Yikes! I just wanted to come back and apologize - I certainly did not mean for this to turn into some huge debate, nor did I feel the need to really go in depth when explaining - I was merely just venting my disappointment since we obviously decided not to go.
We are huge travelers, and since getting pregnant I've been asking our doctors office about everything (although I didn't feel the need to ask about Disney since like most of you I thought no big seal because it's not being locally transmitted). We just got back from Hawaii and I asked about that too. In fact, we found out our plane was previously coming from Brazil and the doctor advised us to switch planes, so we did. I've seen flies and mosquitos on planes before and honestly, it was just no big deal for us to change flights. Overly cautious? Yes. But I guess that's where I'm falling into. Once hearing what the doctor said about Disney I called another one in the practice who I've been seeing for years (prior to getting pregnant as my gyno but he doesn't do on), we get along really well partly because he does food and wine every year. He was honest in saying they just don't know, but the office is advising against it. Yes, I'm in NY and there are a lot of foreigners here as well, and yes I'm still going outside. That's just silly. Purposefully being in lines and confined spaces is a little different than merely going outside. Honestly if we said Ft. Lauderdale I'm sure the dr would've had no problem with it. I've seen many tour groups, especially from Brazil (the mecca of zika right now) and even in Disney I've gotten bitten before. It's rare and unlikely that the perfect storm will happen, but at the end of the day, after being explained that and knowing what can happen to the fetus in the off chance it should happen, it's just not something I'm willing to risk. For a vacation. It's not a life or death trip. We go every year, and while I'm extremely bummed because I was looking forward to it, I get the reasons behind it.
I'm not going to get another opinion from a different dr or anyone else. When youre pregnant, at least at this office, you see an ob for everything. I'm not going to search around until I get the opinion I WANT to hear. If I'm not going to take the dr's advise, who is certainly more qualified than me in pregnancy, then why bother going to one?
Anyway, again, this wasn't meant to be turned into a big debate. Now going back to just being bummed out...
r"
