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Is Travelling to High Altitudes Safe in Pregnancy?

I was 30 weeks pregnant when our family travelled through New Mexico and Colorado while we were relocating from Atlanta back to Edmonton. The mountains in these states have altitudes greater than 10,000 feet (3048 metres)!  During my medical training, I learned about the potential consequences of high altitudes for non-pregnant travellers.  But what I didn’t know was

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