demi2008:

@dancewith do u know d name of the hospital on MD

Arlington:

My advice is come with lots of cash because things change everyday! A hospital I was told took 5 to 7 thousand on getting there with the patient who was to have her baby we where told it was 12k just for a deposit.

And especially Nigerians they want your passport details because we are known for running away after child birth. we went to about 4 to 5 hospitals and the cheapest in Maryland was going to cost about 10 to 12 grand.
Please note she must bring along her hospital records and must be in the country before she hit the 32ND week in pregnancy because after then it becomes harder to get a doctor who will see her.
There is a doctor in Holycross hospital in Maryland called Dr Mayan i think he is the only one i know who takes women even at 36 weeks as long as you pay 3,500 just for all the tests alone to be sure the patient is in good health, then you pay him 3,500 for delivery, then you pay the hospital there own fees which is like another 4 to 6 k so still looking at 12k.

Getting the passport is easy after the baby is born the hospital send in the papers so you get THE baby's SS number then you apply for his/her Birth certificate ,then passport you can expedite. The Nigerian passport maybe the difficult one because it could take up to 3 weeks. Make sure you pay every penny because i know of a woman who did Naija style escaped many years ago and today she can not enter into the USA and she is paying about 300 dollars a month now to cover the expenses she incurred years ago for 2 children that where born here a long time ago.

dancewith:

Sorry I was late to respond. Sinai Hospital in Baltimore to be precise. Contact details:

Sinai Hospital
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215-5271

dancewith:

I think some Texas hospital has got something like a non immigrant package which is a flat $8,500. If you pay this, it becomes something like a health insurance for the birth. I have heard something like that from a family that went to Texas. But I have seen a close friend who claimed she had a normal delivery in Houston for less than $,5000
I think having the right information is key. Providence in DC used to go for $7k but is now about $13k. In truth it is best to have about $15k or $20k just in case. The good bit is most of these hospital allow six to one year monthly payments but you need a bank account to do that. Also talk to some insurance companies back home. Someone claimed you can now get a health insurance that covers these kind of things offshore. It may be worth checking out

Good luck

Shinatu:


@Dancewith

Thanks. Please, do you know if the $7,999 was for the hospital delivery alone or for both the Doctor (Antinatal care) and delivery?



Hi.

unfortunately I do not know which was the case but I would suppose this amount is for all. But I am not certain of this. I still think you should go to Texas or Delaware if cost is an issue for you

Good luck

skelemba:

Thx for all your help, its been very enlightenin. Rather expensive I supose. Is there a fee to obtain the baby passport and are there offices in everystate to get both the baby use and nigerian passport. Thanx

halle2:

@dancewith,

pls whats the name of the hospital in texas your sis used dat she paid less than 5k dollars? am going to texas nxt month and i intend to have my baby there, seriously looking out for a very affordable hospital,