A quick internet search suggests 36 weeks (eight months), which is well into the third trimester, is the most common start of restrictions, and many airlines will accept a doctor’s note the woman is low risk even past that. It was a 2008 election blip when the media got ahold of Sarah Palin flying while in labor because she wanted her special-needs baby delivered by the medical team that had prepared for him, which suggests even the written restrictions in airline policy are not consistently enforced.
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Corigan@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Also airlines won’t let a pregnant woman travel at that point
Lyrl@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
kiagam@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
If a doctor clears you, they can’t deny it.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Sure they can. “My doctor said I can!” Well, they say you can’t. Why would a doctor’s note get you on an airplane?
syreus@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
It would shed the liability from the Airline.
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I mean, sure, maybe in the ensuing lawsuit they could be like hey, her doctor said it was cool, but it doesn’t change the fact that there’s a baby being born on an airplane in transit. Nobody wants that, airlines will shut that down, and it’s not discrimination, it’s just a good decision.
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
Is that true? Sounds kind of discriminatory.
mEEGal@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
sounds more like they don’t need a medical emergency mid flight aka 10km above the ocean
Corigan@lemm.ee 18 hours ago
www.usatoday.com/story/travel/…/83846106/
Certainly you can, but a lot of hurdles to restrictions. And most obgyns won’t approve you if you have any risk factors.