Mosquitoes?

We are heading on a southern Caribbean cruise at the end of February with Curacao as one of our stops. We have never been to Curacao before, and I was considering heading to a beach for the day. I'm considering becoming pregnant/could be pregnant, and with all of the news about Zika virus, I was wondering if mosquitoes are typically a problem this time of year. I'd like to go wherever I have the least possibility of running into swarms of mosquitoes, and would like to snorkel if possible. I plan to take proper precautions (long sleeves, bug spray), and it was too late to cancel the cruise by the time the outbreak hit. Suggestions please?

I would speak with your physician as well.

Keith

http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pregnancy/question-answers.html

Check with your own doctoe as well. But I would get pregnant until welll after you have returned.

Be very careful. They say this can stay in your system for sometime. If I was planning to be or get pregnant, I'd cancel.

Thank you all. After doing a lot more research and confirming that I am pregnant, on the advice of my doctor, I did cancel the trip. However my other family members have decided to continue with the trip as Royal Caribbean would not refund their money as the travel restrictions at this time only apply to pregnant women and Royal Caribbean will only offer cruise credit to those in the same room as pregnant travelers. I appreciate everyone's assistance and concern!

Sorry you had to cancel your trip, but CONGRATULATIONS on the baby