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Flight travel during pregnancy
Is it safe to travel by flight during first trimester. Also have to take a connecting flight and the journey would be of around eight hours.
It is safe to travel in first trimester.
However the turbulence during the flight may make a pregnant woman more uncomfortable. There is increased tendency to vomit.
There is no increase in radiation risk.
If you have a low risk pregnancy then you can travel safely.
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travelling by flight upto 36 weeks is safe and allowed.
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