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Travel insurance while pregnant with high blood pressure?
Dinah93
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Can anyone recommend where to start looking? The blood pressure is medication controlled but current, we're only looking to go away for 4 days to Portugal during the second trimester for a relaxing last break as a two, but I'd like to be covered in case for any reason I did need medical treatment while I was there.
Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
Met NIM 23/06/2008Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
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Can't help on the insurance question but as someone who had a very premature baby as a result of pre eclampsia I would urge you not to go abroad if you alreday have blood pressure issues! Why not choose a lovely UK hotel with a spa and have peace of mind that if you become less stable you will be able to access an NHS hospital if required?0
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i agree, my dd was born 3 months early cos of my bp, when things happen they happen very quicky....
think even if you did find cover you would be in a foriegn county and not able to speak there language in hospital should the worst happen, hardly ideal.5 kids..1 hubby...1 dog..3 rabbits and a goldfish...yep ours is a Madhouse
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If it helps: http://goo.gl/3D8t9
Most insurers will cover the pregnancy and high blood pressure as two separate conditions if they can.0 -
I agree with the others that it is not wise to go. Even though you have essential hypertension and not pre-eclampsia I doubt you will get cover. Depending on when you were planning to go you might need a doctors certificate to say you were fit to fly, and I don't think you would get one either. Sorry I second the lovely UK hotel and take your notes with you and suss out the hospitals close by just in case.
Good luck with the rest of the pregnancy.0 -
Doctor has said I'm fit to fly and fully supports a few days abroad or I wouldn't be going, it's not pre-e, it's essential hypertension which I've had for over ten years so I'm very comfortable with what to look out for and if things weren't looking good I wouldn't go. Thanks for the replies though.Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81Met NIM 23/06/2008
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Topdog insurance will cover most medical conditions, you can choose to be covered for some or all pre-existing conditions.0
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