Jazz wrote:
> thanks for the fast reply...
> and as far as my wife being preg? I know it is "safe" to cruise before
> 26 weeks, but she has had a miscarriage in the past, so we are extra
> careful about things....
>
> Jazz Mann
>
> Kurt Ullman wrote:
>> In article <1166717799.927064.143800@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
>> "Jazz" wrote:
>>
>>> My wife is 3 months preg and before we have our first child we'd like
>>> to squeeze in some travel.
>>>
>>> She has never been on a cruise, I went on one when I was 15 (Big Red
>>> Boat, formerly a Disney cruise line, but no where NEAR what Disney
>>> cruise is today).
>>>
>>> I mentioned it to my wife. We live in Alabama and a VERY close port to
>>> us is Mobile, Alabama.. for Carnival. Plus, im finding this time of
>>> year the prices are rock bottom.
>>>
>>> Her first reaction was (of course) "What about the sickness I hear on
>>> the news?"
>>>
>>> I tried to convince her they were isolated events, but I wne to google
>>> today, typed in Carnival cruise sickness and had such a fine choise of
>>> results to clikc... geez, and these reports are recent, like, 2006
>>> reports!
>>>
>>> So, assuming this group is full of frequent cruisers, ill ask you...
>>>
>>> If your wife (or you) had a 3 month baby in her tummy, would you want
>>> to go on a cruise and risk the apparant frequent bouts of sickness
>>> these ships deal with?
>>>
>>>
>> If I would risk a trip to Olive Garden, I would risk one to
>> Carnival. It is a bug that is wild and can show up in any number of
>> places, just gets the publicity from the cruises because they are all in
>> one place and it is easy to see them. I would look up norovirus (which
>> was first called the Norwalk-like virus because it resembled a virus
>> that went through a day care center years ago) and get a handle on what
>> it is.
>
Princess has recently revised their pregnancy policy. You can not be any
more than 24 weeks pregnant to cruise.
Bill
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