Hypoxia and Medicine

What happens to a pregnant woman in a hypobaric chamber?

It is very possible that i am pregnant and In my job i frequently enter into hypobaric chambers (as an instructor)....even though I am always hooked up to oxygen, i know the the effects of the low atmospheric pressure on the body (gases expanding, decompression (which i have had), barotrauma, hypoxia, etc.) but i am not quite sure what would happen to a fetus or my womb if i was indeed pregnant. So my question is, is it safe for me to go inside if i MIGHT be pregnant or should i tell my boss that i cant until i know for sure (which would be bad.....) Two of our instructors are out of the country and I HAVE to go in this week.....if we cancel it will be very bad... any advice would be appreciated oh and if i am preg then i am only about 5 weeks along oh and for those that don't know what a hypobaric chamber is, it is an uncompressed high altitude simulator for low atmospheric pressure. and i go up to 25,000 w/o any pressurization and sometimes do rapid decompression (go up to 8,000 ft and then in one second go up to about 23,000 ft)....i can be at high altitudes for up to and hour

Public Comments

1. You should be asking a medical specialist.
2. firstly when pregnant . your not aloud to go up at atmosphers like that befor 12 /13 wks that's what my midwife said . safe between 13./and 28 wks . .. but u cannot be exposed to this continuasly ,.. if your 5 and a half wks ., test the hormones should come through .. as of what it would do i'm not 100% sure but it will not be healthy .. if you cannot test for any reason explain to your boss . if there ok then they should understand ,.,. good luck