Travel Insurance for Pregnant Women

When you fall pregnant, it’s natural to want visit your loved ones. Travel Insurance Direct wants to help you make that journey: that’s why our products cover pregnant women for cancellation before travel and all other benefits while travelling under many circumstances up to 26 weeks.

We cannot cover every woman at every stage of a pregnancy and at a certain point in pregnancy medical professionals will advise against long trips. There are also restrictions for higher risk pregnancies.

But for most of your pregnancy, there’s no reason to avoid travel and Travel Insurance Direct happily offers travel insurance for pregnant women.

Our cover includes all of the usual features like trip cancellation and cover for your laptop or cameras.

A couple of important points about travel insurance for pregnant women

Travel Insurance Direct has a few guidelines for pregnant women:

About Your Pregnancy The Cover We Offer
You are not yet 26 weeks pregnant We offer normal and standard cover for trips that end before you reach 26 weeks
Your child was conceived through assisted reproduction We ask for an additional premium and only cover trips that end before you reach 26 weeks
You are expecting a natural multiple birth We offer cover if you pay an additional premium under our Pre-existing Medical Condition Plan and if the trip ends before you reach 19 weeks
You are expecting a multiple birth through assisted reproduction Sorry, but we cannot offer cover
You have experienced any pregnancy complications prior to your policy being issued Sorry, but we cannot offer cover

If you have any further questions about our travel insurance for pregnant women, read our Product Disclosure Statement or call us on 1300 843 843.



Medical expenses associated with pregnancy and birth

Travel Insurance Direct’s cover for pregnant women does not include any care related to the pregnancy, like visits to an obstetrician while you travel. We also do not cover the costs of childbirth or the cost of caring for a newborn.

Travel Insurance Guide

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North America including Hawaii, South America, Central America, Middle East, Arctic & Antarctic Circles.
Europe and the African continent (North Africa, Southern Africa and Egypt)
United Kingdom and Asia (UK, Ireland, Asia, Japan and the Indian sub-continent).
Tonga, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
New Zealand, Fiji, Norfolk Island and Bali
for travel within Australia only

Not sure which region to choose?

Covers you and your dependent children or grandchildren under the age of 21 at the date of policy issue who are travelling with you.

Covers you and your travel partner named in the Certificate of Insurance and your dependent children or grandchildren under the age of 21 at the date of policy issue who are travelling with you.

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Select your travel region

Hints & Tips:

When making the region selection, choose the region where you will spend the majority of your trip and this will also cover you for all other areas you travel to.

For example, if you are spending 3 days in Singapore, 2 weeks in the UK and 4 weeks in Europe, select 'Europe' as your destination and you will be covered in Singapore and the UK also.