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Pregnancy And High Altitude Travel
All pregnant women are curious about what is safe for them during pregnancy and what isn't. Getting pregnant changes your entire life. You cannot do some of the most basic things like taking the stairs or riding bumping cars when you are pregnant.
IS DRIVING DURING PREGNANCY A SAFE OPTION?
Travel in general and movement in specific is obstructed during pregnancy. Did you know about the curious relationship between pregnancy and high altitude? If you feel like having a high altitude vacation during your pregnancy, should you go ahead with it?
Pregnancy
At
High
Altitude
Risks
If
scientific
facts
are
to
be
believed,
then
travelling
to
mountains
during
pregnancy
is
not
safe.
There
is
one
very
simple
reason
for
this;
the
air
gets
thinner
as
you
climb
higher
into
the
atmosphere.
So
you
get
less
oxygen
at
high
altitudes.
This
means
you
will
get
tired
easily
as
less
oxygen
will
go
to
your
brain.
It
also
means
that
your
foetus
will
get
less
oxygen
and
that
will
affect
its
growth
and
development.
Besides,
pregnancy
makes
you
breathless
anyway.
So
being
at
high
altitude
will
obviously
make
you
go
out
of
breath.
There are also minor issues like high altitude sickness that affect pregnant women. If you already have high altitude sickness, then pregnancy will make it worse. You might feel light headed, dizzy or nauseous depending on how you fare at higher altitudes normally. Although this does not affect your baby in a major way, it is uncomfortable.
Is
It
Really
Risky?
This
brings
us
to
the
next
obvious
question.
If
you
are
a
pregnant
woman
and
you
are
not
supposed
to
have
a
vacation
in
hilly
areas,
what
about
women
who
live
at
high
altitudes?
So
to
counter
that
fact,
we
have
another
statistic.
It
has
been
noted
that
women
who
live
at
high
altitudes
have
smaller
babies.
In
fact,
doctors
have
their
own
charts
to
measure
the
growth
and
development
of
babies
who
are
born
at
high
altitudes.
Eventually, it also comes down to your personal tolerance level. At 11,000 feet, some women don't even heave. However, some women huff and puff when they are just at 9000 feet. So your individual reaction to higher altitudes is a deciding factor here.
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