| Air travel during pregnancy is never easy. A lot of | | | | made available just at the bulkhead section in certain |
| precautionary measures have to be taken to ensure | | | | airlines. |
| the comfort and safety of the expecting mother. | | | | Swelling around the ankles and lower legs are |
| Although air travel should be minimized as far as | | | | common in pregnancy. These conditions can be made |
| possible during the pregnancy, it should not curb the | | | | worse when flying in a long distance journey. |
| freedom of pregnant women to travel by air, | | | | Pregnancy has higher risk in developing varicose vein |
| whether for leisure or for work purposes. A few | | | | and deep vein thrombosis. Thus, it is advisable to |
| simple steps can easily be taken to ease the journey | | | | remove the shoe and stocking when resting on the |
| during the flight. | | | | flight journey. Keep the blood circulation smooth by |
| As far as seating for pregnant travelers is concerned, | | | | doing a few simple stretching exercises that can be |
| always request for bulkhead seat, which is the seat | | | | carried out on the seat. It involves stretching both |
| located just behind the bulkhead partition that | | | | arms and shoulders, followed by stretching the legs |
| separates the plane into economic class from | | | | and then rotate the feet. A bulkhead seat would |
| business class. Most of the bulkhead seats provide | | | | certainly be more spacious and convenient for this |
| more legroom. Keeping in mind that the pregnant | | | | purpose. |
| uterus is pressing on the urinary bladder, the | | | | Strolling along the aisle every hour is helpful especially |
| frequency of urination is expected to be increased as | | | | in long distance air travel. Together with the |
| pregnancy progresses. Thus, an aisle seat behind | | | | stretching exercise, the pregnant travelers should feel |
| bulkhead would be ideal and easy to move to the | | | | more relax and less numbness around lower limbs due |
| washroom. Sometimes, the washrooms would be | | | | to poor blood circulation. |