Is it safe to fly whilst pregnant?
SearchFlying while Pregnant Many pregnant women find themselves needing to fly. This may be an emergency, on business or even grabbing that short holiday before the new arrival which is bound to change the family dynamic forever. Then there are those women who earn their livelihood through regular flying. These would include commercial pilots and cabin crew. Radiation Exposure in flying The overriding issue for the woman is the safety of both herself and her unborn baby. Flying involves exposure to some degree of radiation coming from space and the sun. This is because planes fly where the atmosphere is thin therefore reducing the shielding protection that we get on the ground. It follows therefore that the higher the plane flies and the longer the person flies, the more she is exposed to the cosmic radiation. There is miniscule radiation on the ground and it goes down the nearer you are to the sea-level. When flying and the jet is cruising at 33,000 feet (10,000 metres), the level of
