Mr. Cob’s parents celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary earlier this year. Mr. Cob and I have another 28+ years to go, but hopefully will follow in their footsteps (and my parents for that matter – they’ll celebrate 38 years this Fall!). So as a gift, Mr. Cob and his siblings are taking their parents on a family Caribbean cruise. I have a mild to moderate case of claustrophobia and the thought of being in a small cabin room on a cruise scares me. And the thought of being in one pregnant, causes me to go into a near panic attack. So after some discussion, Mr. Cob and I decided it would be best if I stay on dry land while the Swan family cruises.
Well, as it turns out, it was a good decision because I wouldn’t have been allowed to board the cruise ship had I booked a ticket! I randomly stumbled upon an article today about cruise ships having “pregnancy policies” and proceed to peruse Royal Caribbean’s website for such a policy. Sure enough, women who are or will be in their 24th week of pregnancy are not allowed on the cruise! And if you are pregnant, prior to your 24th week, you have to have physician’s “fit to travel” note in order to board. I’ll be 30th weeks when the family cruise leaves port…definitely past the 24 week mark.
So, if you have a yearning to go on a cruise, better to get it out of the way before getting knocked up. And cross “cruise” off the list for babymoon options. So I guess this explains the lack of baby bumps on cruise ships. In case you were wondering.
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