Acks:
wow! Congrats Sayo. May the Lord watch over the cuties. Would av loved to claim this blessing but m hanging boots jare. Congrats once again.

Hey darling! Hows you? Came back here looking for you. How are the babies?

I just heard they have been found. True?

dinawe: @timtim12,
note to the mums planning CS- bring your 1st scan showing your EDD. MIHS wont do optional CS or induce you till 39 or 40 weeks. so if they r not sure if ur edd, u go tey reach like 41 weeks unless u go into labour earlier.

this part of your gist is scary oh, i wanted my CS at about 37 or 38 weeks. So is that not possible @ MIHS? And if i arrive at 36 weeks, will i still be accepted.

Thanks on the passport clarification, it helped perfectly.

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u can get there at anytime. just get your appointment n show up. No, they wont do it at 37/38 weeks. you cant just choose. they would want a compelling medical reason to do it earlier.

dinawe: @timtim12,
note to the mums planning CS- bring your 1st scan showing your EDD. MIHS wont do optional CS or induce you till 39 or 40 weeks. so if they r not sure if ur edd, u go tey reach like 41 weeks unless u go into labour earlier.

this part of your gist is scary oh, i wanted my CS at about 37 or 38 weeks. So is that not possible @ MIHS? And if i arrive at 36 weeks, will i still be accepted.

Thanks on the passport clarification, it helped perfectly.

u can get there at anytime. just get your appointment n show up. No, they wont do it at 37/38 weeks. you cant just choose. they would want a compelling medical reason to do it earlier.

oawele:

@timtim12 Thanks for ur feedback, much appreciated.

Two questions pls
1. Apart from the 1st scan report you mentioned is there any other medical report or document one might need for MIHS.

2. I was not able to put togeher the process or ways of getting the US passport and visa, for my clarity sake, kindly advice on the quickest way of getting them. I will be in phoniex with my wife.

Thanks thanks

Its only the 1st scan they are partucular about. they would take whatever you bring and make copies though. they disbelieve your reports and run their own tests (and they will write inadequate prenatal care on your report even u tell them u started seeing a dr at 4 weeks).


Passport n Visa.
the day after you give birth, they come take your details to help you apply for your birth certificate and social security number.

birthcert takes 3 days (roughly)- u pick u from closest county office (they give you a list of locations)
ssn take 2 weeks (roughly)- it comes in the mail.

i waited for the ssn but i hear you dont have to. that you can write 0000.

so what you need is birthcert and notary ur significant would fix at the US embassy if outside the US.

go to travel.state.gov for list of documents to take to postoffice or tucson for the passport applic.

once u get d passport, call d naija visa guy. getn the visa takes about 3days.

have i answered ur questions well enuf?

ogbenyalu: @lizcom 25 If u dont want houston poe wahala you can go through Dallas fort worth airport then connect to elpaso. that's were I will be using though am not using doctoresparati . just want to chill out first in Dallas before heading to phoenix.

@timtim21 thanks for the info. but pls I hope the passport officers accepts notary from niaja law firms cos I plan coming with an undated one from niaja

nope, they dont take it. your significant other would go the US embasssy after you have given birth, do the notary and send to you via dhl. you get it in about 3 days.

dinawe: This thread has been a blessing to me. Thanks to everyone that have contributed positively. I have few questions though.

I had my last baby at Dallas and i intend coming back for my third baby and i am trying to make a decision if to choose El paso or MIHS. I have done my research and visited their sites as well, but for those that have been there and back, especially MIHS.

How did you process your baby's passport seeing that Arizona does not have a US passport agency? Dallas had so i got my baby's passport in two days, was that possible in Arizona?

Any contact details of some one that helped you with your baby's Nigerian visa?

If you traveled unaccompanied and you had a C Section, how did you cope after delivery alone? Shopping? Passport and Visa Processing? etc

Please i need feedback from both Elpaso and MIHS people. (Abeg, i hope this will not bring about a fight oh, kinda scared now, but i need to make a decision, will be due in October).

God bless you all.

you can get the passport at the Western Passport Centre, Tucson. but you must shiw evudence of travel within 2 weeks or a need to get a visa for travel within 28 days.

otherwise, u apply for the passport through the postoffice and expedite. they say it wouod be withbyou in 3 weeka but most people get it in 2 weeks.

The naija visa guy- when u get here, his number is around. dont want any headbiting "advert" comment to come my way.

your birthcert would be ready in 3 days. so if you dont need a notary fron your significant other, you can head to the postoffice ( preferably downtown because you need to book an appointment to use Maryvale postoffice).

think i answered your questions on shopn in my previous post.

CS and post delivery help- no nannies. but the mums get close and just help the sisters in need. never seen people love and help absolute strangers so much.

note to the mums planning CS- bring your 1st scan showing your EDD. MIHS wont do optional CS or induce you till 39 or 40 weeks. so if they r not sure if ur edd, u go tey reach like 41 weeks unless u go into labour earlier.

FinanceFitness: The attacks on anyone who favours elpaso over MIHS are unbelievable. I for one stopped posting on this thread because of that.

I don't know how my disclosing my preference should result in that much condemnation.

I also struggle to understand why people keep wondering why people will compare- They are the 2 most popular destinations on this thread.

I just returned home from elpaso, and despite all the great reviews, there are aspects I didn't like there just because of my preference.

I wish all mums all the best in their search and deliveries.

i stopped coming to the thread when i got to MIHS

Had my baby on last month and decided to come give feedback because this thread helped me so much!

na so i see fight! im not even going to bother readn through.

i can also see a large chunk of our msgs are gone. treasures lost.

anyways- coming here was worth it. great dr, great treatment when i went to deliver. nice people fron nairaland too (lubu, acks and co). Im normally a very orivate person but the love broke my reserve.

if ure heading to MIHS and ure a christian- RCCG is fab. they help gan. carry you ti church on sunday n offer to help with little things.

what else? oh the sun/heat na helele-lol. no be here. just like maiduguri!

what else? yeah, unless ure very rugged forget taking the bus- standing under the sun and hauling ur stuff around is not my idea of fun. its waaaay cheaper tho.

u could get an intl drivers license from naij and drive around sha. cheaper than cabn.

For your shopping- burlington for baby, Last Chance (Nordstrom) and Ross for yourself. Walmart is also great for loads of stuff (online and instore). If ure at crossland- Foodcity is very close. if u go to Solidrock rccg, uld meet a woman who would bring african food to church for you to buy if u call ahead.

oh and i called for my zero balance today- expectes them to bill me more- cos i did a couple of tests outside the plan and did a bp check- but naa $2888 it was. so yaaayyy, cheap stuff for real, thank God.


i cant think if anything else. hope my loooong msg helps someone.