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amanda0:
Hey dear,
Congrats on your little one. Am using same hospital next month pls how soon do you get the letter from the hospital stating you have performed financial obligations I have paid my fees at the hospital and for epidural and doctor too.How did you see the services at the hospital particularly the nursing care and recovery room. I have heard they are stingy at the hospital too with freebies too bad. Pls is there a couch for someone to stay in the room cause I have my mother with but not sure where she can stay . Apart from the free stuff how do you see the services accommodation, food and nursing care.
Thank you.

amanda0:
Hey dear,
Congrats on your little one. Am using same hospital next month pls how soon do you get the letter from the hospital stating you have performed financial obligations I have paid my fees at the hospital and for epidural and doctor too.How did you see the services at the hospital particularly the nursing care and recovery room. I have heard they are stingy at the hospital too with freebies too bad. Pls is there a couch for someone to stay in the room cause I have my mother with but not sure where she can stay . Apart from the free stuff how do you see the services accommodation, food and nursing care.
Thank you.

abbeykun:
Congrats on your smooth entry. Please how many weeks + days did you travel on Qatar? Were you able to make use of the stopover hotel at your stopover in Doha? How was the flight experience generally?

Wishing you safe trip to your last stop and a safe delivery.

Thanks.

TheLeakyTribe:
It is my turn to share my testimony.

My LO was born yesterday 11th May 2016. Some of you would recall how my Dollars were stolen by my help before my trip. I was well prepared to follow it up and post everywhere about it but after my first doctors appointment here, the stolen money was irrelevant to me.

The doctor did a scan and said she found spots on my LO's heart that were indicative of either a hole in the heart or downs syndrome. I began to pray and believe God even though I was very shaken by the news.

Long story short, she arrived yesterday and is completely fine. She followed me straight from the OR to the postpartum recovery room. Join me praise the Lord. I'm one happy mumma.

mismarshal:
A friend was sent back at the POE last week despite having zero balance from MIHS for those reasons.

Momo13:
Thanks for responding. I booked myself on the Internet! Every other information is correct except the ds 160#. I logged in now but can't seem to find the page that has ds 160 number.. You know the part where you add people attending appointment with you. I'm so agitated right now! If I change it sef won't I need to reschedule to get another appointment confirmation? Pls help me oh

passionantchica:
Please oooooooo, anyone have any idea where I can buy good compression socks in Lagos? Ordered from Amazon through my Aunt, but the socks refused to follow her to Naija o.
My legs and ankles swell up to the size of baby pigs in a sack, don't know if I'd cope without the compression.

PlOOT:
Hi all, my friend's visa that was cancelled at Chicago has been reissued today. She reapplied and it was granted.

NaijaMama:
I have noticed that local flights don't take off from JFK in New York. Flights can either be gotten from Laguadia or Newark. If that's the case, how do I shuttle arriving in JFK and catching a flight to Houston?

I am also trying to use wakanow to book one way from Lagos to JFK and one way return from Houston to Lagos. Do you envisage any challenges with at the Point of Entry when I present tickets from 2 different airlines and 2 different locations?

Abefeokin:
Lmao! Hahaha but @bigfido why are u like dis?well now I tink I have the strength to type small. I gave birth to my twin girls 3days ago @JPS tru CS but I've been too tired and emotionally down to come give my story and eerm thanks to Apple19 and MiddyO for the info on JPS cos I had paid texas Harris though they refunded my money. BS coming later. Bigfido made my day and hello Lady Guinevere.

chloe7:
Osat82 I you won't be doing a lot of moving around e.g like me I plan my waka whenever i'm abroad I no dey commot every day, on like doctors appointment and shopping etc you can do uber or any other cheaper option you have because these oyibo people when they fine it's as if they are putting knife on your neck, if you are not so familiar with the driving rules of your destination then do uber or any other cheaper option you just might have. Cheers

chloe7:
of course they are, lool

sugah:
A rented car that comes with a driver = Cab/Taxi.

A warning to those renting cars, please make sure you familiarize yourself with the US driving rules. Stop signs, right of way rule at a 4way junction etc. Americans do not do defensive driving so if you try to drive the naija way you would hit someone. Running a red light or stop sign can cost you up to 250dollars.

mrsbw:
Looool. Uber oh uber. Finally had to rent a car too. There's a similar app to uber (Turo) that is for renting cars

Houston ppl, transportation cost is a major expense line item in your budget oh

Jojoba256:
Hi everyone,

Ive been following this thread for quite long now and already in the US, currently in houston. But my brother is getting job and accomodation in cleveland, ohio.

Ive been searching throughout the thread but havent found any proper information about self pay hospitals in cleveland. I contacted the financial department of fairview hospital but they said that only the delivery will cost from 17000 to 25000; which is way too much.

Please let me know if anyone has info about economic birthing in cleveland, ohio so I can make further plans. Im already 25 weeks pregnant !!

Any help will be highly appreciated

LadyGuinivere:
No I believe not. You got your visa for birthing. You have a valid visa and can travel anytime within its validity. A 2 week change in your timeline does not neccesstiate an email. Just go with all your doctor's reports. Safe trip

Me I'm begining to think we doth email th embassy a lil bit too much and setting un neccessary preccedents.

AsiwajuAfo001:
Do you have an account with sterling bank, come to ikoyi branch you will get your PTA same day

omodadi:
Please can anyone tell the transportation cost from IAH to Soulcare. Trying to go for a good deal pls. Thanks

Peaceful2016:
I posted this earlier but I just realised that it was deleted... I'm not sure why, but i'd just share it again cos it might help someone.
I had my baby via VD in HNMC Houston in January.
Hospital cost 2000 CS is 3500
Doctors cost 1700 CS 1850
Lab was 154 but I paid $72 got 50% discount
Pediatrician 1133 but paid $794 got 30% discount
I didn't use Epidural but it's $650 for VD and $750 for CS

Also United allowed us carry two 23kg bags for the baby. I insisted since that's what's stated on the website (I saved the page on my phone, but they didn't ask to see it) and told them that I had called customer service to confirm

happytbaby:
Let me answer Comfortina.

I think she really asked an honest question, I do not detect any sarcasm in her post. Life is a matter of perspectives.

Now to put things in perspective, let me start by saying my Maternal grandmother had 6 girls. One of them died from childbirth complications, the baby also died. One is 60 with no child and had two still births and one infant death, that makes 3 pregnancies. Another one is in her mid forties, she had twins which died after the hospital she registered in said they couldn't do CS. She herself is a twin. Her twin sister had two still births before a live one. 5days after the lifebirth, we realised she was incontinent. We took her to a specialist who had to perform another surgery to repair her bladder which had mistakenly been cut during the CS. It was my brother and I (teenagers) that were taking care of the new born while my Mum stayed with her in the hospital. She suffered mehn! Till date, she hasn't been able to carry another pregnancy to term.

Please can anybody help me count the number of dead children in my family and tell me the probability of such a high mortality rate if all 6 of my grandmother's girls lived in America?

About taxes, it's the children's choice, if they choose to settle in America they will pay their tax there. On double taxation, if you pay 20 percent here and 30 percent is your tax band in the US, it does not mean that you will pay 50 percent of your income as tax, there is a way it's calculated depending on the tax regime of the countries concerned. I will not be able to go into a lengthy explanation of that.

On the education, am wondering if you attended any of these federal universities you are talking about? My brother is attending a university abroad and when I help him look at his assignments I see that the difference between education here and there is like the distance between heaven and earth. Seriously, you get what you pay for.


Is it the sexual harassment you want to talk about or the countles strikes? Missing results or gross inefficiency?

Point of correction, grants are not paid back, it's student loans that have to be repaid and education in US is much cheaper for a citizen than an international student.Our problem is systemic.

My next question to you Comfortina: with all due respect, have you been to America? Because as you are asking for the benefits of being the citizen of a country where the system works.....Even to shop is easy, I wonder how many times I need to pick something from the market after work and my first headache would be 'where will I park?' Then 'how will I lug my little one in the market?' You can tell me there are malls but none of them is on my way. To go to common Yaba for bedspread or curtain sef na headache because of all the guys that will pull your arms asking you to patronize them.

Please, if we can afford it we shall give our kids the opportunity of having a choice of where they want to live. If I had one I am not sure I will be here. Just that I cannot live in obodo oyinbo as an illegal immigrant. However, first and foremost for me is the healthcare, I cannot come and allow one useless hospital give the people chasing my life negative home support with poor resources and negligent nurses that insult patients.

bolof2010:
hello all,
please has anyone tried to pay for BA flight ticket usingg naira master card since BA Charges in USD. I need to know if GTB used official rate before i do anything. BA online tickets seems really okay

Bisoye82:
That's no longer possible on BA naija website.you can only book on hold with customer service which I believe is handled by Indians. thereafter you go and pay at the bank.

Bisoye82:
You are right that's what they told me as well
'you can only get that rate if you are paying online'
Oyinbo too dey do 419 abeg