# Cruising while pregnant? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748 "2011-07-12T14:55:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748/21 "2011-07-14T01:32:29Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I’d be willing to bet, still at her own expense. The helicopter from the deck and ambulance to the hospital was the cruise line. The hospital and Airlift to San Diego were her responsibility. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748/22 "2011-07-14T02:09:22Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > I have never been pregnant at all but I have been on cruises, and they do have a doctor on board - my dad had to see one once. Yes, but your insurance is useless & every procedure is a direct charge on your room charge (which is usually linked to a credit card) . And no, I wasn’t pregnant. :dubious: 😃 As it was, I’d fallen and snapped my wrist to a 90 degree angle in a way wrists shouldn’t bend 90 degrees. I was a little put off as I’d walked down 2-3 decks to the ‘sick bay’ with my arm a mess to find that the med center was closed. A half corridor away were two officers in dress whites talking about something or another. I remember interrupting them and asking, “Excuse me. I need a Dr but the Sickbay is closed. Could you tell me how I could get some medical attention between office hours?” Thats how I learned that even on ships you are supposed to dial ‘911’. But use your good hand. And, FTR people, if my arm/wrist is broken and I’m not shrilly shrieking like a 9 year old girl with concert tickets, then maybe you shouldn’t be either? Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748/23 "2011-07-14T02:24:21Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > I thought this thread was going to be about picking up illicit sexual partners off the street while pregnant. I thought this was Cafe Society and wondered when they started discussing amateur porn movies there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748/24 "2011-07-14T02:31:36Z")
On the other hand, the ship’s electrician may be a very hot Dutch man who will fulfill other needs for you. Or so I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748/25 "2011-07-14T03:53:30Z")
Not to be a downer, but there’s no guarantee that you’ll be pregnant by any particular point in time. If you start postponing life events in anticipation, you may find yourself stuck in a cycle of waiting. You might look into whether trip insurance would cover a pregnancy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruising-while-pregnant/588748.md?page=1)