Forbidden Fruits in Flight

I heard a fabulous quote the other day - "A vegan in a Hummer leaves less of a carbon footprint than a meat-eater in a Prius." If that's true than my meat-eating has caused more environmental consternation that I care to know. Of course, my veghead cousin already knew this - she's been eating green for years, that is until she discovered she's with child. Now, she's back on the chuck wagon for the protein.

I picked her up a rare find for this newest adventure written by two Mom's - Zissu and Dolan. The book is called 'The Complete Organic Pregnancy' with tasty advice and alternatives to caffeine, alcohol, soft cheeses and fish. I'm not sure what kind of advice they give for airline food (if any) but I'm off to Dallas tomorrow so I got to thinking how it might be a detriment to her unborn baby.

Not that Continental will feed me, unless I'm bumped to first class, but outside of resisting the drink cart it's perfectly safe for pregnant passengers to fly, provided a doctor says so too. Domestic airlines will allow a pregnant woman to travel practically 24 hours before her expected due date. Week 36 of gestation is the cut-off point for most domestic airlines and international airlines are usually between weeks 32-35.

Unfortunately, vacation activities like water skiing, scuba diving, jumping into a sauna or hot tub and mountain climbing is strictly off-limits. Yikes, all those rules and restrictions would seriously put a damper on my dream destinations including the several I have planned for 2008. Best that I stick to babysitting and blogging cousin but enjoy the read!