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Given a low-risk pregnancy, I think you'd be fine travelling internationally at any point between 13 and 26 weeks or so - I think it was as I was approaching 30 weeks that I started to slow down a bit.

I don't think you're crazy at all, but agree that it's a good idea to plan the trip around the pregnancy--that way you could pass the scary stuff in the first tri and get your OB's blessing. also think a trip of fewer than 6 weeks (like 4-5) is nothing to sniff at, and after the 20-wk anatomy scan you go 4 weeks without an appointment, anyway.

It depends where it is. I would want to be in a place where someone was proficient in the local language at a minimum.

@Mrs. Blush: I did not. I don't see any reason to unless you have some kind of emergency. You would also have to consider travel insurance or think about paying out of pocket.

@Mrs. Blush: You could also look at taking an at home blood pressure cuff with you. Or finding a generic walk in clinic type thing that you could just go get a check up.

I've done overseas trips (only 2-3 weeks) with both pregnancies. it wasn't super ideal in the first tri because I felt crappy and I couldn't enjoy EVERYTHING to the fullest, but it really wasn't that bad! I'd chat with your OB to see what they would think about you potentially doing it while pregnant and what they would think about missed appointments.

As long as you were low-risk, I would, and I would just schedule your OB visits for right before you go and then right when you get back. Just for information's sake, I'd also look into what sort of international coverage your health insurance has, too, and consider buying coverage if you don't have any and/or are the type of person who likes to have all of those sorts of scenarios covered.

Especially since you're just TTC now, I'd just plan what makes sense and what you're comfortable with. As everyone on these boards is aware, BFP doesn't always happen right away or when you expect (although sometimes it does!), and baby doesn't always come exactly to target either. But I think you need to just live your life making the choices you can, without planning for all eventualities!

@Mrs. Blush: I didn't look into it, but it probably depends on the health system of the country/ies you're visiting. I have a friend from my phd program who was abroad during her pregnancy-- she had appointments in Japan, 2 us cities, and gave birth in Brazil and she said she had the hardest time finding care in the us! For me, I already knew I loved my ob and it didn't seem worth the hassle to find a dr abroad for just an appointment or two, plus I had other dissertation work I could do at home instead

I would only do it if you could wait until the last minute to plan the trip, not if you needed to plan everything while TTC and just hope that the timing and everything else worked out. You just can't know how long TTC will take, if you will experience loss, or if you will have morning sickness and how long it will last or how bad it will be.