I travel quite a bit for my job, and was wondering at what week should I tell my management team I need to be taken off projects that are out of town? I was thinking 28 weeks?
I know every pregnancy is different and I?ll definitely talk to my CNM but my first appointment isn?t until July 10th and I was hoping to hear what you ladies would say/felt most comfortable doing if you had to deal with this.
TIA!
Re: When to stop traveling for work?
It depends... where do you go?
I would be leery of out of country travel during any point of a multiples pregnancy, but domestically maybe until 24 weeks if you go to major cities?
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I'm stopping at 20 weeks -- just to be overcautious. I've heard too many horror stories.
We actually have a wedding of a close friend that I was supposed to fly out for ~25 weeks, but I'll be staying home (DH will be going to the wedding, however -- if god-forbid, anything happens, my parents live nearby, luckily).
I already told my director I couldn?t go on my international trip to Argentina/Chile when I would be 19 ? 21 weeks.
In general the projects I am assigned tend to have me going to rural/remote areas as I work for a large manufacturing company, so I usually am going to large pulp and paper mills.
Not to say I am not excited to be having twins, but I was really bummed at first that I wouldn't be able to use the midwifery practice I had been researching. Once I found out it was twins, I called and asked - they acted like I was crazy for thinking I wouldn't be able to work with them.
They are somewhat unique though? they work with a perinatologist that is also their 24/7 on-call OB for emergencies. They also deliver at a hospital with a Level III NICU but it has a birthing wing with individual rooms and tubs for water births. The hospital is only ~ 1.5 ? 2 miles away.
I just figured I?ll work with them as long as I am comfortable and if at any point I feel like I?m not getting the level of care I think myself or the babies need I?ll go back to my old OB. So not too much stress.
I agree with PPs that said 20 weeks. I started getting pretty uncomfortable around 23 - 24 weeks. I had to cancel a trip to an out of state wedding at 25 weeks because I was in so much pain. (Back, belly, hips, etc.)
If you do choose to continue to travel through 28 weeks, I would make sure each place you're going has a really good NICU nearby just in case.
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