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We asked the Travel Medicine and Vaccination Centre for their
answer to this question - and here it is:
There really is no absolute right or wrong to say
"this is the cutoff". In reality, it is determined by the reason for
travel.
Emergency evacuations of sick newborns can be done
immediately and deliveries that have occurred in-flight have generally been OK.
Expat women returning overseas after being home to deliver
are generally counselled to wait 2-4 weeks to fly, mainly so any problems with
the child, breastfeeding, mothers health etc can be sorted out before the family
is away from general services, rather than specific issues of baby and flight.
For holiday makers we would argue similarly, but for
women wanting to travel to somewhere where all the services are, there is no
real contra-indication. Babies are largely protected against oxygen desaturation
which can occur in the slightly hypoxic environment of passenger aircraft, due
to the presence of fetal haemaglobin.
The major concern is ear comfort which means getting the
child to suckle for ascent and descent. Your website discusses this already.
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