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bestie101: na.. it wasn't a false alarm.. it says anyone travelling with multiples after 28 weeks must carry a letter from her doctor stating that the woman is fit to fly and has no complications and it must be signed within 72 hours prior to flying.


I'm just scared the babies don't come earlier than expected.

Please general question to the house....

I hope to be in Houston in Dec; is it too early to buy my ticket? I am thinking because it will be high season in Dec I dont want to carry all my hard earned money and give to airline...I would be travelling with my mum and am very cost conscious right now...

Also My mum's UK visa has expired, would she require a transit visa through the UK? I want to use BA that's why I ask. I hear about a transit visa for UK but the UK website was not clear on it it would be required or not.

Also at what point in the pregnancy should one inform the embassy; I'm thinking 3rd trimester ( I have a visa which I have used before so I want to inform them of the change in plans...)

Thanks house

bestie101: I've checked the airlines. KLM, virgin Atlantic, Iberia, British airways, Lufthansa, and united...

all said they wont allow pregnancy of multiples after 32 weeks..

Ah, my bad, sorry for the false alarm...

bestie101: congrats on Ur twins. pls I would like to know, at how many weeks did u give birth? I'm carrying twins too and I heard twins usually come BTW 32 to 34 weeks. I don't know how true it is but I don't want to risk anything so I'll be travelling when I'm 31 weeks.

Hi Bestie,

With twins some airlines would not let you fly past 28 weeks o! You might want to check the airline policies for exact no of weeks for twins.

Just my two cents.


BTW the Houston crew seem to be growing!

IjayMama: Hi anonymousmum,
1)Honestly, I arrived at exactly 36wks and after selecting Methodist Sugarland as my hospital of choice, i went to their site and had to just keep calling several Dr's on the list but some we're booked till next yr or didn't want to take my case cos I'm far gone. So I called d hospital and a nurse recommended Dr Le, dat she could fix me Into his schedule and dats hw I got him. But after selecting him, I heard he is a great Dr esp if you have a high risk pregnancy. Turned out lots of Naija women know and always select him as their ob-gyn.
2) I reached out to them on my arrival here oh. So just make sure u don't come in later than 36wks.
3) I had no correspondence with them nor any hospital prior to my arrival
4) I paid only on my first prenatal visit.
They will need to see you in person before accepting any payments. At the POE, they are aware some hospitals don't accept any correspondence nor cash before the arrival of the patient, so don't be worried if you don't have mails to show.

P.S
Please for mamas who hve had their babies in Texas and hve started processin or already processed their baby's US passport and Naija passport or visa, could u kindly give us info on how to get these docs within the shortest time possible? And wld appreciate any info on how to also fast track baby's birth cert.
Thanks.

Thanks for your response! I had been refreshing and refreshing the page hoping it would turn up...I really appreciate.

IjayMama: Methodist Hospital Sugar Land. I was told I will do only one test, it'll cost $10 and it's compulsory cos I wanna hve a vaginal delivery & they need to b sure I don't hve any infection dat can affect d baby during birth. All my test results from my hospital in Naija was accepted. The Dr's name is Dr. Duc Le. He accepts patients till 36weeks.

hello Ijaymama,

Methodist Sugarland is looking very attractive to me as I have family in the area...

Please can you provide more information re:

1. I went to the website and saw a loooong list of doctors to choose from. How did you get to meet Dr. Le? I wont mind you sharing what informed your decision to use Dr. Le...
2. When did you reach out to them? I am just a few weeks into the second trimester, i'm thinking maybe its too early?
3. Did they provide you e-mail correspondence before you traveled?
4. Did you have to pre-pay in any way?

Sorry many questions but I'm thinking you seem to have a lot of info since you are on ground.

Thanks, very grateful

this was a conversation between nikkygal and micah2013...




Micah2013: Hello nikkygal, pls can you explain how I can register at West Houston Medical Centre? I intend to give birth to my baby there. My family lives about 2mins away from the hospital. If its the WHMC on Richmond Avenue you are talking about. Have been checking there website but I really can't find anything helpful. How like to know if I need 2 find a Dr first or d hospital has a complete package for Mother and Child. Thanks


@Micah . . . .West Houston is on Richmond Avenue. If you want to use the hospital, you need to first get a physician (gynae) that is attached to the hospital and register with him before you can now go ahead and enroll with the hspital as well. You can get a doctor through the WHMC website, under the 'Find a Physician Tab' . . . . Just put in your zip code and obstetrics as a speciality and it will bring out a list of the gynae doctors in that area that you can use. The good thing with WHMC is that a good number of the doctors have their practice on the other side of the hospital building which makes accessing both the doctor and hospital very convenient during appointments.

I just did a quick search on the WHMC website for you now and this is what i found below:




Physician Office Location
Howard L. Schreiber
12000 Westheimer Rd. #208
Houston, TX 77082



Douglas Wohlfahrt
11281 Richmond Suite 112
Houston, TX 77082


Elvis Torres
12000 Richmond Avenue Suite 220
Houston, TX 77082


Mary Jo Zanders
12121 Richmond Ave Ste 104
Houston, TX 77082


Jeanie T. Huynh
12121 Richmond Ave Ste 403
Houston, TX 77082


Stephen E. Guilliams
12121 Richmond Ave Ste 203
Houston, TX 77082


Matti Korhonen
12121 Richmond Ste 215
Houston, TX 77082


Tammy Vu
12121 Richmond Ave, Suite 414
Houston, TX 77082


Magdy W. Rizk
12121 Richmond Ste 317
Houston, TX 77082

100%
Core La 12121 Richmond Ave Ste 315
Houston, TX 77082


I will say narrow your search down to doctors that have their practice on Richmond Avenue because of its proximity to the hospital for ease of registration and appointments. Just contact the doctors via e-mail, state your circumstances and describe yourself as a 'self-paying patient (cash)'. . . . they'll give you their terms and you'll choose one eventually and secure an appointment on your arrival.

I will paste more later...

another unnamed post that I copied and pasted....


Hialeah Hospital, Florida

Affordable Self-Pay Maternity Plans

Giving birth to a baby is one the happiest moments of your life. We also know that having a baby can be financially difficult, and even more if you do not have health insurance.

The Women's Health Center of Hialeah Hospital can help you enjoy this great time without having to worry about those costs.

Schedule a FREE tour of our Maternity Child Center or sign up for our childbirth classes today. Call 1-877-383-4226.

We offer comfortable maternity packages including:

Labor and Delivery
4D Ultrasound technology
Free childbirth classes
Comfortably designed rooms for labor, delivery & recovery
Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for at-risk newborns
Cash-Pay Labor/Delivery Packages

Standard Delivery: $2,300
Cesarean Delivery: $3,200

this was a post by an unnamed person...I do not know the name of the individual who provided this info...



For those looking for information on hospitals in New Jersey, I stumbled on this hospital Morristown medical center; hospital bill is 3900 and pediatrician is 1200 but if you paying cash upfront they give 40% discount. I called their billing dept on +18006194024. Feel free to call and make enquiries. http://www.atlantichealth.org/morristown/our+services/maternity/before+you+arrive+for+delivery/how+to+register.

Hi All,

Quite a shame about the data loss...

It would be nice if the folks who had "copied and pasted" information from pages 1- about 218 on various hospitals (e.g contact details, names of doctors, etc) could share the information once again.

If this is acceptable by the house I could go first - I had collated a lot of information on Houston.

Welcome back everyone!