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Southwest lets preggos pre-board! I always had really good experiences flying while pregnant. Sorry you had a tough day!

Yup, the baby so far has been on 6 flights and all of them I've been treated horribly. The other passengers couldn't have cared less if I was dead or alive, people pushed past me while boarding and the flight attendants didn't lift a finger to help me out or get me a better seat when I asked. I'm so glad my flying is all finished now!!

@kjpugs: seriously, people working for the TSA now are aholes. I am SO GLAD I am not traveling anymore. I never had better treatment than when I was pregnant but I despised traveling for work if I had to fly!!!

@kjpugs: I'm only 8 weeks along so no nightmares like this yet. But wanted to recommend that you should look into paying for early boarding. For most airlines now I think you can pay $15 or so to be in the first boarding group. I do it just because I HATE having to navigate through people on the plane and not having overhead space! I just hate airports and travelers in general (MISERY) so I'm not looking forward to pregnant traveling. I am possibly going to a wedding overseas while 20 weeks and its a 12 hour flight. I joke with DH that he's sitting coach and I'm using my Delta points for first and I don't even feel bad about it.

@Modern Daisy: reminds me of the time DS puked all over me on a transatlantic flight last summer. I was COVERED in vomit, and we're not talking spit up, holding a crying baby and not a single flight attendant or other passenger even so much as asked if we were ok. DH was there, so he was helping but it was just terrible. Then, I went and stood in the back of the plane and rocked DS to help calm him down. I kept getting the evil eye from the flight attendants and one of them even told me I couldn't stand there. So I'm covered with vomit and trying to rock my crying baby and all she could tell me was that I couldn't stand in the part of the plane where I was disturbing the fewest number of people.

But it doesn't end there! Oh no! We had a connecting flight and while we were waiting in the terminal DH went off to the bathroom. DS pukes all over me AGAIN (but mostly water) and not only do people not offer to help, but they get up and leave. After DH is back and we have calmed things down, I tell 3 different people who work at the airport that my kid puked on the floor and maybe they should call someone to clean it. Everyone was like "that's not my job".

I was really disgusted not only with the airline staff but just people in general that day.

I'm not surprised bc a lot of airlines no longer do pre-boarding for family's with younger kids any more. Honestly, I wouldn't expect preferential treatment from the airline.

But I am shocked no one offered you a seat a the terminal or offered to help with your luggage! Every time I've flown solo someone always offers to help me even though I decline.

@lamariniere: DH and I were on a transatlantic flight in November. We were in the back row and a mom traveling alone with her LO was in the next row over. Long story short, LO ended up being sick and they paged for a doctor on board. But even before that, I noticed he threw up (could smell it) and had to alert the flight attendants to it. She was in the bathroom alone, trying to clean him and her up, and I suggested someone check on her. I felt so bad.

I"m so sorry lady. In my experience United just overall sucks. Unfortunately they're the only airline that flies direct to where my parents live and I have to endure them a few times a year, but geez. At least a passenger could have helped you lift your bag!

I'm glad to hear that your next flight will be with your DH so you'll have some help. If you ever do fly solo again though, you could download the airline's app on your phone, and it will tell you if there are further delays or if it's boarding on time. Then you could go find a spot further away from your gate to find a seat. And maybe a much deserved snack or milkshake while you're at it!

I flew 8 times when I was preggo, most of the flights were in my second and third trimester. I never got any special treatment from anyone. I always checked my bag even though it was carry on size so I wouldn't have to lift it. It did annoy me when I rode the airport trams that no one would move so I could sit or hold onto the pole since I felt very unbalanced. One one flight there was 4 of us in our third trimester which was pretty funny. The flight attendant said she was hoping there was a doctor on board just in case!

Oh man. That sucks. I'm sorry.

I've flown Alaska and US Air and they usually allow families with small children board. I would hope if I was pregnant they would let me pre-board.

So sorry you had such a bad flight. United really does suck. We flew United this past spring when we went home to the States. They also no longer let babies and kids pre board plus the service in flight, as well as on the ground, was really horrible.