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jamjam5000:
Sis please can you recommend the link to such sites cos i realised that it doesnt come cheap even in regular US stores e.g babies 'r' us, publix etc. I would really appreciate your help.
Many thanks

ijeomaobi1:
@alphahandmaiden,
Abeg that plenty English is confusing o. Use pidgin.
@mamaOO,
Pls how d deal Dey work? Am interested in the $60 package

I got them from Facebook swap/sale pages. Usually, every city has a Facebook based sale site (much like craigslist). Everybody can post what they have for sale and you offer what you feel you wanna pay for the item. You can then bargain and meet a compromise with the seller.

I joined my city's baby sale pages (like 6 or 7...not sure) and I just browse through what they have. I was looking to buy diapers, and when the seller posted the diapers for sale, I contacted her, we bargained on a price and reached a compromise. Most of these people sell those items cheap because they have no use for them anymore and they don't wanna go through the hassle of having to return them to the store. Some also get them dirt cheap because they used coupons while buying, especially at drugstores like CVS, Walgreens or Riteaid who usually have sales on diapers all the time anyways.

nefertitiram:
See eh,

This is not about settling the bill or not settling the bill

The problem is the attitude towards the son's bill. She let US settle the child's bill because he is a citizen. Nothing spoil. No crime

Now, she intends to spend an average of $30,000 on US education just because it is beneficial to her personally. But leaving a bill to a program meant for 'low income populations' when you have access to such amount required for International student fees

The VO feels that the US is being cheated or she is playing a fast one on the country. It is almost impossible to repay medicaid.

The best bet is to renew her B1/B2 visa, just to take her chances (agreeing with you) through dropbox. If she is invited for an interview she can try to talk her way through it.

Anyways, she should try studying in Germany. They teach masters in English

The bolded part was what I wanted to point out. Refunding Medicaid used is almost next to impossible. You will just keep running around in circles.

peggygee:
I will. Like to knw the brand u use, that detects wet n dry via colors, pls help a sis I'm a FTM #teamsept. Will be going diaper shopping this weekend. Thanks

I will advise you not to buy too much diapers cos i'm pretty sure you'll get lots of it after you give birth. Just buy a few packs of Newborn and Size 1s. I already bought a lot of diapers, but that was because they have all these cheap deal sites here, so I got it dirt cheap. I got Huggies Little Snugglers and Little Movers Plus, Newborn, Size 1, Size 2 and Size 3 totaling around 750 diapers in all for $60.

But if you're gonna be paying full price, just buy a little and see what you get when the baby comes cos you cannot return them and you might not use it all.

simababe:
Av checked the itinery, the layovr is 2:30mmins. So its better.

Oh good then. Where is your final destination?

simababe:
The lay over is 8hrz. Read somwher that they do provide accomodatn. Wil knw by the end of the day. Oga is not smiling at all.

Sometimes they give accommodation, sometimes they give meal vouchers. But you're not allowed to leave the airport unlike Emirates that lets you go out to an hotel outside of town. Even the Emirates layover is a killer. Never again

simababe:
I don't kn why dh isnt comfortable with them. I hav until 9am to make a final decision if not he'd book qatar.

Ehya. I've not flown them before too, so I don't know much about their services. I've flown Qatar, they're very good, but the layover times is what kills me.

simababe:
Pls do they ask for fit to fly at Lome stop over cos wot if they don't accept naija own. Bsyds their pregy policy is 32weeks

I honestly don't know. I was only buttressing her point. I've not flown out of the US while pregnant so I don't know anything about the fit to fly thing. But you can give them a quick call tho. It shouldn't hurt.

ifax:
Ethiopian is quite comfortble. But if u r using it to the us, the journey no be here. If its to LA, ur itinerary will be lag-add-dub(dublin)-lax. If its to newyork, lag-add-lfw(lome)- ewr. It would have been better if she booked lome to new york straight sha

Ethiopian now offers Lagos-Lome-Newark Straight. They have just one hour layover in Lome and its straight to Newark, NJ.

Zaidi:
Dear house, i'm new here wrt posting other than a few questions that have gone unanswered . I would like to sincerely thank everyone who has kept this thread going. I have been reading for a while now and have learnt alot. God bless you!

I decided to give birth at St Francis in Lynwood but when we shared this with a friend, he warned us that this is gang territory and not safe and that we should stay away from there. I would like to ask anyone familiar with the area to shed some light on this especially the mummies who have given birth there. Pls Sweetuzy01, OMary83, MamaTobenna, Bisoye82 and sppecie what was your experience like? Did you stay near the hospital? Thanks

I live in CA. Personally, I would not get an apartment in Lynwood, its very close to Compton, its Palms and Oaks Crips territory and not very safe IMO. But some other people might have a different firsthand experience to share, let them shed more light.

iomoge2:
I your LMP is December first then you are late August

@peggygee

Oya pay ya dues to Mama Zaynie n bring EDD calculation egunje here.

If her LMP is December 1, then her due date is Sept 6. That was my LMP as well, and I am due in September.

Peggygee, I think you're a September mom (with a high likelihood of porting, lol) according to your LMP unless early dating scans show an earlier EDD.

sugah:
She was particular about the 'under insured' bit of the statement. Cos I remember her asking if I had insurance and I said no im self pay.
Now this is actually the only correspondence I have that says under insured..all my other correspondence from Texas and Chicago says its discounted cos its self pay. Does it mean that using the self pay option is accessing tax payers money?

No. Self pay does not always mean accessing tax payers money. Not at all. I called my hospital just for the fun of it to know how much their self pay is just two days ago. Theirs is not using taxpayers money because they are not affiliated to the government in any way. They are private. But some of these medical or county hospital are being subsidized by the government. A lot of them. That's why they're usually for the people who have no insurance (some people don't make enough money to buy insurance) and the underinsured(some people do have insurance, but the insurance is so crappy that it barely covers anything).

sugah:
In the spirit of giving back and scare the crap outta some people, I present my POE experience.


Flew Etihad to Chicago.


I was already rejoicing the interview was over, but he dials a number and tells me he is sending me to immigration. embarassed
Secondary inspection:
Me: how are you
CBP: hi, what's the purpose of this trip
Me: Child birth and annual vacation
CBP: Do you have any correspondence with a doctor...
Me: Told her same thing I told the first guy
CBP: how much cash do you have..
Me: repeated same. I noticed she was just looking at me so I asked her if she wanted to see it and she said yes. I gave her the envelope and she counts the money. After counting she asked again how much I said it was and I answered. Na wa!
CBP: what cards do you have with you, I showed her my BOA card and she asks, oh you have a BOA account?
Me: Yea i do.
CBP: how much is on the card
Me: I hand her my account statement I printed out.
CBP: Do you not have any form of prove to show your communication with the hospital
Me: Yes I do and I hand her my correspondence and printed out OB delivery package...
CBP: Im going to let you in but be warned that although the hospital offered you this package, it is not their duty to enforce immigration laws. This statement (uninsured and under-insured) here refers to American citizens only and is funded by tax payers money. Please make sure you decline this offer and tell them you want to pay the full undiscounted price and have all your receipts else your visa would be cancelled
Me: ok.
CBP: Do you understand what I said
Me: Yes i do, thank you.

Had to wait an additional 20mins for agriculture...they threw away my ofada sauce cry cry

Thank God the CBP officer told you that. That was what I was telling the person who wanted to use the Oakhurst Medical Center which is a center that offers discounts for uninsured and underinsured people. Those packages are for US citizens and residents and not for people coming here to give birth. It's akin to taking Medicaid cos their (Medical center) services are being subsidized by taxpayers dollars.

Welcome jare Cap'n. Respond to my email when you have time

sugah:
Over 200 unread msgs...una dey try. I just have to do this!! I was waiting for the beginning of the month for a roll call but who says we have to wait for beginning of the month sef? Team September mamas are special!! Very special that we can vex and decide to do roll call every day or every week..mamas make una hold me make I no vex

So here we go. Cha cha cha September mamas Kwenu!!!! Sexilicious September mamas!! Swaggalicious September mamas!! Supernatural September mamas!!! Kwenu oooo!!!!!
We have officially broken a record at almost 50 members so far. We shall be the team that everyone else would look up to . We've gat it all. We've got numbers, we have twins, we have tripplets, we have plenty team blues and pinks and most especially (and the one very close to my heart) we have many mamas that crossed over from the TTC thread. We are truly blessed!!!

Oya swaggalicious mamas come out and answer roll call, come along with your baby sex (just give us team green if you don't want to share) and EDD.

Let us welcome our newest members: HerteEnUke26 Chubby100 and fabmummy (on behalf of her sister)


1. sugah....EDD 1st Sept......Team blue
2. Chili89...EDD 1,5,8Sept....
3. Uglybetty1
4. Loistee..................Team blue
5. Mowojuoluwa**********God knows best ****
6. Serefunmee
7. Blessedmum......Team blue
8. Mummyife.....Team blue
9. Olaoyekemi....
10. switlolly27
11. Funmz.....EDD 25th Sept....Team green
12. Ibari 
13. Starbuck
14. Cheerychy **waiting for your transfer letter**
15. Carinmom 
16. Beebee12 
17. AdaEkube.......
18. Teal................Team blue
19. HillyMa...........Team blue
20.MamaOO.........Team blue
21. Sexyshe......... Team blue
22..Jina24......EDD 26th Sep........Team pink
23. eigmaticme........Team pink******God knows best***
24. Simababe..........baby's leg closed
25.Ahmanim
26. Tiimzy
27. besttbabe
28. Tippex
29 Haleematm.........Team blue
30. Odycute
31. Babysugar1.......Team blue
32. PresVA
33. Itunumary 
34. Tallgirlslim......Team blue
35. Mumgb...........Team pink
36. Jesusbaby1.....Team pink
37. hormobollar......Team pink 
38. harphorlarsadeh..... 
39. Chizeal.....
40. Faari........wants to be surprised. 
41. mymoneygrows...EDD 13th Sept.. Team Blue&Pink... our only iyaibeji
42. portable4real...........
43. tipsyjules......Team blue.
44. Coldfeet (on behalf of her sister Iyaibeta) Team blue, blue and blue
45. Lastbornop
46. OmoNwa
47. HerteEnUke26....EDD 8th Sept...Team?
48.Chubby100....EDD 20th Sept...Team Blue
49. Fabmummy (on behalf of her sister )
50.

#HoldsHerBeforeSheVexes. Lmao. I'm here reporting for roll call o: Present ma. EDD Sept 2

With the rate this our team is growing ehn, I no go surprise if our teammates reach 70 before middle of July. We wil break all the records on this thread. Back to back baby dropping. Birth stories everyday. 3-5 babies in a day. That's the effect of December/Vacation/Winter kpekus .
None of the September moms will experience any loss and may we all carry our live and alive babies. Including all the moms to be on the thread too.

Cap'n Sugah and all other Sept mommas. Make una no vex for those of us that doesn't show face o. We promise to do better. My own problem be say, when I get time to come on the thread, everybody don sleep and when thread dey bubble, I am asleep. I only lurk around when I am at work, but to swamped to post anything As from now, I go dey try at least to answer roll call. Lol

NaijaMama:
It's interesting that anyone will think they can tell how far gone a woman is by measuring her belly with a tape.

Yes you can. It is called Fundal height measurement. Doctors here do it at every OB appointment after 20 weeks. It's always been spot on for me except for once or twice. But not always spot on if you're growing faster or slower. If you're measuring more than two weeks ahead or behind, you'll be sent for an ultrasound to find out why.

Fundal height is generally defined as the distance from the pubic bone to the top of the uterus measured in centimeters. After the first 16 weeks of pregnancy, your fundal height measurement often matches the number of weeks you've been pregnant. #ExtractedFromGoogle

ifax:
No. Mine was submitted tuesday and was ready for pickup thursday

Actually, it's yes. If you track the status of your visa issuance (physical interview or Dropbox) using this link: https://ceac.state.gov/ceacstattracker/status.aspx you'll see that it will come up as "Administrative processing" at some point. It's nothing to worry about and the status will change to "Issued" in a day or two. If she's really in admin processing, they'll send her a message or call her to let her know.

MissG:
Hello Omodendel24

Thanks for the information. Its been on that status for two days and I just wondered what it meant.

Administrative processing showing up during issuance of your visa is normal. Everybody gets it, but because most people don't track it they don't know. It normally shows up for like a day or two then changes to "Issued". Hopefully that is your case. Relax

Mummide:
I'll advice u take ur mind off it, Google will scare u d more. With anterior placenta it's not advisable to go into Labour rather doc will advice for a cs, 98% of anterior placenta normalizes b4 due date. In some cases expecially d previa type , doc will tell u to abstain from sex. Nothing to worry about mam. I hope this helps

This is so not true! If what she has is anterior placenta and not placenta previa, then there is absolutely NOTHING that stops her from having a natural birth. No doctor will advise for a Cesarean section just because she has anterior placenta. Anterior placenta only means the placenta attached to the front of the uterus rather than the back closer to the spine.

I have it, and my doctor has not even mentioned any CS to me. And I am in my third trimester

LadyGuinivere:
Much better suggestion. I have been on this thread long enough to know that "last price" can be reduced. Negotiations have further negotiations.
It is assumed that when u go for better healthk,you are prepared for any outcome. So taking medicaid is a clear breach of that.
Thank God the babies ae doing ok now but don't be quick to take the path of least resistance. Explore every option ist.
God bless

God bless you.

sugah:
Noted on the 8th day for muslims.... but please tell me the head shaving is an islamic thing? Cos na Mohawk my pikin go carry

Lmao. Yes. The shaving thing is a Muslim thing.

chloe7:
You totally hit the nail on the head, grandfather ko great-grandfather ni, ki lo kan mi, if I born for America before they send name I don put name inside b.c so that name they send na inside akosile e go dey not on top of birth certificate, I won't risk the opportunity of giving my children a bright future for grandparents to attend the naming ceremony, to me all that feferity no even matter, my prayers over my child and the host of heavens agreeing with me over that child is what matters abeg, to fulfil all righteousness the rev father can christen the child officially sha while i'm still abroad with my husband, o pari. As for Muslims I know my cousins who are Muslims had Sunnah and they kill ram and shave the hair of the child on the naming I learnt it's compulsory for them.

Killing Ram or having a big ceremony is not compulsory for Muslims if you cannot afford it. All you need to do is invite the Islamic clerics to the house on the 8th day and they can name the child that day. Shaving the hair is compulsory though.

Sugah ma, Muslims don't name children on the first day oo. We do it on the eight day just like the Yoruba traditions. I'm Yoruba and Muslim. Hubby is Christian tho, but he's insisting we will have a naming ceremony even though we live in the US. I'd love to avoid it altogether. Yoruba parents usuall know the name of the child and if you live in the US it's already on the birth certificate, but they usually don't reveal the name of the baby until the 8th day naming or prayers whatever the case might be. I'm still debating if I'm gonna shave his head or not Sha. Still undecided.

laprince:
As much as it is a fraud, I don't see any reason why I should dump my former phone for a new one without at least a good reason.

I have had an iPhone 6+ (a gift) for more than 9months now. I left it packed. Since I got it, does not pick network. So, I took it to some guys in computer village.They told me to bring 30k to update the software, so I can use it in Nigeria.

I just laughed and went to keep it in my wardrobe.

Why should I use all that money to work on the phone when I have a samsung galaxy that is in PERFECT condition? Good battery life and other things. And a steady nokia phone, for my second sim.

I don't like such wastage.

The phone is either locked or faulty or a clone. 30grand to update what software exactly? I'm lost

slightlyMad:
if you have an immediate relative in the USA, you wont get a non-immigrant visa.
VO here will tell you it is still possible to get it but NO, they will waste your cash and time.
post your interview transcript here when you have it and pls quote me

Lies. Lies. Lies. My parents and 3 siblings(5 in all) got visas on the same date at the Lagos Consulate. One of them is an older unmarried sibling as well and it was well stated on their DS-160 that I am a daughter/sibling in the US.

Verify yoUr claims well Abeg.

Tokunbo, Fisi, Sisi/Omoge are all Yoruba words anyways

justicejay:
Ok nice lecture.
But to the rest of 80% naija jobless overseas and hiding from police, tell them to come home. Thou home is not easy too, but I tell you, we will surly survive this. And mind you, its likely Trumps win the next election and that dick headed guy has blown some hots about the blacks that its not even sure that you whey dey give this lecture no go come back home in next 2-3yrs.

Lmao. 80% of Nigerians in the US are jobless Lmaoooooooo. Who is feeding you those lies?? Maybe they're lying to you cos they don't want to give you money. can't stop laughing. 80% kwa. You've got jokes bruh.
As per trump, even if he wins, how is he gonna deport legal resident and US citizens who happen to be born outside America? Who does he get the bill to pass through congress not to talk of rounding them up and actually putting them on ships? Use your head Na. Lmaooo. Some people just sit their dusty ass on Nigeria and think they know things happening in America. Lmao. Coming home in 2-3 years. Hehehehehehe. I laugh in Spanish

Truth234:
Why do you always have to tell people you are yoruba to be objective?

Because he/she is lying! Welcome to NL. The home for people with multiple personality disorders. tell the so called Yoruba person to tell you the meaning of their moniker, they can't. Tell them to converse in Yoruba, iro! Lmao

sugah:
Yaaay another team blue!
My sonographer said, 'I see a cane and two small school bags'

I wanted to cry when I saw the peepee, wanted to slap the sonographer when she gave me a DVD with the pictures Cos DH has laughing so hard. We had a bet . I really wanted a girl, inspite of the fact that I don't have a male sibling. All girls

sugah:
Thanks dear.
Yes o, so far team blue is taking the lead.

Rukemi291:
Thanks Ginaz. I was on admission from Saturday to Monday because I was severely ill. Series of drips and injections.
Anyway, I had a baby girl yesterday but God knows best. We lost her.
We lost my big baby girl. I had her normally. I heard her heartbeat 5 mins before she came out blue......

It's all good. God knows best...

I can't imagine (and pray not to experience) the pain and heartbreak you're going through now. My prayers is for God to help your heart heal and also console you and your family. This time next year, you and your baby(s) will be gracing thread cuties. So sorry for your loss.

chrisviral:
My friend (Nigerian) got five years and he is on study permit here in Canada.

Well then, I take back my statement. Let LagosNIV answer. I also know people who got two years from Canada

gogochocolate:
A Nigerian passport holder that is a permanent resident in Canada automatically gets 10 years US visa when they apply and if approved. They have different visa policies for different visa offices in various countries depending on the certain classification. The maximum visa tenor Lagos or Abuja Visa Office can issue anyone applying from Nigeria is 24 months . The Visa offices in Canada can issue up to 10 years depending on the visa officer perception of the applicant and circumstances. I just checked Rwanda passport holders and found out that they qualify for 10 years visa validity and what it means is the USA visa office in Kigali Rwanda can issue 10 years visa to a Rwandan . Nigeria is still better than some countries like Congo and Chad with one month and three month maximum visa validity.

Your first sentence is not true at all. You get a two year US visa no matter where you apply from. Even Canada. So far you're presenting a Nigerian passport, the visa reciprocity rules between Nigerian and the US (which by the way is 2 years) stands, regardless of the location of application.

Remember, a permanent resident of a country is not a citizen of that country, he/she remains a citizen of their original countries but just has the right to live in the country that granted the permanent residence.