Flying with pregnant pax
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Flying with pregnant pax
I'm looking for some learned opinions regarding flying with someone who is pregnant. A friend wants to propose to his fiancé by flying over a paddock with the proposal written out in hay bales :-) his fiancé is 33 weeks pregnant, the aircraft is a C172 the flight will be about 30min at no more than 2000'. I can assume that there will be no problem with pressurisation but I'm not sure about comfort, seat belt effectiveness, bumps and possible emergency procedures. If anyone can offer some advice, personal experience etc. that would be much appreciated.
As you say pressurization is no dramas - 2,000 ft is no worse than a Sunday drive in the hills.
Bumps? No dramas. My Mrs was 38 weeks pregnant and I was bouncing her around in a 3 metre inflatable across Port Phillip bay.
Just keep the seatbelt as low as you can around her waist and hope that it's big enough.
Bumps? No dramas. My Mrs was 38 weeks pregnant and I was bouncing her around in a 3 metre inflatable across Port Phillip bay.
Just keep the seatbelt as low as you can around her waist and hope that it's big enough.
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If you are feeling paranoid, take a towel and put it behind the back seats where it can be retrieved if her waters break. You don't want that stuff getting all over your aeroplane!
Would be best to keep her out of a control seat so that there will be no issue with full and free movement of controls or related harm in the event of an emergency.
If there is any anxiety, encourage looking out to the horizon and breathing normally with slow deep breaths rather than rapid short, shallow breathing.
It sounds like a short flight so I don't think you will have any dramas. Make sure the weather is nice...!
Would be best to keep her out of a control seat so that there will be no issue with full and free movement of controls or related harm in the event of an emergency.
If there is any anxiety, encourage looking out to the horizon and breathing normally with slow deep breaths rather than rapid short, shallow breathing.
It sounds like a short flight so I don't think you will have any dramas. Make sure the weather is nice...!
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What he said and definitely don't want the waters to break. I was told by the RFDS that it can ground their aircraft for days while they clean the mess up.
Contrary to the TV shows it doesn't flow out like a waterfall, happens slowly, is not acidic and is relatively odourless.
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Well it seems sanity has prevailed and he has reconsidered! He has put the idea on hold until after the baby is born. I'm sure he doesn't want to propose during labour if he wants a positive response :-)
