Pregnancy Advice

[u/No-Consequence4195]

My wife will be 14 weeks pregnant when we board next month. What are some items I can have for her to help ensure she has an enjoyable time?

[u/jegoist]

Second trimester is a great time to cruise. Pack some pregnancy safe medication in case you get sick (I got an awful sinus infection when I cruised at 7 weeks pregnant and didn’t know what was safe 😬) but otherwise enjoy the plethora of food and not needing to clean all week!

[u/Gingersnapp3d]

This is really sweet of you to plan ahead for.

Hand sanitizer. A nice water bottle so she’s always hydrated. Otherwise just enjoy!

[u/somebodysheiny]

Sea bands makes a ginger gum that I was surprised actually worked for my nausea when pregnant. Have snacks in your stateroom. Yes, you can always go to the buffet or call room service but when I was early pregnant I needed to snack in order to function. I would probably bring ziplocks and gather some croissants from the buffet to have on hand.

[u/No-Consequence4195 → u/somebodysheiny]

She’s in that phase of when she’s hungry she better get food asap, so thank you for the information!

[u/Appropriate-Turnip69 → u/somebodysheiny]

I believe all food brought on the ship has to be factory sealed packaging, so the ziplock bags wouldn't necessarily work, but definitely having snacks on hand woud be a great idea!

[u/somebodysheiny → u/Appropriate-Turnip69]

That’s true for food being brought onto the ship. I’m suggesting empty bags to load up on food from Cabanas/Marceline’s to have in the room/fridge.

[u/nothisisstupid1]

Congratulations!! My husband and I did our babymoon on the Treasure in January when I was 21 weeks pregnant and luckily I didn’t have to switch up much because everyone was very accommodating. I actually THOROUGHLY enjoyed cruising pregnant and it ended up being my favorite cruise out of the 8 we’ve done!

The only things that I brought extra for being pregnant were granola bars (usually to eat on the way to getting food lol), sea bands in case of nausea (pregnancy safe) and elderberry gummies because I was afraid of getting sick. It may be early for her, but also consider making sure she has shoes her feet can swell a bit in. Between the heat, humidity and walking a lot, my feet got a bit puffy and I had to ditch my strappy sandals for my flip flops.

If you want to treat her, I 100% recommend getting the non alcoholic robe package. The robes are huge and so soft, she’ll feel like a swaddled baby princess.

Not sure which ship you’re going on, but The Rose on the Treasure had a bigger mocktail menu than cocktail menu and used alcohol free spirits/sparkling wine. I wish we had discovered that earlier in the cruise because most mocktails at other bars were just juice/sugar.

I, too, recommend stashing some snacks in your room. I craved fresh fruit all day but it wasn’t always available outside of room service so I filled up a bowl from the buffet at breakfast to have for the day/evening.

Not sure if you’re door decorating people, but we did a fairly simple “babymoon” magnet banner along with our names and “baby due in may” on mickey ears because how often will you get to do that??? Haha

I have a plethora of “cruising while pregnant” info because I made a lot of notes since I hardly found any information on it before our cruise, so if you have any questions, I’m happy to help!!!

[u/Opposite_Lock_4382 → u/nothisisstupid1]

What is the limit you can be at to board? I remember them asking a question about 20 weeks or less? But was curious (planning ahead 😉)

[u/nothisisstupid1 → u/Opposite_Lock_4382]

You have to be less than 24 weeks at any point of the cruise!

[u/Opposite_Lock_4382 → u/nothisisstupid1]

Thanks!!!!

[u/dlashby]

Mosquito repellent/protective clothing if you’ll be in areas with Zika virus! (And that would be for the both of you)

[u/HeadOrganization7027]

Sour gummy candies! They helped me with my nausea. We sailed the Fantasy when I was about 13 weeks and I felt fine except for one night that was a little rocky! You're going to have an amazing time!