cruise while pregnant?

[aaronandterri]

hi
Has anyone been on a cruise while early in pregnancy and how was it, i ask as were thinking of trying this year and are due our cruise in april, so i could be 7 or 8 weeks pregnant or just pregnant, and was wondering how it would make me feel?
i only had minor morning sickness twice before but i worry about the boat and wonder if we should wait till after our holiday but i rearly would like a christmas baby.

 

[wdwcp93tlt]

My DH and I cruised for a week when I was about 3 months along. I was tired but that was it. I had cruised before and had never had motion sickness so I figured I would be okay. We took it easy and I napped when needed. It was a great trip. Hope that helps. Good Luck!!! We are starting to think about trying to have our second child and hope it happens sooner than later.

 

[PrincessEmilysMommy]

I cruise on February 3rd. I'll be about 8-9 weeks by then. So I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[PrincessEmilysMommy]

I cruise on February 3rd. I'll be about 8-9 weeks by then. So I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[cookleitz]

My husband and I cruised when I was 10 weeks pregnant. I have motion sick issues normally, but these were not worsened by pregnancy. I just found that I needed to eat every few hours to keep my (expanding) tummy from getting empty.

The worst part was not being able to drink the wonderful wines with dinner.

Enjoy!

Chris

 

[cookleitz]

My husband and I cruised when I was 10 weeks pregnant. I have motion sick issues normally, but these were not worsened by pregnancy. I just found that I needed to eat every few hours to keep my (expanding) tummy from getting empty.

The worst part was not being able to drink the wonderful wines with dinner.

Enjoy!

Chris

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

Have you ever cruised before? Personally, I wouldn't hesitate to go, but I know I don't get motion sickness. I will admit that all my pregnancies were vastly different from one another. One time I was sick as a dog in my third month and then the other two times it was like I wasn't even pregnant...no sickness or anything. I guess I'd go with whatever your comfortable with. I agree that you'll miss some of those yummy tropical drinks, but other than that, DCL is a great experience and we've had a lot of fun on them.

 

[bumbershoot]

I just found that I needed to eat every few hours to keep my (expanding) tummy from getting empty.

Which of course is very easily done on a cruise, isn't it?

I went on a cruise when I was one week after conception (officially 3 weeks "pregnant", they are so weird about counting time of gestation) and yes I was already having mega-symptoms (we knew I was pg...well DH knew the next day, but I had a feeling a couple days later). The week between wedding/conception and our cruise I went up a cup size, and the week of the cruise I went up another...thankfully I had brought a few sizes of bras!

By the second formal night I was very uncomfortable...even though I could still fit into my formal gown (it had only been 1 to 2 weeks!) I didn't WANT to be in it, my waist already HATED having anything against it.

I only had one day of being sick, but that started the early morning we left the Inside Passage and were in "real" water, LOL. And I wasn't wearing my SeaBands while I slept, so I'll never know the real cause for that.

The ONLY disappointment I had (beyond having to give up the "adult" mango tangoes...I had two before I finally decided "OK fine I am indeed pg" so no more rum) was that I was asleep by 8 almost every night. I managed to stay away for ONE show over 7 days, and I totally missed the midnight chocolate buffet. Dh tried to wake me up several times over a few hours, but I was just out cold. I'm a night owl so the exhaustion was very very weird, and NOT what I was expecting (my mom was an amazon princess capable of moving the earth when she was pregnant, and I was sort of expecting that, not the sleeping all the time out of breath schlumpy chick I was).

So as long as you expect that you'll probably be OK.

Then again, I can't tell how many babies you've had. If you've had two, almost everyone I know who has had three says that third one was completely different from pregnancy on, so it might be good to expect anything.

And get FULL trip insurance from the moment you book the cruise, the kind of insurance that lets you cancel for any reason, even "pre-existing", just in case you're just not up to it.