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Congrats dear...God bless the LO

Apple19:
#SINGING# Oti di Testimony MODUPE!!!!!.........to the Glory of God, our Little Angel made her grand Entry on Saturday 30th, though the devil still waged war but.....God proved HIMSELF FAITHFUL. HALLELUYAH! FULL GIST COMING SOON!!!

*waving* Second

sayoberry:
anyone going for second missionary journey? or third? or fourth?

Abefeokin:
Oga LI for ur mind u Don advice shey? How do u know d person is a stranger? Did I even ask for your opinion on that? I think d area of concentration should be on the POE issue! Ejoo sir o

Any news on dollars yet? I have re activated all my dormant accounts just like @ladyguinivere....all na same! I read about Form A too but not detailed enough. Is it possible/advisable for one to pay Oakbend and Dr E via form A?

Kindly assist a confused sister Biko,daalu,Ejo!

Ask @ladyguinivere or check her recent posts, she answered this type of question in detail

Abefeokin:
Hello house, just this one pls, so I filled in that I don't know anyone in the US in my application(which was true) now I'm going for a missionary journey in a different state and someone wants to host me, should I tell them @ POE that I'm going to the person's place or just book a temporary apartment jeje? Thanks

That's not fair!

Why didn't you pay? It's not even mandatory to give birth for obudo oyinbo....u could have waited till u can. Even if u decided to do it in bits!! And to think u wanna go back to repeat same is just pure undiluted wickedness. No wonder dis pple begin scrutinize upandan.

I think u should meet the gurus and pray. Let ur mind and conscience guide u all the way.

All the best.

teeteekay2367:
hello Guys

have been a silent reader just want to share my experience,we had our first child in NJ in 2012 in a private Hopital we had a bill of 17kusd and for the baby 2.5kusd ,we paid a total of 7k usd in btw the two bills,our visa expired 2014 .my wife is pregnant again and we applied for a drop box to renew our visas ,but she was called to come for an interview alone wthout me, in our first travel to the us in 2012 we told them at the POE that we are there to dleiver,

can her interview have sumtin to do with the unpaid bill some one pls advice .her interview at the us embassy in abuja is next week.

Lol

fomskhalifa:
She just wrote Oakbend now, shoo u no read am.?

It's Oakbend, Dr E uses Oakbend, use the search button to get all doctors affiliated with the hospital.

Abefeokin:
Please which hospital is this in houston?

Amen and God bless u and ur LO too

MumTee:
My Fellow missionaries, its been a while, trying to settle down after my 2 months missionary journey. Here is my transcript.

Travelled via BA Nov 23rd, Houston POE was a breeze. Honesty pays o, as i declared Child birth during visa interview. Had my doctor's correspondence, Cash, debit cards etc for POE hence all CBP officers were friendly even at secondary inspection. I rem him saying its not a críme to birth here, all We are after is declaration and preparedness.


My wonderful Doc E cared for My prenatals and took delivery of my son vía CS at Oakbend Medical on Dec 23rd. My mum was surprised i was up d Next day considering my experience with my First daughter. All Baby documentation were out in récord time. I had a good time and wont mind doing It again. I left for Naija 24th Jan with my Prince and Mum vía BA

Below is a summary of my bill:
Doc fees (CS) $2300
Prenatal tests $ 119.6
Hosp fee (CS) $3500
Anaestasia. $ 950
NICS. $474
Brown & Assoc $87

Paediatrics bill after discharged:
First visit $75
2nd visit. $55
2nd PKU test $60 (Pls negotiate as self pay upfront b4 u do d test o so that u dont pay this much, a mama on this platform Paid $12. My Next Door neighbour didnt pay as d Paed Did It for free.

This platform has been so so helpful, i appreciate all d people who Have answered ny queréis, responded to PM, those that has Just provided info publicly to We users. Cant begin to mention names cos everyone has been helpful. I am also available to respond to PM if i cant be on d Forum anytime.
May God bless our LOs, We wont labour in vain over them. Our children will matter wia It matters by God's grace, Amen.
For those of us preparing for this journey and those in d waiting room, your testimony is sure, Just follow d rules and Take out time to research, It gets u prepared and confident, Nothing takes u by surprise.
I came, I Saw, I conquered!

Very sad, May God give them the fortitude to bear the loss and grant them another one soonest. This is really sad.

firsttymum:
Yesterday was a sad day.
I heard a friend lost her 1 yr old daughter. So beautiful.
She died of aspiration ( Google it.. Don't ask me )
mum and dad are Dr's (before u begin to wonder different things medically)


Lemme not bore you guys with aspiration lectures. Google it, digest it, be cautious, teach ur baby's caregiver especially we that are working class mothers.
Above all... PRAY.


May God comfort her! Amen

Congrats ....God bless the LO

allen0000:
Make una follow me thank God oo........My wife just gave birth to a baby girl here in Chicago..............

Congrats dear

God will complete your testimony in Jesus name. Please don't stress ursef o

Chijiuche:
My wonderful people,

I have been a silent reader on the forum from part 1. I have never contributed as i have been looking for the fruit of the womb.
God has finally smiled at me and I am now an expectant September mum. Please is there any September mum in the house ? abeg buzz me so we can start aligning on other paroles. Planned to leave at 34 weeks. Torn between WHMC and Elpaso... (Please dont laugh at me that am making this plans early....E get as e dey shack me now ).

One love house!!!!

Hian! Like corrupt Nigerians got mi rolling

shawlar:
Seems like u stopped reading when u got to where MIHS was reigning..... Just keep reading or use the search option, Houston hospitals yapa 4 here, like corrupt politicians in Nigeria.

I got almost the same response from him but $300 wasn't included, I was able to get someone to refer me dou. Try and scout for peeps to refer you by doing a mail to him directly with a cc to u. All the best dear.

blue355:
@ firsttymum and @neks 31 and all other mamas who have had their LOs in Houston please assist me

I got this mail from Dr F office

Dear Mrs.

Thanks for your email. Unfortunately our practice is now referral based from prior patients in our database otherwise a remittance of non-refundable $300.00 applied to the physician fee upon arrival must be received before forwarding any information.

Thanks for your understanding.

Sincerely,
Dr. F

@Cuteless I'm interested in this post of urs. Thing is I don't really understand. Never flew Luftansa and United before. I know United POE is Houston, which is for Luftansa? I also want cheap tickets too for May.

Thanks

cutelass:
Are u particular about BA? And it's transit and not direct flight. If u are not particular about BA, why not book united...u can even get less than 250k. The good thing is that ur 'going' is handled by their partner lufthansa just incase u wanna avoid houston poe. Return u flyunited through houston which gives baby same baggage allowance as u. In the end its a win-win. The ticket is valid for 3 months as against the normal 1 yr...so u can't decide to reschedule for Aug or say Dec. That's the only drawback else u can add infant ticket, adjust return date etc. Call united office direct if u cant go to their office. Google for their no (call the gsm nos, the landline doesn't work)...don't wanna drop it here before dem go remove the post.

Congrats Omodadi

It is well with you dear and the Lord is your strength too. Can't wait to receive the good news.

Apple19:
Travelling....
I tried explaining to her that am not in labour, just that my tummy feels hard and my legs still swollen...but her conclusion was PREMATURE LABOUR!...Anyways, I turned to the one who gave her to me, the one who will never make my TESTIMONIES incomplete, the one whose words will never go unfulfilled... HE says I WILL NEVER CAST MY YOUNG!!.

Hubby and I became comfused, my ticket was originally for today, but he never wanted me to go again...so I told him "Even if lo is going to come prematurely, not here...(we lost his friends son on the naming day due to premature delivery...as a result of DOCTOR'S ASSUMPTIONS). Hubby's thoughts were just to save His wife and child...we were really confused!!

We later changed my travel date to the following day!!....my bag wasn't searched and my food stuff including Yam and Palm oil escaped, to the glory of God, I traveled on Lufthansa, ABV-Frankfurt-Dallas!...with NO ITCH AT ALL!. Except for my usual swollen legs which gets me a little uncomfortable on the second leg, and Lufthansa crew were the best....I was upgraded from Premium Economy to BUSSINESS CABIN , gave me like 4pillows to raise my legs, 2 to support my back and yours truely Slept like a baby on board...and my legs went down...

POE
I arrived Frankfurt, had to wait almost 2hrs for wheelchair, was not impressed there sha. Fast forward to Dallas, wheelchairs already waiting in a looking queue, was wheeled to a CBP...

CBP: Hello madam, can I have your passport
Me: Hi...gave him with my Landing card
CPB: I can see you're here for delivery
Me: Yes Sir
CBP: sure you have a doctor by now.
Me: Yes I do have a doctor and a midwife, as I'll also love to experience water birth, so am still weighing my options.
CBP: We give the best care in this part of the world, so am sure you'll enjoy the care...so who's Paying for this
Me: My husband, to join me before the birth
Scanned my fingers and took me to secondary inspection... The officer called my name and asked where am going to stay as its dangerous to stay alone at this period, told him an hotelhotel (which we booked overnight), couldn't even print out, but had my phone ready to show them in my mail, and for the baby's arrival I have been talking to a midwife who is getting me a Nanny and I have our conversations here(gave him my email correspondence with a midwife in Rockwell, Dallas.
He then went Inside for like 7minutes, was seriously praying in tongues, because my words were Incoherent, cos I was really confused.

1-I was supposed to go to Houston, have docs appointment, and prolly enough cash to show, but found myself with hotel booking in Dallas, could only produce a midwife's correspondence, and with just 3400$ which is all we could get from BDC on my departure day....in a nutshell, God was really waiting for me here.
Later to Agriculture cos I declared just my dry foods, but they ceased my Yam...my yam wey don enter America already but my palm oil escaped.

Note:...am yet to see a doctor, LO is kicking fabulously well, i am doing great, but jetlagged I've not even rested well since I came cos I need to shop for me and Lo, trying to rest though.
So much appreciate this forum...in a way, you gave me the gutt to do this... waiting patiently for lo's arrival...if she likes let her come tomorrow sef...

ackoxy:
please I have been following the pages from page 1. I forgot the page that has these doctors email and phone numbers. Can you please send the email id of Dr Ezekiel and Dr amaro. Thanks

Lol

Jiji11:
For Dubai connect http://www.emirates.com/english/plan_book/essential_information/dubai-connect/dubai-connect.aspx

Thanks just looked it up.

cutelass:
Unless u are particular abt flying direct...Airfrance, klm, lufthansa is under 300k. BA is abt same price as d delta promo price

I actually don't know anything their POEs, I only know that Delta is Atl and United is Houston. Last I travelled was thru Emirates and that was because we spent some days in Dubai before heading to Orlando.

I can't go thru 7hrs plus 15hrs at once thru Emirates at 35weeks dou I read a page in part 2 about Dubaiconnect (don't know what that means too)

Flew Air France once to the Uk, dont know about USA, can u pls throw more light? Hour many hrs in all for each airline and their POEs, if u can't ... I'll understand, will just look it up.

Thanks a lot dear.

Hello All

I need una opinion and takes Biko.

I intend flying to Houston with hubby and 2 yr old son via Delta in May, called the airline to ask for cost and all and I got 318k for hubby, 318k for myself and 240k for my son.

I inquired about the infant we will be returning with and they gave a ridiculous amt of $400 and ticket has to be bought in the states.

Kindly air your takes on this, trying to avoid Houston POE so United is def not an option. Will also be traveling at 35weeks.

Also note the costs Delta gave is promo price that ends today (according to them). It returns to 380k for DH and I and 270k for my son from tomorrow.

Need tickets to scout for PTA....What do I do?
cc @Nef @Lady G, @Fittymum and other experienced mamas and papas.

Congrats ...May God bless and keep u and the LO

AmatuRahman:
Glory be to God my princess arrived on Thursday afternoon at methodist hospital Sugarland. I had a nice experience with my doctor (Dr Amajoh) and all the nurses that attended to me during my stay at the hospital. They were all very nice and courteous. And I was given lots of freebies like diaper,wipes, girdle, sitz bath, diaper bag with storage bag,baby formula, baby clothes,towels , blankets, sanitary pad and pant etc.

Starting with baby documentation next week by God's grace.

GOD BLESS U RICHLY FOR THIS POST!

neks31:
WHY THE RUDENESS GUYS Pls y'all should chill a bit Biko!! If u don't want to answer why can't u ignore Arghhh this chaos is actually annoying AF!! People asking qts try n read then d patrol team Biko chill.. No one is putting a leash on ur neck to answer ahh ahh.. Even someone that was a " questionnaire " in d past will get her info n come here n form patrol... Pls if u knw u didn't find a hospital n a doc all by urself n was d first to use d two Biko park well ejor sir.. At least d people dat discovered docs n hospitals aren't even this harsh Biko! Someo of d qts r annoying yes but to watch some of u talk down n laugh at these women is disgusting Taa
S/N team patrol i see some of ur earlier jamb qts tho , may not be as annoying but u was once a questionnaire n why didn't u discover a hospital n apartment service that is affordable in Hawaii sine u r mrs/mr Google #rolls eyes

Thanks a lot dear...u actually just cleared my doubts. God bless u.

LadyGuinivere:
Nobody answered u cos these questions get k leg.
1. For flight- u have to check everyday and night and via various search engines. Wakanow, skyscanner etc. Flash sales may pop up or u get a deal.
2. Best time to travel- also best known to u. If u pick a flight u need to know their preggie rules and decide. Again if u read back, ul see people travelling at different weeks and how they felt when they reached. I doubt folks will repost that again.
3. Notification of intent-any time u so desire as long as its before your travel date and u get a reply.
Tip; try using the search button. Type in key words like 'travelled at 34 weeks' or 'notification of intent'. In like 30 minutes ul get a general idea of answers to your questions

Mamas and papas, I have 3 questions and I need ur takes on it.
I intend traveling last week in May, due by mid-June by his grace.

1. When is the best time to get my ticket ?
2. Best week to travel 34 weeks, 35weeks or 36 weeks?( cos of work, don't wanna use all my mat leave for obudo oyinbo)
3. Best time to write embassy? ( got my visa last year July, we all( myself, hubby and Son) travelled for vac in October and I discovered I was pregnant when we returned in Nov).

Abeg dis are personal but confused questions, dou myt have bin treated, make una pardon me.

Thanks

Mamas and papas, I have 3 questions and I need ur takes on it.
I intend traveling last week in May, due by mid-June by his grace.

1. When is the best time to get my ticket ?
2. Best week to travel 34 weeks, 35weeks or 36 weeks?( cos of work, don't wanna use all my mat leave for obudo oyinbo)
3. Best time to write embassy? ( got my visa last year July, we all( myself, hubby and Son) travelled for vac in October and I discovered I was pregnant when we returned in Nov).

Abeg dis are personal but confused questions, dou myt have bin treated, make una pardon me.

Thanks

neks31:
Houston is not cheap at all especially if u r planning CS n d doc groups u under high risk preg. My bills here alone is matching d Maryland Inova hospital I went to.. I for kuku stay there considering my local flight n d rent too.. So guys before u Come here just do ur plus n minus ,cos I'm so mad for coming here after paying what I paid yesterday

Haa! Lobatan!! I'm planning CS o since my first child was thru CS. I have my first cousin in Maryland, even visited her last Nov sef, please which hosp and doc did u use? What's ur bill? Would u advise I kuku Ma stay in Maryland jeje?
I await your response.

Thank u

olokings:
and same you is requesting members to vote on your requests for flights and POE choices abi..

whats good for the goose should be good for the gander as well...

LOL

nefertitiram:
Aunty, no one is subbing you, we are subbing ourselves! the info you brought was a surprise although not unexpected

I understand now ma'am... Thanks

LadyGuinivere:
Sister no be soooo! The whole gist flowed from your disclosure that Dr F now asks for referral. If u have been reading the thread ul truly get the point. All these are info that are like san'san' all over the thread.
I agree sometyms the tone no de sweet, but (for u and future readers) take the message and leave the tone. The essence of asking people to research is to prevent the kinda fiasco @FTM posted and also for Doctor's to stop taking us for granted as in the MIHS saga.
Peace

Thanks and noted.