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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by nefertitiram: 7:39pm On Apr 15, 2016
ucystan:
So there's nobody going to Chicago nxt month?? Chaii... e be like say nah only me dey dis journey oo...

Ur fellow chicago colleague, dem turn am back which day here. No b everybody get ur kind strong mind. Ndoh

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by mulberry: 8:09pm On Apr 15, 2016
Good day mamas, reporting life from Denver, Colorado. Renewed my visa via Dropbox after my last trip to Houston for my baby in 2014.

I wanted to fly United cos of d baby luggage allowance and they had only 3options Chicago, Houston and new wark. I quietly picked new wark as my liver no strong reach others

Left Nigeria on d 13th night arrived at Frankfurt, had a 4hrs layover and left for new wark. Fast forward to Poe;

CBp : Why r u here
Me: to ve my baby
Cbp: ok, where and wat hospital
Me: Denver rose medical center
Cup: Do u ve hospital correspondence
Me: no as all the mails I was sent was encrypted but I printed out d price list I was given so I passed him all I had
How much are u with
Me : $9540
Where r I going to stay
Me: with my husbands friend, then I was waiting for him to send me to secondary inspection as I was really not even answering him properly as I lost my dad 2 Sunday's ago so just pushing myself then he asked how long I intend to stay so I told him about 7weeks dats how he stamped me in till October and said have a safe delivery.

It was just stress less. I thank God cos I wasn't even ready for anymore stress.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by dirahm: 8:43pm On Apr 15, 2016
Any Mums in El Paso or soon to arrive?

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by biollar1: 8:48pm On Apr 15, 2016
Why do u need an agent when u can just do it on travel start or walk into United airline head office in Ikeja?

I got my ticket at United HO and it's dis same route. Cheaper than travelstart with about 2k sef.

All the best

MrYagi:
Any Travel Agent here that can give me a sweet deal from Lagos to Houston via newyork or Newark kindly sms me on zero nine zero eight five four seven two four eight nine.

Looking at leaving Tonight or tomorrow to return mid june...

United/Lufthansia prefered....Same itinerary is Lag-Frank-Newark-houston.
holla if you can get me a flight for tonight or tomorrow.
Cheers

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by biollar1: 8:52pm On Apr 15, 2016
May Newark POE favour me too like dis o. Congrats , Pele, just rest well.

mulberry:
Good day mamas, reporting life from Denver, Colorado. Renewed my visa via Dropbox after my last trip to Houston for my baby in 2014.

I wanted to fly United cos of d baby luggage allowance and they had only 3options Chicago, Houston and new wark. I quietly picked new wark as my liver no strong reach others

Left Nigeria on d 13th night arrived at Frankfurt, had a 4hrs layover and left for new wark. Fast forward to Poe;

CBp : Why r u here
Me: to ve my baby
Cbp: ok, where and wat hospital
Me: Denver rose medical center
Cup: Do u ve hospital correspondence
Me: no as all the mails I was sent was encrypted but I printed out d price list I was given so I passed him all I had
How much are u with
Me : $9540
Where r I going to stay
Me: with my husbands friend, then I was waiting for him to send me to secondary inspection as I was really not even answering him properly as I lost my dad 2 Sunday's ago so just pushing myself then he asked how long I intend to stay so I told him about 7weeks dats how he stamped me in till October and said have a safe delivery.

It was just stress less. I thank God cos I wasn't even ready for anymore stress.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by Mama2016: 9:29pm On Apr 15, 2016
blaize777:

Family am using Dr la leaving nxt wk u can try the lodge @westoak is close to whmc.wen re u leaving
Hi blaize777, I'm due in August using whmc. Pls I need some info from u.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by mrsbw: 9:29pm On Apr 15, 2016
Okay first missionary journey done grin
Thanks to all that contribute on this forum. Y'all are tooo much

Used Dr. La and WHMC. Here are my final bills:

Dr. La - 2500
Ultrasounds and biophysical profile for my baby at one of my prenatal visits - 350
New patient fee - 145
Prenatal Labs - 485 (had to redo gct and blood test which was abt 140 due to error in details provided by my naija hosp, so that shd have been 345)
WHMC - 3000 (no additional fee was collected for induction)
Epidural - 1200
Pediatrician - 544.75 (267.75, 163.5, 113.5)
Labs during delivery - 197.97
Hearing test - 163

Total - 8585.72

Thank you all

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by mrsbw: 9:34pm On Apr 15, 2016
Pls I need some advice about the trip back to naija as I will be going back alone with my baby.

Mamas that have gone back alone with baby, pls how did you arrange yourself to make the trip less stressful. Any tips? For those that express, how was the milk preserved? Also did you carry hand luggage in addition to stroller carseat diaper bag and all. Pls advise me ooo

Thank you
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by ucystan(f): 9:51pm On Apr 15, 2016
nefertitiram:


Ur fellow chicago colleague, dem turn am back which day here. No b everybody get ur kind strong mind. Ndoh

Lol... nah she get strong mind pass! Abeg o... Chitown Cbp no go smell my legs for their airpot o! Chukwu aju (God no go gree )
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by ucystan(f): 9:55pm On Apr 15, 2016
PlOOT:

I am going to Chicago next month. But going through Boston poe to Chicago

Aww... really?? Ah at least it's confirmed u no be agent. Lol...
Abeg I will pm u let's connect. I will b going through JFK poe sha....
Abeg I no fit shout like ur friend.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by dere5: 10:03pm On Apr 15, 2016
MrYagi:
Dear Nlanders
Please kindly weigh in on this.
How does one proof to the CBP officers that one is headed for say houston/Elpaso when one shows up at Newyork POE.
Also can someone just buy the local flight tickets from say Southwest or Jetblue after clearing with CBP or it is a MUST to
book the local flights from NY to Houston/Elpaso even before leaving Naija..How does one go about this local flight thingy..please
those who have experience in this angle should help clear this grey areas

I am also looking for Pocket friendly tickets to NY for tomorrow..any hints/help will be appreciated

A good way of proving to the CBP officers at New York POE that you are going to Houston is to book Lagos -New York- Houston,so that you already have your ticket and boarding pass to show them that Houston is your final destination when thy ask at New York,. It will also be advisable to have hospital and doctor's correspondence and accommodation booking or a Houston address handy to show.
Yes you can buy a local ticket in New York the morning of your arrival,but that's not a wise thing to do because it will cost you X2 or X3 of what it would have cost you if you had bought it in Naija like 2/3wks before trip.
You can use your Naija ATM/Debit card to buy local ticket from Southwest ,I've tried it and it worked for me.
You can try Wakanow for cheap tickets,but i seriously doubt if you will get any cheap tickets for tonite or tomorrow
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by prolify: 11:49pm On Apr 15, 2016
[quote author=mrsbw post=44738278]Pls I need some advice about the trip back to naija as I will be going back alone with my baby.

Mamas that have gone back alone with baby, pls how did you arrange yourself to make the trip less stressful. Any tips? For those that express, how was the milk preserved? Also did you carry hand luggage in addition to stroller carseat diaper bag and all. Pls advise me ooo

Thank you[/quote
Congrats!!!
1.Book one of the bulkhead seats so you can get a baby bassinet,so you get to rest and not carry her/him for the duration of the flight.
2.You might want to just pump about 2 bottles,then pump on the plane,when the lights are turned off and the baby is sleeping.
(I didn't bother pumping on the flight as baby was bosom fed)I pumped about 3 bottles tho but I ended up throwing away as the milk was in the cooler bag for about 6hours,i didn't feel good giving him undecided)
3.try to carry just essentials on board(diaper bag/pump)you might want to check in your hand luggage,your car seat would be checked in and ur stroller would be collected @ the door of the plane.
4.Wear something comfortable.(its a long flight and you need all the comfort you can get)

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by TheLeakyTribe(f): 11:52pm On Apr 15, 2016
mrsbw:
Pls I need some advice about the trip back to naija as I will be going back alone with my baby.

Mamas that have gone back alone with baby, pls how did you arrange yourself to make the trip less stressful. Any tips? For those that express, how was the milk preserved? Also did you carry hand luggage in addition to stroller carseat diaper bag and all. Pls advise me ooo

Thank you

I went back alone with my first child.

Travel light oh, very essential because there are certain things you need for the trip with baby ie diapers and the rest. I would advise that you go with your breastfeeding cover and nurse your baby jeje.

Make sure you get the bassinet seat oh, you'll need the sleep. To be honest sef you may find it hard to sleep but at least you should rest when baby sleeps instead of carrying baby all through.

Check in your car seat and stroller with the cabin crew so you can get it as soon as you alight from the flight.

Put all your essentials into a small bag. Diapers, wipes, change of clothes and the rest so you can put them under your seat.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by mrsbw: 3:31am On Apr 16, 2016
Thanks so much @prolify and @theleakytribe

Well noted!
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by ify4charm: 6:51am On Apr 16, 2016
TheLeakyTribe:


I went back alone with my first child.

Travel light oh, very essential because there are certain things you need for the trip with baby ie diapers and the rest. I would advise that you go with your breastfeeding cover and nurse your baby jeje.

Make sure you get the bassinet seat oh, you'll need the sleep. To be honest sef you may find it hard to sleep but at least you should rest when baby sleeps instead of carrying baby all through.

Check in your car seat and stroller with the cabin crew so you can get it as soon as you alight from the flight.

Put all your essentials into a small bag. Diapers, wipes, change of clothes and the rest so you can put them under your seat.

Pls is it ok to book a wheel chair on the return leg.
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by blaize777: 6:55am On Apr 16, 2016
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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by ify4charm: 7:02am On Apr 16, 2016
larrytoks:
Atlanta mommas travelling around June/July, which flights are you guys booking please..?
Imagine Delta going for 900k pp shocked shocked shocked

@ifycharm, kemmytino, how did you make your payments to Northside hospital? I asked them for bank details and they replied saying they don't accept wire transfers.

Kindly help out.

You have to pre-register, which you can do yourself online on the hospital website. Give it like seven days after filling d form. Any item on the form you cannot answer eg your SSN put 9999. This ll let you go to the next page.

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by blaize777: 7:06am On Apr 16, 2016
mrsbw:
Okay first missionary journey done grin
Thanks to all that contribute on this forum. Y'all are tooo much

Used Dr. La and WHMC. Here are my final bills:

Dr. La - 2500
Ultrasounds and biophysical profile for my baby at one of my prenatal visits - 350
New patient fee - 145
Prenatal Labs - 485 (had to redo gct and blood test which was abt 140 due to error in details provided by my naija hosp, so that shd have been 345)
WHMC - 3000 (no additional fee was collected for induction)
Epidural - 1200
Pediatrician - 544.75 (267.75, 163.5, 113.5)
Labs during delivery - 197.97
Hearing test - 163

Total - 8585.72

Thank you all

Babe,wat mistake in ur lab from nig cos ve done all my test here aside d compulsory ones to be done der.i even did my pap smear cylmadia genotype glucose etc here at least it will save me over 500 dolls. Pls urgent reply make i check my report too
Which one is new parents fee.cos Sheri did not tell me dat.and pediatrician amt dey told me is 500 how come urs is more.me am working with budget won't even want any 1dollar extra cost.
As per hearing test not necessary won't do dat my sis did not do last yr well is optional in der package .did u pay der or u paid from nig.cos I ve paid almost all d bill from nig last yr
Aside lab, Epidural and pediatrician
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by Mama2016: 7:12am On Apr 16, 2016
[quote author=blaize777 post=44744360]
U can reach me
Bless u. Will call today
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by mumcshyn: 7:22am On Apr 16, 2016
Pls is there anyone coming to houston this weekend.i need ZINNAT antibiotics for my lil one .pls am begging in the name of God.




Cc:Nef
Cc:Modath:
Cc:Justwise
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by justwise(m): 7:24am On Apr 16, 2016
mumcshyn:
Pls is there anyone coming to houston this weekend.i need ZINNAT antibiotics for my lil one .pls am begging in the name of God.




Cc:Nef
Cc:Modath:
Cc:Justwise


..not pregnant yet undecided

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by ifunanya84: 7:32am On Apr 16, 2016
lol. Don't be scared my darling. Just be very prepared with all evidences. You will never be sent back. God is your helper.

ucystan:
So there's nobody going to Chicago nxt month?? Chaii... e be like say nah only me dey dis journey oo...

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by hardeymijuh: 8:39am On Apr 16, 2016
[quote author=blaize777 post=44744612][/quote]

@blaize777,
Did you pay your hospital fees from Nigeria?How did you do that?
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by nefertitiram: 8:44am On Apr 16, 2016
mumcshyn:
Pls is there anyone coming to houston this weekend.i need ZINNAT antibiotics for my lil one .pls am begging in the name of God.




Cc:Nef
Cc:Modath:
Cc:Justwise

No money for ticket kiss

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by modath(f): 8:54am On Apr 16, 2016
mumcshyn:
Pls is there anyone coming to houston this weekend.i need ZINNAT antibiotics for my lil one .pls am begging in the name of God.




Cc:Nef
Cc:Modath:
Cc:Justwise

Mama, why don't you let a doctor see baby, Cost may be prohibitive but infection........ especially when too much time is spent waiting...


Hopefully we wil find someone soon, fingers crossed!



nefertitiram:

No money for ticket kiss

Aswerigod, you nor gbadun!! cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin,
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by Nobody: 8:57am On Apr 16, 2016
mumcshyn:
Pls is there anyone coming to houston this weekend.i need ZINNAT antibiotics for my lil one .pls am begging in the name of God.




Cc:Nef
Cc:Modath:
Cc:Justwise
sorry about this whole urgency but these three people you have mentioned are not pregnant, I think you should generalise your post because we don't even know who might just be coming, if possible I don't know know you can get someone to buy here in naija and send through DHL or ups express I it's really urgent I don't know if they will carry medication but they ought to just try

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Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by blaize777: 9:03am On Apr 16, 2016
hardeymijuh:


@blaize777,
Did you pay your hospital fees from Nigeria?How did you do that?

Yea I did last yr tru Fbn atm card Web payment 1000per day I did for 6 days dats 6000 d bal will pay cash der all u need to do call d hospital dey will ask 4 card details and ur act will be debited directly but d rate charge is from ur bank but unfortunately almost all bank ve reduce der Web payment now to 300 dollar per day .used card cos my hospital don't accept money transfer Eg formA
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by blaize777: 9:08am On Apr 16, 2016
nefertitiram:


No money for ticket kiss
Coming soonest but I hope carrying medication won't raise any issue cos na Houston poe I dey use already nervous with all am hearing abt dem
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by blaize777: 9:09am On Apr 16, 2016
[quote author=mumcshyn post=44744934]Pls is there anyone coming to houston this weekend.i need ZINNAT antibiotics for my lil one .pls am begging in the name of God.





Coming soonest but I hope carrying medication won't raise any issue cos na Houston poe I dey use already nervous with all am hearing abt dem
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by nneka3000: 9:25am On Apr 16, 2016
E[quote author=mulberry post=44735980]Good day mamas, reporting life from Denver, Colorado. Renewed my visa via Dropbox after my last trip to Houston for my baby in 2014.

Sorry about your dad, May his soul rest in peace. Try not to worry and take care of yourself and baby. Ehugs
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by modath(f): 9:55am On Apr 16, 2016
chloe7:
sorry about this whole urgency but these three people you have mentioned are not pregnant, I think you should generalise your post because we don't even know who might just be coming, if possible I don't know know you can get someone to buy here in naija and send through DHL or ups express I it's really urgent I don't know if they will carry medication but they ought to just try


Who tolchu ayam not pregnant? : tongue

I plan to start my own football team ke & time waits for no one, na Donald Trump be my Dr, already don secure letter to show for POE grin
Re: Give Birth In USA: Cost And Procedures Part 4 by Nobody: 9:59am On Apr 16, 2016
modath:



Who tolchu ayam not pregnant? : tongue

I plan to start my own football team ke & time waits for no one, na Donald Trump be my Dr, already don secure letter to show for POE grin







modath Modath modath how many times I call you, allow our baby clock one before you score another one, Lmao abeg you no pregnant cheesy I just dey pray say make trump no enter that's all because his entering will stiffen a whole lot lipsrsealed

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