Ryanair's rule is binary. From week 28 you carry its Expectant Mother fitness-to-fly form, completed by a midwife or doctor, and show it at bag drop or the gate; no form, no boarding. Limits: week 36, or 32 with twins. To get it filled in, you can see a doctor over video on Mobi Doctor, usually within 15 minutes.
Or plan by dates. Enter your due date and flight dates: the planner works out how pregnant you will be on each flight, whether that flight is allowed, whether a letter is needed for each leg, and the dates a letter must be signed between so it is still valid on the way home.
Copy the flight lines from the airline’s confirmation email (flight number, date, times) and paste them here. It is read in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
Enter your flight number and the dates above (or a route), and the planner fills in the airline — the operating carrier on a codeshare — and the flight time from the published schedule.
Or by route: to on the outbound date.
Choose a situation to see whether you need documentation.
From the 28th week, yes: Ryanair will not let you board without a completed fit-to-fly letter, ideally on its own Expectant Mother form. A midwife or doctor confirms the pregnancy is uncomplicated, states the due date and declares you fit to fly, then signs, dates and stamps it. Single pregnancies are carried to the end of week 36, twins or triplets to the end of week 32.
Ryanair puts the check at the airport, not at booking. Its help page says a completed fit-to-fly letter must be carried once a pregnancy reaches its 28th week and that travel is not permitted without it; the form adds that it is presented at either the bag drop desk and/or the boarding gate.
Nothing is sent in advance, and the airline's position is simple: the completed paper is in your hand or you are not flying. Carry the original with your boarding pass on both legs.
The PDF is titled Expectant Mother – Medical Confirmation – Fitness to Fly. You enter your name, single or multiple pregnancy, both flight dates and the weeks pregnant on each. Under "Your Doctor must confirm the following", the practitioner confirms the pregnancy is uncomplicated, gives the expected date of delivery and declares you fit to fly, then signs, dates and stamps.
Ryanair names midwife and doctor alike. Where clinically appropriate, a doctor on Mobi Doctor can fill it in and sign it over video, daily 7am–11pm CET, emailing the signed form afterwards (see fit-to-fly certificate).
With one baby, to the end of the 36th week: the last flight can be on the day you reach 36 weeks + 6 days; from 37 weeks + 0 days you are not permitted to travel. For twins or triplets the end of the 32nd week is the limit.
Each flight is judged on its own date, hence the form's two "weeks pregnant" boxes. Ryanair is one of 17 airlines in our airline pregnancy rules comparison stopping at 36; easyJet stops at 35 but asks for no letter.
Everything Ryanair publishes fits in seven rows. The validity figure comes from the form rather than the help page, which sets none, and the form's three confirmations line up with what the UK CAA says most airlines want after 28 weeks: a pregnancy progressing normally, no complications and the expected date of delivery. If you also fly Wizz Air on the same trip, its certificate must be under 6 days old and its cut-off is week 34, so one document will rarely serve both.
| Letter or certificate required from | The 28th week |
| Last week you can fly, single | Week 36, last flight at 36 weeks + 6 days |
| Last week, twins or more | Week 32, letter needed from week 28 |
| Letter must be issued within | 2 weeks of the booked flight (per the form) |
| Own form | Expectant Mother – Medical Confirmation – Fitness to Fly (PDF) |
| Who can sign | Midwife or doctor, with stamp |
| Source checked | Ryanair help article and form, 24 September 2026 |
The help page gives no age limit. The form is more specific: the completed letter should be dated within 2 weeks of the booked flight. Treat 14 days as the working rule and get it done in the fortnight before you fly out.
On a trip longer than two weeks the return may fall outside that window: ask Ryanair how it treats the return, or arrange a second letter abroad, as a video consultation on Mobi Doctor works wherever you are in the EU. Next to Jet2's 7 days, that is generous.
Ryanair's advice is to consult your doctor before booking if you have any doubts about your suitability to fly or have had complications while pregnant. The form leaves no room for nuance: the doctor must confirm that the pregnancy is uncomplicated, so if that cannot honestly be confirmed, the form cannot be completed.
Discuss with a doctor whether flying is sensible at all. If the answer is no, a not-fit-to-fly letter for a cancellation claim can be issued where clinically appropriate; see also our flying while pregnant guide.
Yes, once your pregnancy reaches its 28th week. Ryanair wants a completed fit-to-fly letter from your midwife or doctor, and its Expectant Mother form is the simplest way to provide one. Before then, nothing is needed.
At the bag drop desk and/or the boarding gate, according to the form. Keep the completed original with your boarding pass for every flight, because Ryanair reserves the right to refuse travel without it.
Yes, with a completed letter, until the end of the 36th week, meaning up to 36 weeks + 6 days on the day of the flight. From 37 weeks travel is not permitted; Jet2 and easyJet stop a week earlier.
Yes, provided your midwife or doctor completes the fit-to-fly letter, which Ryanair requires for a twin or triplet pregnancy between weeks 28 and 32. Travel is not permitted beyond the end of the 32nd week, so plan the return.
Ryanair's form says the completed letter should be dated within 2 weeks of the booked flight; the help page states no limit. Work to 14 days, and ask Ryanair how a return more than two weeks later is handled.
You will not be carried on it. The limit is applied to each flight date, which is why the form asks how many weeks pregnant you will be on the return. Rebook before the end of week 36, or week 32 with twins.
General information, not medical advice — always confirm with your airline before you travel.
