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tosyne1808:
Hello NL's am new on this forum and i have read as many of the threads as possible.I am actually looking to have my baby in the US,Houston to be precise.i currently have a B1 B2 visa which i renewed in April 2015 via Drop box,as at when i renewed my hubby and i hadnt really decided i was goin to have my baby there or not cos we were looking at the option of the UK as i have my mother in law and 2 sister in law's over there,it woulda been ideal but we considered the advantage of the passport and settled for the US, now am planning to write the embassy on the change of intent prolly next week, i wanted to ask the house if i should be the one to write the email or my husband since he's the one who wants me to go and is responsible financially.Also i havent decided on the choice of hospital as cost will be a dceiding factor ,i have Ben Taub hospital, memeorial hermann hospital, oakbend medicalcentre, houston Northwest medical centre, west houston medicl centre.I was hoping someone will have any idea abt the costs of any of the hospitals or better still the email addresses for a doctor which i can contact to enable tidy up all the necessary requirements as am looking to buy my ticket nextweek and arrive in 2nd week june.God bless you as you respond.

Hi,

West Houston Medical Center

Vaginal delivery - $3,000
C-Section - $4,200
C-Section with BTL - $4,500
Additional Days (Mom) - $500 per day
Additional days ICU (Baby) - $1,000 per day
Circumcision - $150

Dr La
Vaginal - $3,340
Epidural - $1,200
Pediatrics -$500
Pathology - $200
Hearing test - $326

This is as at the last time checked. Please confirm from them.

You can get their numbers online. Just google or check healthgrades.com

Best of luck.

fehinebony:
To the glory of God had my baby boy on the 29th of April, delivery resulted in an emergency C section during induction process, the response time was second to non. Left Nigeria @32weeks with an uncomplicated pregnancy, got to us to find out I had some issues, but I thank God. I can't imagine if I had chosen to have my baby in naija, had a friend that lost her baby due to the neligence of the doctor in Nigeria 3wks ago, another lost her life during childbirth in lagos 3wks ago too but baby survived.
Besides the blue passport and the the future benefit for the child, one is sure of getting the best in terms of medical care.
Aspa budget please have a contingency plan, I ended up paying more,( I put 3k aside just in case I had to pay more)

I wish all the the expectant mums safe delivery.

Congratulations on your safe delivery. God Bless you and your little one.

olokings:
greetings house...
please can anyone help with email contact for doctors affliated with ARLINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE, DALLAS TX.

thanks.
pm me on olokings@gmail.com

Google Omega Obgyn all the doctors are affiliated to the hospital

Hope this helps

mom2015:
I stand to be corrected but I feel this issue of bank statement is a bit over rated . I went to the embassy with an account balance of 250k and was granted a visa even after telling the VO I was going for delivery. I was advised by my friends not to boost the account as it may look fishy.
Though I'm not in support of u going to the embassy with three statement of accounts.
My advice will be to go simple, state that ur hubby will sponsor the trip and make sure that whatever funds u have is in your hubby's account, den also prove to them that he has a stable job and dat u're also working. U can also go with other hospital packages if possible (to prove that other hospitals also offer cheaper packages) but still use the initial hospital.
The most important thing is to pray for God's favor and ure good to go.
Too much money can also portray a sign of desperation what matters most is ur history and what goes in and out of ur account not necessarily the current bank statement.
Another thing I feel that gave u away is the fact that u made a part payment when u haven't gotten a visa,according to the rumors I heard(i stand to be corrected) initial payments either for tickets or services expected to be rendered in the USA makes the VO feel u're making (forcing) him or her to feel obligated to grant u a visa. It's better to book for an appointment rather dan paying for the service.
My advice to future applicants will be to Just go with ur appointment letter and correspondence with the Dr.
I hope this helps.

I agree with most of what you said, but I don't think the payment was the issue. 2 years ago I applied for a visa at 7 months and I had paid all the bills (ie hospital and physician) and I could see that the VO was desperately trying to figure out through my statements if I could pay, when I told him I had made full payments and showed him my letters he didn't bother checking any other statement. I think she was just very unlucky that day cos I don't see anything that she did wrong.

shamecurls:
Letter of Intent (Sampl






Sincerely,

Hi Shamecurls did you send the letter via email or post? And if email can u furnish me with the address. Thanks

Newmumi:
Hello House,

I have just joined NL cos of this very educative thread. I had my baby already and we are looking to go back home. I stumbled on this thread when I was searching for info on how to apply for the Nigerian visa for baby. I got some really useful tips and have put in the application already. Now my issue is with Delta and travelling back home.

I have just called the Delta Int Line and was told that I have to pay $4750 for a one way ticket for babys seat. There is no discount. The alternative is to pay $435 and put baby on my lap. For a 13hr journey

I have read stuff here on Delta and how they are not very baby friendly but can anyone who has gone back share how convinient it was to put baby on the lap for the whole of the journey. I am yet to pay as I am still very confused. And Will I be allowed to go in with car seat? To keep baby strapped for take off & landing? IF I get a bassinet, how does that work with keeping baby on laps?? My seat is a premium economy one. Pls I need advice ASAP as travel date is close. Thank you all in advance.

My dear sister, its not worth the money at all o! $4750? Abeg carry your baby on your lap even if they dont get you a bassinet try and manage! They would give you a seat belt to strap on to the baby for take of and landing anyways! so you dont need a car seat cos that means u are taking up another seat. When i was travelling with my baby 2 years ago he didnt even sleep in d bassinet at all i ended up just carrying him the whole time. Just pray that you meet someone nice that would help carry when u need to use the convenience. All the best!

Omodaraju:
My baby is crawling now, but i still look into this thread almost on a daily basis. For houston-bound moms lemme help you a little with names of docs. You will use google to get their numbers because of nairaland policy on sharing numbers. At least you can narrow your search before you go and pay anybody to sell information to you that is otherwise free

From my research -

For Houston Northwest Medical Center

Search - Obgyns John Alaniz, Jonathan Hulme, Can Duong, Anita Fulton, John Williams, Nicolas Xydas, Jose San Martin, Michael Kelly, Faunda Campbell and group , Jennifer Nguyen, Bih Ndofor

For Oakbend

Popular Dr Funsho Fagbohun, Cherian Sabina, Ezekiel Abumeze, Brian Heaps, Nelson Sarah, Dama Ziwotirin, Cynthia Rios

For WHMC,

Drs Huynh Jeanie, Michael Amaro, Gilbert Sayegh, Howard Scheiber, Elvis Torres, Tammy Vu, Bai-Quoc Core La, Christian Webb, Magdy Rizk

some were willing to correspond by mail better than others while i was searching, Dr La, Webb, Rizk,

All the best, I have all their phone numbers that i copied during my research but was banned once while trying to post them on the forum. I have also attached it as a spreadsheet before to save time for the "lazy" oh sorry "busy" ones on the forum.

Hi, I replied your pm. Looking forward to chatting with you. Honestly I have so many questions plus id love a copy of that spreadsheet

weaseloo:
Praise God with me my people. My daughter's delivery was very successful! Dr. La is a great doctor and the hospital staff were superb. It is a world of difference between the birth of my first at Park Plaza Hospital and this experience. When you walk into WHMC you would think it was a hotel, beautiful.

I dealt with two ladies on accommodation issue, though I ended up not using either because I am renting/leasing. But the two Soul Care and Pampered Care I would say are kind and very serious minded. The locations and setting they had did not work for me.

I also came here to ask for a car rental service. Again, I ended up not renting a car. Someone was recommended to me. He basically drove me around to where ever I needed to go at an agreed cost which was cheaper than Uber and of course the Yellow Cab. I would use him if I have to go somewhere far and then use Uber for nearer journeys. I met a few Nigerians using the Uber service, one of them prayed for me and baby. Really interesting. There was one Uber driver that carried me from walmart. The guy simply opened his truck and started the journey. He did not even bother to help me load my shopping into his truck. You will meet all sorts! The variety is what interests me. I also met one Mohammed from Afghanistan. If I tell you I was not scared, I will be joking. I simply kept my cool till I got to my destination & just thanked my God! Lol.

I got a few discounts. For the Pathology paid like: $70; Hearing Test: $163 (half price); Surgical Assistant: $200. Just ask for a discount, you never know, they may have concessions.

Now in the process of getting baby's papers together. I have a question though. I have just called BA to add my daughter to my booking. My question is that I hope I will not have any problems with immigration and whether or not I got a return ticket for her. Please any mum that has returned to Nija via BA, did you have such an experience or not?

Hello @weaseloo, Please can you give an insight into getting accommodation in Houston, im planning on having baby there and ive been looking around for apartments but haven't found one. Any advise or recommendations

babysykes:
ha!a friend called me yesterday for this same issue,I am glad I didn't disclose any detail.thanks for this info

@shagaman, the hustle is real oh! Please mums and dads be careful. Trust no one!

Praise God with me my people. My daughter's delivery was very successful! Dr. La is a great doctor and the hospital staff were superb. It is a world of difference between the birth of my first at Park Plaza Hospital and this experience. When you walk into WHMC you would think it was a hotel, beautiful.

I dealt with two ladies on accommodation issue, though I ended up not using either because I am renting/leasing. But the two Soul Care and Pampered Care I would say are kind and very serious minded. The locations and setting they had did not work for me.

I also came here to ask for a car rental service. Again, I ended up not renting a car. Someone was recommended to me. He basically drove me around to where ever I needed to go at an agreed cost which was cheaper than Uber and of course the Yellow Cab. I would use him if I have to go somewhere far and then use Uber for nearer journeys. I met a few Nigerians using the Uber service, one of them prayed for me and baby. Really interesting. There was one Uber driver that carried me from walmart. The guy simply opened his truck and started the journey. He did not even bother to help me load my shopping into his truck. You will meet all sorts! The variety is what interests me. I also met one Mohammed from Afghanistan. If I tell you I was not scared, I will be joking. I simply kept my cool till I got to my destination & just thanked my God! Lol.

I got a few discounts. For the Pathology paid like: $70; Hearing Test: $163 (half price); Surgical Assistant: $200. Just ask for a discount, you never know, they may have concessions.

Now in the process of getting baby's papers together. I have a question though. I have just called BA to add my daughter to my booking. My question is that I hope I will not have any problems with immigration and whether or not I got a return ticket for her. Please any mum that has returned to Nija via BA, did you have such an experience

Hello @weaseloo, Please can you give an insight into getting accommodation in Houston, im planning on having baby there and ive been looking around for apartments but haven't found one. Any advise or recommendations

Congrats to all the new mums and dads! God bless and keep your little ones!