Their holiday was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime trip. But it would soon turn to into a tragedy when they suffered a devastating loss.
In May this year, Kim Kirzow Spratt and her husband Fred traveled to Portugal for their last holiday together as a childless couple.
They were going on their ‘babymoon’ — a last hoorah before Kim was due to give birth in August.
Kim was pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl. The couple were said to be thrilled about having one of each because they would get to experience “the best of both worlds.”
One night Kim started to have cramps.
As it worsened, she was rushed to hospital where the couple were told that Kim — only 24 weeks into her pregnancy — was in labour.
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This is a tragedy for this family, but...when you are pregnant you need to keep in mind anything can happen at any time. If you want to have a babymoon, go ahead, but it might be a good idea to stay within your country so if something goes wrong you don't end up with huge problems, both financially and health wise. Last yea there was a case in canada where parents when on a baby on to Mexico the baby was born prematurely with problems and they ended up with a huge bill. They were then asking the government to assist and pay the bills.
First and foremost your own health and that of your baby/babies should come first and if you make a decision to go on a fun holiday away from your own country, then don't ask others to fund hospitals bills, repatriation etc etc.
There are funds who will cover pregnant women's but few and far between, this together with airlines imposing strict time rules are for one reason....stuff happens, it's not predictable. People need to start using their brains and not putting their own wants before wellbeing.
Always, always have travel insurance. Most especially if you're pregnant.
Unfortunately most (if not all) travel insurance won't cover babies born whilst travelling.
Of course it doesn't. "Pay for travel insurance so you're covered when your away. Except if you need surgery or have babies or cant get home or scratch your leg or get robbed"
It seems like (all) insurance is there but barely covers anything.
Hi Zepgirl - with your qualifications and experience what do you think of a 24 week pregnant with twins couple going on holiday to Portugal? Aren't the possibilities of problems with a twin pregnancy higher. I assume they live in the UK and it wasn't far to travel. Each to their own I guess. But I wouldn't have done that without thinking of hospital quality, language and family support factored in if things went wrong. Having said all of that I don't want to be having at a go at these parents who are clearly now going through a shit time.
Ooh, I didn't know that - thanks for enlightening me :)