least it was the window and my husband had the middle so he sort of hung up his coat to make me a little barrier. But it was HORRIBLE. It was like nonstop. Nothing helped, except landing! Ugh, I still feel so badly for my fellow passengers lol
eggplant / 11716 posts
@yoursilverlining: what did you do with the throw up? I've thrown up once on a flight and I literally filled up that tiny barf bag...but then we started the descent, so I couldn't get out of my seat. When the flight attendant came by to collect trash, I asked if I could get up and throw it away, and she said she would take it....so I had to pass my warm, full bag of barf to that poor lady. The look on her face.... 
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
I didn't travel often, but took a few flights. I was 35 weeks along when I flew for the last time while pregnant. I wasn't having any difficulties and felt comfortable enough so it wasn't bad at all.
eggplant / 11824 posts
@Anagram: Yeah, that's pretty much what happened to me too! On one flight they gave me a trash bag at the end, since they had been tipped by my asking for multiple in-flight bags that things were going to be bad. 
nectarine / 2262 posts
I flew super early, like 5 weeks, again at 19 weeks, and I will probably fly again when I'm around 29-30 weeks (if my OB okays it, but I don't think it would be a problem). I have opted out of the wave scanners for pat-downs each time.
eggplant / 11287 posts
I flew once with each of my pregnancies pretty early on (first trimester) and then will fly this pregnancy at 25 weeks.
pomegranate / 3601 posts
With my first I flew twice every week until 25 weeks.
With my second I only flew a handful of times.
pineapple / 12053 posts
i flew at 9/10 weeks for a ~2 hr flight each way. i opted for a pat down.
pomegranate / 3921 posts
I flew at 16 weeks, 20 weeks, and 28 weeks. Twice for work and once for my friend's wedding!
blogger / clementine / 750 posts
For my first pregnancy I flew three times (round trip, so six flights) and one of those (or two, rather) were overseas. For my second pregnancy I only flew once round trip. I got the pat down this last time since I was wearing my daughter!
nectarine / 2600 posts
I did in the first trimester and it sucked so bad, it put me off traveling for the rest of the pregnancy! 
pomelo / 5791 posts
Not once. Not a big traveler anyway, but it would scare me to do while pregnant.
grapefruit / 4066 posts
I flew 3 times with my first, and will only fly once this time, but I always opt for a pay down anyways.
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