I’m currently 30 weeks pregnant & flying at 31 weeks, the airline has stated I needed a fit to fly letter from midwife within 6 days of travel, but she’s away on holiday & the one she originally done for me, is 10 days prior to travel..
How else can I get a fit to fly? Thanks
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Speak directly to your GP. I spoke to my midwife about this recently and she recommended to speak to the GP practice! Xx

How come the airline is asking this of you? I know it's in the rules, but I flew at 33 weeks and no one asked anything. They can't really know how far along are you and the letter and the rule itself, I believe, is more of an assurance you're not flying somewhere else to give birth

it’s just a precaution having the letter, I highly doubt they’ll ask me, I’m also not huge so I don’t think they’ll ask but I just wanted to have something in writing incase 😅

Ah, I thought they genuinely said somewhere they will need to see it. One of my colleagues put it this way: they can't tell how far along you are and they're not stupid to ask you in case they offend you 😂

Call your midwife she would have cover.

I flew at 30 weeks and got asked how far along I was at the gate before I boarded the plane. I only put on 6kg my whole pregnancy so wasn't huge either. I stupidly didn't have one and wasn't allowed to board the plane so I wouldn't risk not taking one. You would have to be willing to lie about how far along you are if you get asked.

To answer your actual question I got one online via zoom doc and got on a plane a few hours later

Yes i wouldn't risk it, i got asked at 30 weeks. Zoomdoc are good if you can't get it through your gp