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Every time I see a cruise ship/helicopter rescue, I am amazed at the true skill of some people.
The Cost Guard is amazing at what they do. I hope she is ok.Every time I see a cruise ship/helicopter rescue, I am amazed at the true skill of some people.
First and foremost I hope she and the baby are okay and recovering.The first thing I thought of when I saw this on the news this morning was about how much that is going to cost! Is the medical care in PR as much as it is here in the continental US? Even without travel insurance I've never worried about situations like this in other developed countries because the medical care is so much cheaper, but being medivacked on US soil could bankrupt anyone.
If there were no complications, and she was under 24 weeks, I don't see why she wouldn't have thought to go. Especially if her OB cleared her. Is Zika virus still a thing? I avoided areas when we were trying to get pregnant, but never heard anything when I was (2019).I don't know if this makes me a horrible person for thinking it, and obviously I too hope she is safe, but I can't help but wonder what on earth was she was thinking going on a 7 day cruise? My OBGYN always told me to avoid travel that would require me to be more than a few hours away from a hospital. And I was told absolutely no travel to Caribbean because of Zika virus. Is that no longer the guidance?
I traveled while pregnant. As long as I knew I'd have access to proper medical care if needed, there was no reason not to travel.I don't know if this makes me a horrible person for thinking it, and obviously I too hope she is safe, but I can't help but wonder what on earth was she was thinking going on a 7 day cruise? My OBGYN always told me to avoid travel that would require me to be more than a few hours away from a hospital. And I was told absolutely no travel to Caribbean because of Zika virus. Is that no longer the guidance?
But on a ship at sea there is no access to medical care for pregnancy related complications hence the need for the helicopter medivac. Just seems crazy to me that a doctor would approve it but I guess they do.I traveled while pregnant. As long as I knew I'd have access to proper medical care if needed, there was no reason not to travel.
Of course, certain places are warned against for high risk of certain diseases. But never her of the Caribbean being one of those places. My cousin also cruised to the Caribbean on DCL while pregnant & her doctors didn't have any issue with it.
This may be to the PP's point -- a cruise ship is NOT adequately prepared to deal with an obstetric emergency. This is why the cruiselines don't allow passengers past 24 weeks (I think that's the cut-off).As long as I knew I'd have access to proper medical care if needed, there was no reason not to travel.
Sorry, I was just speaking in general about traveling while pregnant.This may be to the PP's point -- a cruise ship is NOT adequately prepared to deal with an obstetric emergency. This is why the cruiselines don't allow passengers past 24 weeks (I think that's the cut-off).
I pray the woman and her baby are ok. I hope she did not ignore the recommendations and cruise later along in her pregnancy.
I didn't see anything about the emergency being pregnancy related, just that she had an emergency and was also pregnant, which of course would complicate any medical issue.But on a ship at sea there is no access to medical care for pregnancy related complications hence the need for the helicopter medivac. Just seems crazy to me that a doctor would approve it but I guess they do.
I don't know if this makes me a horrible person for thinking it, and obviously I too hope she is safe, but I can't help but wonder what on earth was she was thinking going on a 7 day cruise? My OBGYN always told me to avoid travel that would require me to be more than a few hours away from a hospital. And I was told absolutely no travel to Caribbean because of Zika virus. Is that no longer the guidance?
If there were no complications, and she was under 24 weeks, I don't see why she wouldn't have thought to go. Especially if her OB cleared her. Is Zika virus still a thing? I avoided areas when we were trying to get pregnant, but never heard anything when I was (2019).
I didn't see anything about the emergency being pregnancy related, just that she had an emergency and was also pregnant, which of course would complicate any medical issue.
Most women are not at high risk for pregnancy related complications - I mean anything could happen at any time, but you could also stroke out or have an aneurism or any other number of medical issues pregnant or not. That said since you are mom of twins I would guess that your risk for complication would be higher than a single pregnancy and you might be a bit more conservative. But I don't think that it is irresponsible for a healthy woman early enough in her pregnancy to travel with her doctor's blessing.
This news originally came across my fb feed and a few people on that cruise posted - not verified of course - but that she had some kind of internal bleeding and had already required a couple of blood transfusions (the officers donated) but they needed to get her to a real hospital. Also that a family member posted to the cruise group she was in that she was doing ok. Not sure if this is true or not but I hope the second is!
35+ years old pregnancies are considered high risk. I know, I've been there.If there were no complications, and she was under 24 weeks, I don't see why she wouldn't have thought to go. Especially if her OB cleared her. Is Zika virus still a thing? I avoided areas when we were trying to get pregnant, but never heard anything when I was (2019).