Oh yeh - business class would just about do it eh?

I did several long flights in my last trimesters of three pregnancies. It's not really too much different to being non-pregnant - still looooooong and uncomfy. (And - there is something worse: travelling with a 12 - 36 month old on a long haul flight ..... close second to that is sitting next to a mother with a 12-36 month old on a long haul flight ....)

Here's a few tips from the travel weary:
* buy a big bottle of water before you board
* drink heaps, to avoid dehydration, and that will make you get up to the loo heaps, and walk a lot - up and down the aisles
* do those in-flight exercises from time to time
* take your own pillow & try for some sleep
* a can of aerosol Evian - lovely to spray on your face in flight (little touch of luxury)
* undo your shoes and pull on fluffy socks
* try & snag a couple of seats together (pretty rare thse days) if possible so you can put your feet up sometimes
* invest in some good reading material - great time to catch up on your birth reading.

My best flight ever: I waddled on board with my big bump carrying an inflatable ring. (reeeeellllly bad haemorrhoids!) The Qantas air crew took one look at me, said, "OH you poor thing!" and organized three seats in a row for me and I slept on my side all the way there ..... such bliss!

So ..... you could always board with a ring tucked under one arm ....