If before pregnancy the main thing that worried you was how much space you had left in your suitcase after shopping, now you need to think through all the details of your trip on a Tunisair plane by educating yourself, deeply about her travel conditions of a pregnant women on board her flights.
Pregnancy lasts almost a year and they won’t tell you otherwise. During this year, you are forgoing almost all the fun the world has to offer: cooking eggs to death, drying the meat well, and wiping out the beloved sushi from the Speed Dale. Even coffee and diet cola, you can’t drink without sounding accusing. At least you would expect that the only pleasure you have left, a vacation abroad, you could do it in peace? Well, the answer is complex.
If you are planning to fly with Tunisair soon and don’t plan on leaving your stomach at home, you will find that not everything you learned about flights and vacations before pregnancy is really catching on now. Therefore, you need to be prepared: from full coverage of all insurances to answering boring questions like “How much overweight should you add to your stomach?” Get 10 important tips:
What is important to include in the insurance policy?
– Discover the airline’s procedures
The answer to the question of up to which week you can fly varies from airline to airline. Tunisair refuses to fly women during the last month of pregnancy (from week 36 / up to the 24th week without the need to provide a medical certificate) for fear of giving birth on a plane.
Equip yourself with all the necessary medical documents
The Tunisian company may require a medical certificate, indicating that it is a normal pregnancy and that no medical problem prevents the theft. If until today you had only taken your passport and card before the trip, in case that did not come, you now need to take care of all your medical documents with you, in case you have a problem during your stay abroad.
Don’t fly without a good pregnancy insurance policy
One of the main concerns, which raise many rumors, is the question of insurance for pregnancies abroad. As with airlines, each insurance company has its own policy, but there is one iron rule that applies to everyone: when it comes to insurance and policies, it’s a bit yes.
Just as any illness or medical condition not reported at the time of purchasing insurance will be voided if the purchaser requires medical treatment; at any stage of pregnancy it should not be concealed. The price difference between regular insurance and pregnancy insurance is not large, and in the event of abortion or premature birth, expenses can skyrocket without insurance coverage. It is important to know that there are insurance companies that do not cover pregnant women over 40, and do some market research to find the insurance company that will offer you the most extensive coverage based on your coverage, weeks of pregnancy that you will be abroad.
Reserve a seat in the aisle, as soon as tickets are reserved
After you get through the insurance barrier and even manage to close the suitcase (well, it wasn’t hard from the moment you sat on it), you fight for a seat on the plane. Note that today; it is possible to reserve seats on the flight as soon as the ticket is booked, and not to wait for your arrival at check-in.
Try to apply for a seat in the aisle, and best of all: in the row outside the emergency door. This way you won’t have to snuggle up to your huge belly and save yourself some awkward, eye-catching attempts when trying to open the tray in front of you.
Prefer flights at times that suit you
You might not be sleeping anyway, whether it’s from nausea and heartburn or from an unhappy bladder. But why make things even more difficult? Try to prefer flights at comfortable hours, which will not disrupt the few hours of sleep you manage to accumulate at night.