Some cruise lines require a medical certificate or a letter from your doctor stating your term of pregnancy or due date, pre-existing physical or medical conditions, your fitness to travel, and any medications you require while onboard.
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Yes! Most cruise lines allow women on-board until their 24th week of pregnancy. This means that you must be less than 24 weeks pregnant at the end of the cruise.
Of course, pregnant women are welcome on board. Please note that for your own safety and the safety of your unborn child, you must not be beyond your 24th week of pregnancy by the end of the cruise to be allowed to sail. In every case you need a confirmation by your attending physician.
However, as a matter of policy, most cruise lines don't count pregnancy as just cause for a refund or travel credit, so if you cancel after final payment, you will be accountable to your cruise line's cancellation policies and might not receive a full refund.
If you're pregnant and traveling before your 36th week, you can travel on a United flight without medical documentation. If you've reached your 36th week or after, you'll need an obstetrician's certificate — the original and two copies — stating that you're fit for air travel.
Most cruises operate as “closed loop” cruises, which begin and end at the same port. If you take a closed loop cruise, you are not required to have a passport to reenter the United States. Instead, you can return to the country with a government issued ID, such as a driver's license, and a birth certificate.
No “Body Scanner”They aren't at cruise terminals. You just walk through a metal detector. That also means you don't have to take everything out of your pockets. You just take out whatever might set off the detector.
Cruises make ideal babymoons. There's food everywhere, including room service for those late-night cravings. Plus they make planning easy; the cruise ship serves as hotel, restaurant, entertainment venue, spa and transportation. You can do as little or much as you want, and there's a doctor onboard ... just in case.
Under the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, for the purposes of determining the obligations under the convention, a birth on a ship or aircraft in international waters or airspace shall be treated as a birth in the country of the ship or aircraft's registration.