Hi, i have been reading the post for the past one month and found it to be very useful and ppl over here very helpful to everyone.Hope i do find solution to my confusion. Am 22 weeks pregnant now and i ll be delivering a baby in December 2010. We have planned to go to india in the last week of January. Am not sure if i can take a one month old baby in flight. am planning to go to my sisters marriage which is on feb first week. will there be any problem in carrying 1 month old baby??? if so wat ll be d problem....i heard the baby may suffer from ear problem wen the flight takes off...will it end up in permanent problem like child becoming deaf???? am so scared of it.....can u please help me and give me suggestions....Tell me wen ll be the right time to travel.... Thanks in advance for ur replies... Regards, Sug
Hi Don;t worry. I travelled with 45 days old baby... Flight take off and landing time babies will cry due to pain. Cover the ears and feed the baby. I did the BF during take off and landing.... NO PROBS AT ALL... This advice was given by a elderly staff of flight.
You can consult and take the advice of your doctor and also an advice from airlines which you are planning to travel.
I would advise you to talk to a doctor. It all depends on the baby. Generally you can travel with a month old baby. The only things you have to consider is vaccination schedule, feeding the baby during takeoff and landing ( its due the air pressure that babies cry ) so its better to feed them. I suggest you to get atleast 1 set of vaccinations before you travel. At such young age baby will be sleepy most of the time so you shld be request for a bassinet. If you are travelling alone, it will be tuf. as you will need rest after delivery too. If the baby is not used to feeding with a bottle by then , you will need to breastfeed at regular intervals. So take these things into consideration and plan.