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Re: scuba diving??

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:19:26 -0500 (CDT)

At Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Robyn wrote: >
>Anyone know if it is safe to scuba dive while pregnant?
>I am fit and 36 y, 1st attempt and 1st pregnancy. Not that I know if I
>will even FEEL like scuba diving. I was just wondering, we have a
>vacation scheduled for mid May and I will be in the 1st trimester. thx!
>
>--
>Robyn
>

Living in Tennessee, this question has not come up for me before, so all that I can tell you is something I heard at a conference several years ago, to whit, scuba diving is unsafe at any gestational age. That makes intuitive sense, but I will confess that I do not have any supporting data at my fingertips. Perhaps someone else has more information. 

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
Clarksville, TN


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