prolify:


Wow,i want to be like you when I grow up

Aim higher Adanne

@theleakytribe hope u don reach airport? So u can check in and just rest

HD16:
Hello Fam, travelled via United to Houston last night and wanted to share my POE story.

Travelled at 33+ weeks and had fit to fly from my doctor. One person asked for it at the check in and I showed him but no copy was retained.

Even though flight was delayed due to catering strike at the airport, we eventually took off at midnight and flight was smooth.

Got into Houston around 8.20am their time here and headed straight to immigration. People, Houston POE was a breeze for me! It was almost unbelievable considering all I read here about pregnant women being held hostage or kidnapped.

Officer asked me when last I was in the US and I responded, asked me how long I spent, then asked what I came for and I told him childbirth. He repeated it to himself and asked how much I had with me and I told him but I also stated that I had prepaid my bills using Form A in addition to the amount I had with me. He asked for evidence and I showed him the invoice from the hospital, the email from my bank confirming payment via Form A to the hospital, telex copy of payment from my bank as well as receipt from the hospital showing I had no outstanding balance. Please note that I'm using doctoresparati and this raised absolutely no eyebrow.

The guy just carry my passport and stamped me in till September. No secondary inspection, no custom check, just chilling chopping Chinese rice and awaiting my connecting flight just because? Oluwa is involved....

Congratulations!!!
Just like I mentioned earlier,the CBP's at Houston have nothing against giving birth in the states. Just ensure you pay ahead or have solid proof that you can pay your medical bills in full. Be prepared,prayerful,composed and answer questions politely when asked. Most importantly, I strongly advise you pay your bills ahead as this is foolproof.
There are sometimes odd cases even when u have paid ahead but I can bet my money on it that something triggered those odd cases. However,on a safer note, choose your POE wisely.
May God help us all.

@ TheLeakyTribe

God will see you through.

@ Those asking what hospitals I used or are accepting form A.

Since the $250 dollars will be paid using Form A it amounts to 200x250= N50,000 (roughly)

if I am to pay the hospital fee using PTA from stanbic @210; it will be thus:
(2,700×210)
If I were to pay hospital fee without the charges, it will be thus: (2,700×200)
So the difference in paying hospital fees via form A and PTA is thus:
(2,700×210)−(2,700×200)
=27,000

If I am to remove this from the N50000 I was trying to save, I will be left with N23,000. So lets say I was to accrue a sum of N7000 as difference in charges for the higher sum,this comes to N30,000.
So the next question to ask yourself is :
"Since I want to go and put to bed in America, is N30000 too much for all the additional stress I will go through to be able to pay the hospital directly?"
Also remember that if all bills are paid then any cash via PTA or parallel market is available for your personal use.

(Kai! This is long o o)

omodadi:


I want to be like you when Ingrow up o.....hearing a typed message....ehn now, i just hear am say she dey read am nooni

Erm... While I don't quite get what you typed...
I'm just going to leave it at that as I thought you belonged to a group that [b]hear and see [/b]each other.


#Nowplaying Walking Away by Craig David.

Na wa! What a day! Leakytribe, I don't even know what to say right now to console you. Please, be strong. Where there is life, there is hope. How did you get the nanny? For some reasons, hubby and I haven't taken any nanny. We can't just trust them enough and we simply can't shout!

Involve the Police. They will get her. Hope you have her photos. Publish them on both printed and electronic media. She will be found. You can go on Facebook now. Try not to draw attention to yourself but to the thief.


For the lady with a tampered SSN. Please, whatever you can do to secure your son's future please do. Your so called in law didn't remember you are a family when he embarked on this fraudulent path?

And to everyone who's going on this journey. Try and rent a place to stay during your sojourn to avoid stories that touch. Now, your brother in law wants you to pay for the food, water, etc you and your son consumed while in his place..arrant nonsense!!!

bbaby84 and Omodadi ....u guys shud kiss and make up, oya group hug

bbaby84:


Erm... While I don't quite get what you typed...
I'm just going to leave it at that as I thought you belonged to a group that [b]hear and see [/b]each other.


#Nowplaying Walking Away by Craig David.

TheLeakyTribe:


ha! so true oh, I don't use my LO to play oh, money can be regained. wetin I for talk if na my pikin. God forbid.

Am so heartbroken,i cant imagine what must have been going thru your mind ,Thank God for life,money can always be gotten,the rest of your journey would be stress free IJN.

I am so sorry darling.

People, please let's not talk about money and stuff in the prescence of domestic staff, drivers etc. It also helps. She must have figured out that Madam would be traveling with dollars. Am seriously trying hard not to curse her, it's not a good time to put a pregnant woman on 'oh God'

My sister, just take a deep breath. God will cover your losses in Jesus name.

[quote author=TheLeakyTribe post=43910030]goodmorning everyone. so I'm travelling today. last week was crazy, ended up buying dollars at the black market rate. haven't been able to update on this page sef, I'm behind like 5 pages.

Anyway I want to sound a warning to everyone so what happened to me won't happen to anyone else. Let's be extra careful, not after trying hard in this economy to get dollars one would now tell my kind of story.

Peel.hugs and hugs.

I identify with you on the internal haemorrhage.God saved you. I wish we had better medical resources in this country, so many people die from it here. I also had it and blessed my stars for better hospital, the enemy didn't want my baby and I to make it.

girlloom:



I totally get what you are saying and that was why I asked if the card can be blocked. To be honest, this man comes across as a very nice person and has been good to my son and I. I was highly disappointed when he gave me the SS card, I am pretty sure he doesn't know that I am informed. I really wish I rented a place cos the sis inlaw is story for another day.

Google 'international airports close to Alexandria' Then when you have the town, go to the search button on top of this page and search for POE stories e.g search 'New York POE'. Good luck

soletar:
Hi friends,

I am new here and i have read quite a number of pages because my wife wants to deliver in Alexandria, Louisiana where she has relatives. Please whats the Point of Entry for Alexandria? I would appreciate it if anyone who has had any experience with this location can share with me. Please you can reply on this thread so that others can benefit and also PM me because this thread is one with significantly high traffic. THANKS



POE for Alexandria, Louisiana..... any one with personal experience with this location. THANKS

True talk, make I go check my 'small dollar's wey I don dey 'stockpile' since we found out am expecting.

However, one advice on this maid issue o. I refused to take a maid initially until stress wanted to kill me but the turnover mehn! They kept leaving and were so ill-behaved.

Eventually a friend advised me to stop taking them and go and get a less privileged child that I would be catering for and sending to school as those ones have a stake and they are more like family. I tried it and so far it's working. There are so many children living in villages without access to good education.
Please bear in mind that you should not take the child of an extended family member cos that one too get wahala. This my small daughter now I speak with her parents and bought a landline for her in the house so I can know who is calling her as against a mobile phone.

evemama:

Ha! Am so sorry and I feel very sad and angry for your loss. Such Ingrate! In ur shoes, if I curse her, even God will beg me to stop.
As I read this, I quickly run go check my 10k inside my Box! From now on I go dey lock my door a beg.
God will show u mercy n favour, and punish that girl on all Sides!

@ leakytribe, sorry for your loss. They are alway this bad when u are nice to them.pls remove your mind from the incident and prepare for your trip. Its well

Girloom, I think its best if you could just change the ssn without the man knowledge. After ur call on monday depending on what you discover, change the no and carry your husband along since u are stayin with the sister. I try as much to avoid staying with family and even friends because of things like this. They might misunderstand you but u avoid had I known.

Theleakytribe.....may God console you and bring back ur loss in folds your journey will be a perfect one as the devil is liar.....

Bbaby84.....Yes I belong, but remember we see before we hear....and nor be typed message o. I see you sis!

Sweet atawewe biolar1....bbaby nor dey vex for me na....we are bonded wia u might not understand.

Pls run as quickly as you can to the ssn office and report that you received it with envelope torn, and ur worried that it may have been used by someone. not mentioning anyone's name seeing as these pple are ur relatives but you still need to protect your child. Yoir child's ssn number could be used for crime or assessing loans in his name b4 long a lot of debt will be racked up in his name b4 he is old enough to sit or walk.
My own 2 cents!!

girlloom:
Hello all, please I need help.
Okay, I understand ssn should be delivered to the address provided 2 weeks or so after birth. It happened that I didn't receive my son's as at a month afterwards so I felt it actually got missing and was going to request for another. I also mentioned this to my host and they agreed it was probably missing and I should forget about it as there was no need need for the number. At 7 weeks after, I decided to apply for his passport and there was a part on the application form where they requested for ssn, so I told my host that I would be going to the social security office to request for a new one. He then asked to see where the number was requested on the form so I showed him. Surprisingly, my host told me I shouldn't bother that the ss card would be delivered that day and he was very certain. At 8pm that day, he handed me my son's card lnot looking new with no envelope and his ssn exposed. Why would he open a mail that was clearly addressed to my son? I couldn't even say anything because he is my sis inlaw's husband and don't want to come across as rude. Now I suspect my son's card has been used fraudulently for tax claims. Please is it possible to block the number from being used? May I add that my host is now suddenly over protective of his mailbox. I believe there are letters he is receiving that he doesn't want me to see.

Chai... was away for a few days and ended up missing soooooo much.
Bia LadyG me sef wan find ya trouble... u dis 1*General...
@JW b kiaful ooo
@house...y'all mak life sweet...
@leakytribe....Obara Jesus! (Blood of Jesus) Cnt imagine d situation... i only pray for double favour for you, d LO, d unborn and hubby and evry member of ur family.

Kisses to d house

@theleakytribe,
I'm Really sorry about the ordeal you went through.
It's well with you on all sides. Try get your mind off it all.
Do have a safe and stress free trip.
e-hugs

Apple19:
@merrymum, God bless you for this info. But I don't know how long it'll take for them to process it. I intend leaving on Sunday before, but baby's US PP is not even ready. Applied over 4weeks ago, (Expedited), only to receive a letter that babys name is printed, sign...blablabla, in a nut shell, we sha re-fill the form and sent it back (expedited too O), and we're still waiting. So I'll just shift my ticket and Wait for the Naija PP stuff.(Additional expenses). It is well.

@All, pls for mamas that uses Sebamed products on LO, did you get from US? If yes, pls kindly tell me the stores, so I can get for lo. They seems not to know what it is here. Or if there's any other lotion like it (Tested and Trusted) pls help. My baby is kinda breaking out, and Pediatrician said I should get Cetaphil, but not helping. Pls TIA

Buy Gold bond powder from walmart, very good. It will help you

TheLeakyTribe:
goodmorning everyone. so I'm travelling today. last week was crazy, ended up buying dollars at the black market rate. haven't been able to update on this page sef, I'm behind like 5 pages.

Anyway I want to sound a warning to everyone so what happened to me won't happen to anyone else. Let's be extra careful, not after trying hard in this economy to get dollars one would now tell my kind of story. it's not your portion IJN.

I had a help that was so useful to me, she did so much that I would always sing her praises to anyone who cares to listen. For this trip I registered her for a catering course and promised to keep paying her (N25k a month plus free accomodation, feeding and personal effects as well as medicals when the need arises). I treated that girl like a sister.

long story short, this week my toddler who I'm travelling with has been sick so I've been in and out of hospital and doing all sorts, wasn't able to even follow up with bank hence having to buy dollars at black market rate. Yesterday I took him for a final checkup and other running around in preparation for my trip and she was home helping me get my things ready.

this morning her phone was switched off, I asked her why, she said it packed up, I asked her to bring it let me check what's wrong, she left and I didn't see her again. she just walked out and took a bike cos if she had carried load the estate security would have stopped her.

she left with my Dollars in her pocket. 20 minutes later I noticed she had taken the money. how she found it is beyond me, she must have really searched.

please pray for me, bought 1k now to go with and have money in an account there but still I'm not myself.

Let's be extra careful everyone please. be mindful of whos around you.

Wow!!! Really sorry for the loss. God will surely come thru for u n fish her out somehow. Word of advise, try to keep helps away from your private rooms pls, it's very important. Grew up with maids around us but they never entered my parents rooms n we the children did d cleaning for them n this is what I practise in my home too. In my almost 8yrs of marriage, no help has entered my room for any reason so I believe this sold b a learning point for us all. I pray dt God will take control n redirect her back to where she will b found. Just take it easy pls.

Hello Fam,

My spouse is trying to have our baby in the US and we need info on the actual hospital costs using doctoresparati in Texas.
We want to know what the average total cost is including doctors, OB Gyn, Paediatrics and hospital registration for a normal delivery.
We wanna make sure we can afford it, no surprises when she arrives the US.

Anyone in the house with experience with doctoresparati ?

Thanks

@ Apple19, get Gold Bond powder from Walmart, it works magic.

@ KDK I sent you a pm , PLEASE respond, i dint get to read your analysis on the Form A before it was removed. .

Lopsy:
Hello Fam,

My spouse is trying to have our baby in the US and we need info on the actual hospital costs using doctoresparati in Texas.
We want to know what the average total cost is including doctors, OB Gyn, Paediatrics and hospital registration for a normal delivery.
We wanna make sure we can afford it, no surprises when she arrives the US.

Anyone in the house with experience with doctoresparati ?

Thanks
Laolu

Bro, their advert is on top of the page, click on it and get all the answers to your questions .
Also type in doctores Parati on the search button and select travel section in the other box below , you will see so many things about them.

Good evening family,

I am in need of help, i am due to travel April, 19th and have gotten my ticket.

just this evening the family am suppose to stay with at Connecticut called in that they will not be around as at my time of travel.

this is because they lost a close family member in Nigeria and will be travelling for the burial as at then, i have written the embassy immediately to declare a change in location for childbirth from Connecticut to Arlington Texas, i am expecting response by Monday.

My problem now is how to go about change of route, as my travel ticket is to JFK new york, i tried calling my agent but prices for ticket is now outrageous.

Can someone help with the best way to go about change of route.

I really do appreciate all support and advice rendered in this forum.

[quote author=Stephenry post=43928292]Good evening fami
My problem now is how to go about chan/quote]


Book a local flight from new york to airlington

[size=18pt]Happy Palm Sunday!!![/size]

[quote author=chikos post=43930272][/quote]
Thank you for the advice.

Hello everyone, congrats on successful poe's, congrats to nairalander new babies, success to yet to travel mums, blessings of the fruit of the womb for our yet to be mums and safe delivery for our expectantant mothers.

Just wanna update the house that I had my successful VBAC baby girl this afternoon Saturday, 19th march.
Mum and baby are doing great.

Will update other necessary info required much later.