Sure, she can. There are many myths surrounding air travel during pregnancy. These myths have been around for decades and mostly born out of ignorance. Air travel is safe. Female flight attendants have been known to get pregnant and still manage to do their job and there are no reports that female flight attendants suffer from an extraordinary amount of miscarriages or other pregnancy related problems. Most flight attendants appear to have stress-related problems because of their work. Today's flying consumers are not easy to please and many can be a pain in the rear.
The only complication that affects pregnant women more is risk of blood clots. However, this applies to all people. Being confined to a small cramped seat for long time increases the risk of blood clots. Therefore, the best way to avoid blood clots is to walk around the plane and wear compression stockings.
Women who are pregnant should not fly routinely but this is not because of any ill health but the business of flying today can be a real hassle with regular delays and all the Bull Crap screening that one has to go through. The only reason flying is not recommend after the 36 week of pregnancy is because pilots do not want you to deliver in the middle of a flight to nowhere- that can be a real hassle, especially if there is no doctor on board. Moreover, if you are flying to some exotic place for a vacation, the maternal health care available may suck big time.
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