Air Travel in Pregnancy
The atmosphere help protect us from radiation that is everpresent around us. Once we travel higher in the atmosphere, we are again subjected to this radiation. Air travel therefore presents us with this danger.
A safe dose of radiation for a pregnancy is 1mSv during the entire 40 weeks. Airplane pilots and airline stewardess who become pregnant still have to abide by this ceiling of radiation. Traditionally, a long transcontinental flight only has about 15 percent of this total dose. For those who only make a couple of flighsts during the entire pregnancy never even get close enough to this amount.
Other dangers of air travel include going into labor or miscarrying in the early months of the pregnancy. Airlines will restrict travel over 36 weeks into the pregnancy as well as in the early pregnancy.
If you are planning a trip by airplane and you are pregnant, please consult your obgyn for further instructions.
Air Travel in Pregnancy
The atmosphere help protect us from radiation that is everpresent around us. Once we travel higher in the atmosphere, we are again subjected to this radiation. Air travel therefore presents us with this danger.
A safe dose of radiation for a pregnancy is 1mSv during the entire 40 weeks. Airplane pilots and airline stewardess who become pregnant still have to abide by this ceiling of radiation. Traditionally, a long transcontinental flight only has about 15 percent of this total dose. For those who only make a couple of flighsts during the entire pregnancy never even get close enough to this amount.
Other dangers of air travel include going into labor or miscarrying in the early months of the pregnancy. Airlines will restrict travel over 36 weeks into the pregnancy as well as in the early pregnancy.
If you are planning a trip by airplane and you are pregnant, please consult your obgyn for further instructions.
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