Shawbabe:


See how 3 abi 4 babes are running after u and ur posts. Giggling at ur every word

All the same invite us when u finally settle for one, I'm sure NL folks wanna eat rice and chicken.

@Zeezahbee thanks for the number.

Friendly banter

justwise:


zeezahbee justwise is single.

I have a pretty friend who stays in the uk.

justwise:


Friendly banter

Yeah. Sure

Ishilove:

I have a pretty friend who stays in the uk.

You need Jesus ,

Hello all. It appears the embassy is tired of seeing our letter of change of travel plans. lol They have changed their response to one that sounds harsh and scary No problem sha, since any CBP officer who can count well will be able tell i got my visa long before i took in . Na to dey pray for God's favour and to meet an officer who can patiently count back in weeks.

@Iyawotobe
Amen to all our prayers! What was in the letter? Pls post contents. I am kind of curious.

IyawoToBe:
Hello all. It appears the embassy is tired of seeing our letter of change of travel plans. lol They have changed their response to one that sounds harsh and scary No problem sha, since any CBP officer who can count well will be able tell i got my visa long before i took in . Na to dey pray for God's favour and to meet an officer who can patiently count back in weeks.

. Lol,abeg what's in their new response?

IyawoToBe:
Hello all. It appears the embassy is tired of seeing our letter of change of travel plans. lol They have changed their response to one that sounds harsh and scary No problem sha, since any CBP officer who can count well will be able tell i got my visa long before i took in . Na to dey pray for God's favour and to meet an officer who can patiently count back in weeks.

Wow! I sent them an email last week and I got the generic response,Na wa for them o

PetMe13:


Already in Houston. Had my baby 2 weeks ago. In fact planning to return home in a few weeks sef.

Congrats pet me 3,


Pls how long did it take for ur baby's birth certificate to come out? Can u pls give me a step by step process on how you got all ur baby's docs.would like to return home as soon as possible. Thanks

Santa2:


I did an extensive of search around the new York/new jersey area and Hackensack was about the cheapest I got. I would like to know if any other cheaper hospital comes up around this area.

I have been receiving a lot of PM with regards to my post on John Peter Smith hospital. I would appreciate if you could put these enquiries here just so that others to can benefit from these replies. I have learnt a lot from this forum and would like others to benefit several months down the line. Another reason is because I believe other people have used JPS too and might be able to profer answers to questions I might not be able to as I would be limited to only my personal experience. While I would continue to respond to PMs,I would appreciate it if you please put your enquires here.

@bj2012golf...how far? Was at the embassy on monday to notarize documents and saw a lot of people given visa, my mind immediately when to you. That embassy is so sane,compared to what we always face in lagos.

Hi
Are you still using Hackensack? I have settled for them and I have booked an appointment with a doctor for Friday.

damsell:
Hey peeps, the items are officially off the table o, I've promised them to the first person that mailed me. Wish I cld help everyone though but whossai...All the best with your plans and journeys.

@damsel, Congratulations on your safe delivery. I hope that you and the baby are doing great.
I am writing you on behalf of my wife. We are planning on having our first child in the US and she desperately needs to contact you because she wishes to have the baby in El Paso with Doctores Para Ti. We need to clarify certain grey areas and are hoping you will be of help. Please, send your contact (bbpin or whatsapp or e-mail or gsm num) to cacowe@yahoo.com or bigtalla@yahoo.com.. God bless you. I also wish you a safe flight back home.

justwise:


Very good observation

hi justwise, pls could you help me out with these questions, I have posted it before but no body commented.
1. I would like to give birth in the us pls advice on docs to present at the embassy.
2. My brother's wife just gave birth in dallas and she claims that nigerian embassy is in atlanta and that's she can't fly a baby of 2days to atlanta for a nigerian passport. Qst is, what other ways can she obtain the nigerian passport?
Pls help me out as soon as possible pls and to any other person that has an idea about these questions, pls help out.

justwise:


You need Jesus ,

Don't we all?

@Olhar can you please help me as well, i got the Gwinnett bill yesterday and they have charged me $9900, i am not sure whom should i mail to get this resolved. please advise me. thank you

Olhar:
Thank you all for your advice
@ mimibe and @dakotchic

i finally got my Zero balance yesterday from gwinnett, after i mailed the management on friday, a lady from the financial department was assigned to help sort my issue out and the excess bill was withdrawn, so am cleared…
please for those that applied for niaja passport in atlanta, do you get the passport same day you go for the interview? and after paying online and buying the 30 dollars money order, do i buy a self addressed overnight delivery envelope or i also do that as money order and they sort it themselves?

Please, could you help with the process in details? My wife is about 20 weeks pregnant and I want her to give birth in Houston Texas. I will really appreciate your help. Your response is highly anticipated with appreciation.

Many thanks

upgradedmom:

Hello dear,pls I sent you a PM,i will appreciate your response. Thanks


uote author=bloggerina post=28129667]Hello again,
Dr Risq attended to me for 2 days in postpartum when my doctor was off duty. He seemed nice sha very elderly, he reminded me of my dad who was also a doctor.
WHMC is a very nice hospital tho, single occupancy rooms for you so you have your privacy. My room in labour & delivery fine for my eyes so the, I told the nurses I wanted to leave the room because I was afraid they would bill me more. The nurses that attended to me that night were nigerians, they just laughed at my "bushness". Lol anyway they have good staff that's what am trying to say.

The prices they gave you are already discounted for self-pay but you will get a discount for pathology(labs) and ultrasound if you ask. If you don't ask, they will chop your money and clean mouth. Epidurl is $1200 if u don't ask for discount, the bill will be almost $4k.

I wish you safe delivery mama.
Cheers

justwise:


zeezahbee justwise is single.

Hummmmmm , oya na

hello all we got a baby boy on 23 dec 2014 at Gwinnett Hospital Atlanta, the nurses and all duty doctors were super good and we got very good service except one of the nurses who was rude to us and we dont know why. i have been waiting for the bill to arrive from the hospital but since it didnt come till date i requested for itemized statement and we got a email today morning. the break up is as below. not sure if that look legit to me. i wanted to share with all the experts here so that they can guide me to resolve this asap. i am still at Atlanta and waiting for passport to arrive.

Private Room OB $2400 (during child birth)
Private Room after birth $1400 (shifted to other room)
Pharmacy $480 (fentanyl citrate, fentanyl Bupivac, Bupivacaine & Oxytocin)
Pharmacy others $36 (pain killer)
Lab Charges for various test $271
Anesthesia Level 2 $1193 (they charged me for this and above this i am gonna get a separate bill of $1200 from Anesthesiologist so dont know what are this charges for)
Durgs details $875 (they charged me for Lactated ringers @ $154 each dont know for real is that expensive?)
Recovery room - Vaginal EA Hour $1310 (charged 2 times $655 each and dont know why)
labor Room Delivery $720
Fetel monitoring $181
urinary catheterization $140

Total $9006

please advise me to resolve this.

godblessamerica:
@Olhar can you please help me as well, i got the Gwinnett bill yesterday and they have charged me $9900, i am not sure whom should i mail to get this resolved. please advise me. thank you

godblessamerica:

Private Room OB $2400 (during child birth)
Private Room after birth $1400 (shifted to other room)
Pharmacy $480 (fentanyl citrate, fentanyl Bupivac, Bupivacaine & Oxytocin)
Pharmacy others $36 (pain killer)
Lab Charges for various test $271
Anesthesia Level 2 $1193 (they charged me for this and above this i am gonna get a separate bill of $1200 from Anesthesiologist so dont know what are this charges for)
Durgs details $875 (they charged me for Lactated ringers @ $154 each dont know for real is that expensive?)
Recovery room - Vaginal EA Hour $1310 (charged 2 times $655 each and dont know why)
labor Room Delivery $720
Fetel monitoring $181
urinary catheterization $140

Total $9006

please advise me to resolve this.

the first question is that did your delivery go smoothly or were there any complications?

Secondly, did you not have a package deal with them i.e an agreement with them for a Birthing plan that should capture some of these costs all in?

Maybe the Atlanta/Gwinnet folks can help here but clearly they have charged you item by item (for example charging you for OB room and then separately for another room when they moved you) - this is usually avoided when you have a package deal.

Also I see some red flags - were you induced? were you informed that the labor would be augmented? I see oxytocin there which is used to induce labor or help labor move along. You will need to investigate this and confirm the useage of all these drugs they have listed here.

Anaesthesia - you will need to speak to the anaesthesia people directly. I see level 2 there, you need to ask them and jack them up seriously

How is recovery room separate from private room after birth

Fetal monitoring?? Was your baby fine after birth? What were they monitoring exactly?

Urinary Catheterisation? Is that a joke? Something that any nurse or junior doctor can do with eyes closed?

This is the reason why the American healthcare system sucks.

Just be armed with your facts and be ready to fight for your rights. I dey vex sef.

Gracydee:


Please if one is travelling with their local airlines in the US, will they require one to present any fit to fly certificate? Am thinking of going to New York too and take a local airline to denver from there but then hubby asked about the fit to fly thing which I am not sure of.

Am not sure they do coz I wasn't asked by southwest

IyawoToBe:
Ok. Thanks. Please how did you make payment? Did you use our regular naija mastercard?

Yes ma. Used GTB Mastercard. Southwest accepta Nigeria cards

favouredB:


Its me alright, on flowered dress. Yeah. She is preggie too. They are scared becos of that experience. They said they had to change their route to Spain so the woman could deliver her baby. I dint enjoy d flight at all. Won't do Arik next time. You dey try.

Pele, so why are you not in elpaso?

IyawoToBe:
Ok. One last question please... Did you have to take another trip to LaGuardia to board? Or your flight from Nigeria dropped you there?

No. The flight stopped at JFK but it's $13 by bus from JFK to LGA

yes the delivery was smooth there was no complication whats so ever. i was given epidural during the birthing to avoid pain and thats all. nothing more nothing less. i was admitted when i was 2 cm dilated, i am surprised myself as to why have they charged me for delivery room and labor room? thats a big red flag as they have charged me for OB room and the room shifted later after birth. in pharmacy they charged me for lactation ringers $875 thats IVY if i am not wrong. can the IVY be that expensive? i doubt really. they didnt have any package deal at Gwinnett so we have to go as per the price quote given. it was $4000 - $6000 and then 40% discounts for self pay.
what about anesthesia level 2 i dont understand that? also they did no monitoring for the baby. yaa Urine catheter was some kind of joke when they charge like that. any other Gwinnett people, please advise how did you guys go about it.

anonymousmum:


the first question is that did your delivery go smoothly or were there any complications?

Secondly, did you not have a package deal with them i.e an agreement with them for a Birthing plan that should capture some of these costs all in?

Maybe the Atlanta/Gwinnet folks can help here but clearly they have charged you item by item (for example charging you for OB room and then separately for another room when they moved you) - this is usually avoided when you have a package deal.

Also I see some red flags - were you induced? were you informed that the labor would be augmented? I see oxytocin there which is used to induce labor or help labor move along. You will need to investigate this and confirm the useage of all these drugs they have listed here.

Anaesthesia - you will need to speak to the anaesthesia people directly. I see level 2 there, you need to ask them and jack them up seriously

How is recovery room separate from private room after birth

Fetal monitoring?? Was your baby fine after birth? What were they monitoring exactly?

Urinary Catheterisation? Is that a joke? Something that any nurse or junior doctor can do with eyes closed?

This is the reason why the American healthcare system sucks.

Just be armed with your facts and be ready to fight for your rights. I dey vex sef.

MrsDan:
knew I was leaving soon so decided to get it when I arrive home.

@MrsDan
Congrats on your new born and safe return to Nigeria.

Just wanted to know.... How long did you stayed at northside after the birth? Also you said you refused the use of the nursery, you baby was in your room i guess. where you charged for the nursery bed?

I will also be glad if you can share the name and number of the pediatrician that charged $150 and the OBgyn that charged $2550

I am presently in Atlanta making plans for early second quarter comeback.

I will also send you a PM.


Thanks

godblessamerica:
yes the delivery was smooth

call the billing guys, if they prove difficult, request for their supervisor.
Is the 9k after the discount?

mimibe:
call the billing guys, if they prove difficult, request for their supervisor.
Is the 9k after the discount?

I was just going to ask sef. Because this may just be the entire bill assuming you are not self pay. Have you discussed with them that you are self pay?

That's before discounts. But they still have over charged me. They charged $875 for 5 IVY Which they gave me during child birth. IVY can't be that expensive. Secondly why charged for recovery room and labor room again. Plus anesthesia charges are $1300 remember the charges of anesthesologist isn't yet come to me! Wondering what is that 1300 for?

anonymousmum:


I was just going to ask sef. Because this may just be the entire bill assuming you are not self pay. Have you discussed with them that you are self pay?

belfy:



Congrats pet me 3,


Pls how long did it take for ur baby's birth certificate to come out? Can u pls give me a step by step process on how you got all ur baby's docs.would like to return home as soon as possible. Thanks

Hello all,i delivered a baby girl on the 1st of jan,thanks to baba God for safe delivery.pls I need details and steps on how to get baby's docs as I intend to go back home end of the month.thanks

godblessamerica:
That's before discounts. But they still have over charged me. They charged $875 for 5 IVY Which they gave me during child birth. IVY can't be that expensive. Secondly why charged for recovery room and labor room again. Plus anesthesia charges are $1300 remember the charges of anesthesologist isn't yet come to me! Wondering what is that 1300 for?

So its a case of discussing with them naa ni.

Before you harrass them, just secure the agreed discount first o! Before you will go and hassle them, and they pull back on the discount.

Also the ATL / Gwinett folks can weigh in too, to tell you how its done and who exactly you should be discussing with.

Cheers, and congrats!

ATL folks please share your views on my case! Please all at Gwinnett please do share your thoughts as to how did u guys went ahead with it.

anonymousmum:


So its a case of discussing with them naa ni.

Before you harrass them, just secure the agreed discount first o! Before you will go and hassle them, and they pull back on the discount.

Also the ATL / Gwinett folks can weigh in too, to tell you how its done and who exactly you should be discussing with.

Cheers, and congrats!

PrinceAdeAde:


None yet sis, we are waiting for interview date i.e 7th Jan. Thanks for checking up

@PrinceAdeAde - Wish you all the best at your inteview today...God's Favour and success......

9jabiggurl:

@PrinceAdeAde - Wish you all the best at your inteview today...God's Favour and success......

Prince today you shall be answered with a yes come and collect your visa......we are solidly behind you in prayers......