Madriel:
Thank you all so much for your responses. I do appreciate and will make a decision based on all I've read.

Vgil100:
Congrats sis.We will all have favour also in Jesus name.
Please was it a B1/B2 visa or B2.I hear you must do a change of Intent for B1/B2?

KennyMKO:


Talking from experience actually, used the center in 2013. And they are not all that cheap either. Paid $4100 in 2013 and that amount could have easily been used at WHMC. It's all about options weighing. Another downside is refusal because of birth center. So Madriel please weigh your options well before making decision.

I apologize to Ruthina000 on behalf of Sparkle. Let's not castigate one another for giving one's opinion please. No one knows it all. And people learn from the diverse opinions and suggestions. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

overlord77:


Well, you might be right but there is a difference between experience and assumptions. What I was trying to say is, when something happens (e.g visa or border entry refusal) most people just assume the reason stuff happened and not the actual. It's these assumptions am trying to kick against ma'am.

Veeii1:
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Hello all.

Who has travelled with 1 month for the us visa to expire to give birth and stayed for about 4 months?

I intend doing this.

Advice pls

ninab:
Happy Sunday
For mama that gave birth in hospitals tht didn’t give itemized bill how did u explain that at ur follow up interview.
Enjoy ur day

KennyMKO:


Good evening, just like Ruthina000 tried to point out there is really nothing bad in trying birth center. They try to simulate a normal home environment and all, and people have successfully used them for birthing. They also have experienced midwives, ultrasound scanning machines and other tools for ante natal purposes. The downside is that they are not as sophisticated and equipped as a hospital. Which means in case of any complications during birthing, you will have to be rushed to the nearest hospital which they usually have agreements with. Talking from experience actually, used the center in 2013. And they are not all that cheap either. Paid $4100 in 2013 and that amount could have easily been used at WHMC. It's all about options weighing. Another downside is refusal because of birth center. So Madriel please weigh your options well before making decision.
I apologize to Ruthina000 on behalf of Sparkle. Let's not castigate one another for giving one's opinion please. No one knows it all. And people learn from the diverse opinions and suggestions. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Veeii1:
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Hello all.

Who has travelled with 1 month for the us visa to expire to give birth and stayed for about 4 months?

I intend doing this.

Advice pls

Susom:
Dear all,

I appreciate the effort you guys put into sharing your experience on here, it has made he journey easier for a lot of us.

I am a FTM, looking to travel to Houston in Jan/Feb 2019 as I am due in March 2019. Apologies I do not have any transcript to share as I have a valid BI/B2 which i intend on using for the forthcoming journey.

From the trend I understand that Houston Methodist has recently reviewed their prices, please i will appreciate it if anyone has used them in the past year and willing to give a review (if allowed) and also share the new estimate of price.

Second, I see a lot of people talk about Dr. F and Dr. E, any other recommendation? Also, is it just the doctor I will contact or the hospital as well ( Have been unable to get clarifications from previous discussions)

cutie333:
Good morning house,
please I will be travelling to Atl in a week's time at 35 weeks 4days.
I need advice from the house.
is it ok for me to book wheelchair services or will it create unnecessarry attention at POE and on transit at frankfurt.

The reason I want to opt for the wheel chair service is that for the past 2 weeks I have been having severe pelvic pain especially when standing to walk from one place to another after sitting or lying down. It can be so painful that I might find it difficult to even move my legs for about a minute or so.

Please anyone with this experience that have also travelled should kindly share. I will appreciate your advice too

cutie333:
Good morning house,
please I will be travelling to Atl in a week's time at 35 weeks 4days.
I need advice from the house.
is it ok for me to book wheelchair services or will it create unnecessarry attention at POE and on transit at frankfurt.

asake85:


Please try and get it oh.... had my follow up interview Yday... will share my transcript soon

cutie333:
Good morning house,
please I will be travelling to Atl in a week's time at 35 weeks 4days.
I need advice from the house.
is it ok for me to book wheelchair services or will it create unnecessarry attention at POE and on transit at frankfurt.

The reason I want to opt for the wheel chair service is that for the past 2 weeks I have been having severe pelvic pain especially when standing to walk from one place to another after sitting or lying down. It can be so painful that I might find it difficult to even move my legs for about a minute or so.

Please anyone with this experience that have also travelled should kindly share. I will appreciate your advice too

Iamajoyfulmothe:
Hello everyone.

Please who has successfully rescheduled 221g follow up interview to a closer date. Available date is May 2019.

I have tried to call the embassy to help reschedule but they werent helpful.

Would appreciate any help asap

Jibbie2015:
Hey mama! What about those that have just a letter of non-indebtedness from the hospital... In addition to the zero balance bill. Will that suffice? Because I wasn't given an itemised bill myself.

Waiting to read how yours went. Can others that have attended interviews recently also please share their transcripts... I will be attending in a few weeks.

So no more successful transcript anyone
Please let’s share and encourage people
Also if u renewed recently and was not called share so people like us waiting wud have faith

Annediniebimo20:


Hello I had a date for July 7th but had to reschedule because my husband's passport was at the British Embassy and the only available date was March 5th. About 2 weeks ago we got an email rescheduling our appointment for Dec1 on a Saturday

heymama:
Me: Good Morning
VO: Good Morning

VO: Why are you going to the USA.
ME:To have my baby
VO: where in the USA are you going to
ME:California(Los Angels)
VO: How much is the cost
ME:Hospital is 3,000 doctor's fee is 1,200(I have a budget sheet detailing the cost- I brought it out to show but she said never mind). The total budget is a little above 10,000 though.
VO: Do you have family there
ME:No
VO: Why California
ME: That is where my doctor and hospital i have chosen to use is.
VO: How long do you intend to stay
ME: 8 weeks
VO: Where do you work
ME:*******(I brought out my letter from the bank, payslip; intended to pass it but she said never mind)
VO: How long have you been working
ME: 5 yrs
VO: Are you married
ME: Yes
VO: What does your husband do
ME: He is a business man; explains briefly the type of business
She didn't ask for any other document, no doctors correspondence then she said, sorry I won't be granting your VISA.......
Gave me the green paper. I had already seen her hands going to collect the paper so i didn't really hear all the grammar.
Please advise me; did I say anything wrong, and do you think I should reapply, with my husband and daughter this time?

Gilgil:


Thanks, @ ninab, beautyyaddy, jamajoyfulmother and gilgil for taking time to advice.

I will definitely declare childbirth at POE.

Its just that KLM does not request for fit to fly and i dont plan to provide one since its on their website and i have also done my research from this forum.

Its just that the wheelchair my make them start asking questions but based on all the advice i have gotten here, I will use the wheel chair and convince them at the airport that am fit to fly.

Thanks everyone.

I pray POE will be breezee.


Your health should be First priority and so I suggest you use a wheelchair.
You would draw attention obviously but that's normal.

We ordered a wheel chair for Air France from Abuja airport at 33 weeks even though we didnt have the pain you complain about.

Tried to get boarding pass online but they only checked us in and said to present the check-in document at the counter. At counter air france ticketer (Naija)asked why we ordered wheel chair and we told him it was for convenience should there be a long queue on transit stops. He asked for doctors approval to fly doc and we showed him. We were.asked to go to port bealth and it was a checked ok and we moved on.

After that, from Abuja to US, nobody even worried about us. Naija didn't even provide wheel chair. It was when we landed ATL that wheel chair was ready for us. That wheel chair was why we didn't miss our connecting flight that day as it seemed the whole world landed at ATL at the same time and we were given prioroty.

Don't know.about your case but you need to live first before any other aspiration.

All the best as you decide

KennyMKO:


Good evening, just like Ruthina000 tried to point out there is really nothing bad in trying birth center. They try to simulate a normal home environment and all, and people have successfully used them for birthing. They also have experienced midwives, ultrasound scanning machines and other tools for ante natal purposes. The downside is that they are not as sophisticated and equipped as a hospital. Which means in case of any complications during birthing, you will have to be rushed to the nearest hospital which they usually have agreements with. Talking from experience actually, used the center in 2013. And they are not all that cheap either. Paid $4100 in 2013 and that amount could have easily been used at WHMC. It's all about options weighing. Another downside is refusal because of birth center. So Madriel please weigh your options well before making decision.
I apologize to Ruthina000 on behalf of Sparkle. Let's not castigate one another for giving one's opinion please. No one knows it all. And people learn from the diverse opinions and suggestions. Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Iamajoyfulmothe:


Sorry to hear about your experience.
Have you visited the US previously?