She said she was left fearing she would have to stay in Tunisia to give birth. What about my children? Ms Deane, 32, had checked she would be okay to fly boarding pass pictured left - and even had a note from her doctors showing she was under the 36 week cut off right. Ms Deane said the experience left her humiliated - but Thomson, which was not operating the flight that day, have refused to take any responsibility. After being taken off the plane last September, Miss Deane, her partner and children Broxon, ten, Alicia, nine, and Garyn, six, then endured a hour ordeal to get home.
First they had a lengthy wait for a flight to Newcastle — rather than their preferred destination of Glasgow. As a result they then had to sit on a minibus to get to their home in Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. NHS advice states that it is normally safe to fly while you are pregnant - but it is the airlines which decide whether or not to let you fly towards the end.
British Airways says it restricts travel beyond the end of the 36th week, while people carrying twins or triplet cannot fly beyond the end of the 32nd week. However, the airline does say it would like women to carry a doctors note after the 28th week, confirming due date and the fact it isn't complicated.
Easyjet allows mothers to fly until the 35th week, and women carrying twins until the 32nd. RyanAir has the same cut off dates as BA, and asks mothers to carry the letter from 28 weeks - but says it reserves the right to refuse travel from this point if they don't have one. Emirates asks for letter after the 29th week, but has the same cut off dates as BA. The whole situation shows how you have no rights.
We cannot protect ourselves. Before flying, Miss Deane had sought the advice of her GP on four occasions, and said she checked with Thomson as instructed by their staff because she was concerned about the timing of the holiday, which she had booked before she was aware she was pregnant. However, Thomson, whose rules state a woman can fly up to 36 weeks pregnant, has distanced itself from the incident, claiming that the flight was operated by a third party.
Kerry Deane, 32, was 35 weeks pregnant when she flew out to Tunisia in September on a 7-day Thomson package holiday. Kerry was travelling with her partner and children Broxon, 10, Alicia, 9 and 6-year-old Garyn. For her return flight, Kerry was now 36 weeks pregnant — but within the safe flying guidelines issued this week, and within the guidelines for short haul flights with Thomson Airways.
According to Kerry, before booking the 7-day holiday, she checked with her GP and the travel giant 4 times whether she would be OK to fly, and was told she met the requirements to fly on Thomson Airways.
After the 36 week cut off, some expectant mums may be accepted for travel but only for urgent medical or compassionate reasons, and only on approval from the airline's medical advisers. Once they reach 28 weeks, they must fill out the airline's "fit to fly" form alongside their doctor of midwife. If approved, they can travel with Ryanair until their 36 week cut off or 32 week if they are expecting more than one baby.
According to their website, Easyjet say pregnant women can travel up until the end of their 35th week of pregnancy. If you want to fly between 28 and 36 weeks on Thomson, you will need a medical note from you doctor or midwife that says you are fit to fly. Pregnant women with other risk factors, such as inherited blood problems, obesity and recent surgery, may face a higher blood clot risk, however.
At the same time, pregnant women who face these higher risks should consider using more extensive blood clot prevention measures while traveling, such as the injectable blood thinner low-molecular-weight heparin LMWH. Skeith and colleagues are now studying whether aspirin can prevent blood clots in postpartum women with risk factors for clots.
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