cotton101:

its not free in the UK, unless you are resident here its not free.

chaperon88: Hi angel baby. Read yours with much fascination. Ps educate the house on the free delivery package for non citizens of the UK. Secondly I tell you from experience that the stress at the UK borders far outweigh any in the US, BA even turns bak Preggies whose final destination is the US and even where u are airlifted, the stress u go thru at their immigration for mere transit is something else. And thirdly, tell me why I will wanna go thru all the stress and spend so much if not to ensure dual citizenship for my children thereby safeguarding their future

angelbaby22:
I know for a fact it's free in the United Kingdom to deliver your child and the aftercare. Only thing is its unlikely you will be granted citizenship and if you overstay you will be classified as an illegal immigrant things have really tightened up. I have heard of a woman that reached heathrow and got turned back because she was heavily pregnant and they were not sure of her intentions and I also saw on boarder force a nigerian woman that was denied visa to come to the uk because she was over 5 months pregnant and they were not sure of her intentions. I say come to England when your under 4 months and don't declare the pregnancy give birth for free and see your legal options for your baby after that. Plus having dual nationality or being American or British doesn't secure or safeguard anyone's future you should really find out more about what your talking about before jumping head first in making such decisions I simply see this American birth thing as a waste of money that a lot of the people talking on this forum simply don't have.

dancewith: A sis gave birth last year in MD and it cost $7,999. The method of delivery was CS so I suppose normal delivery may be cheaper. In NYC it is way too expensive. I will recommend you also avoid these areas: North Carolina, NY, Atlanta, Michigan

Someone had a baby at Delaware for $3,500. Another sis paid less than $5,000 in Texas. Portland is also cheap. It would appear that Delaware and Texas are your target

Good luck

arraso: Hello Guys, I'm very happy to find such a great forum, hopefully u can help me.
I'm in Brooklyn/NY with a tourist visa. I'm 4 months pregnant and have no insurance or enough funds to pay for my baby's arrival. I share a room with other people and have a babysitting job for paying the bills. After almost 2 years of a serious relationship, my american boyfriend/fiance left me when I told him I'm pregnant and that I'm not aborting. He absolutely disappeared and I have no idea if he is even in the US anymore.... abandoning me and his baby.
I honestly don't know what to do. Going back home at this point is not an option as it would make it impossible to have my ex recognizing his child and also paying for support. In the US I can guarantee my baby's citizenship (it doesn't seem his father would apply for the baby's citizenship) and have the court looking for him (father) and requiring him to pay for child support.
I intend to leave the country with my baby as soon as I get paternity for my baby through court system and child support issues solved, which will probably be around Jan/2014. Should I apply for medicaid or any other aid if I'm on a visa? Will I be able to comeback to the US in the future?
Thanks a lot!
Arraso

deaquellota:

As mentioned I payed for all my services upfront. I asked the friend who recommended me to doctoresparati.com, she had her baby in the States too and she mentiones immigration wants proof of solvency so i decided that I just pay evrything and avoid problems. Im not sure this is quite necessary though, when I talked with the people at doctoresparati.com, they informed me that upon enrolling ($150) they would send me a commitment letter from the doctor (which I got anyway). I just wanted to make sure so I went ahead and paid everything ahead of time. They sent me receipts for everything so basically Im at about $5500 plus hotel.

subsidy12:

Well I am still expecting the cost of delivery from the hospital. The doctor's fee of $2150 is all I have paid for now. Obviously they accept international pregnant women thats why I'm here. I was informed the hospital gives 40% discount if you pay cash down.

arraso: Hello Guys, I'm very happy to find such a great forum, hopefully u can help me.
I'm in Brooklyn/NY with a tourist visa. I'm 4 months pregnant and have no insurance or enough funds to pay for my baby's arrival. I share a room with other people and have a babysitting job for paying the bills. After almost 2 years of a serious relationship, my american boyfriend/fiance left me when I told him I'm pregnant and that I'm not aborting. He absolutely disappeared and I have no idea if he is even in the US anymore.... abandoning me and his baby.
I honestly don't know what to do. Going back home at this point is not an option as it would make it impossible to have my ex recognizing his child and also paying for support. In the US I can guarantee my baby's citizenship (it doesn't seem his father would apply for the baby's citizenship) and have the court looking for him (father) and requiring him to pay for child support.
I intend to leave the country with my baby as soon as I get paternity for my baby through court system and child support issues solved, which will probably be around Jan/2014. Should I apply for medicaid or any other aid if I'm on a visa? Will I be able to comeback to the US in the future?
Thanks a lot!
Arraso

bettymafy:

Please, what was the total cost of delivery? Could u give the name and address of the hospital? Thanks

peacenigeria: Hello to all,

I would like to share my experiences with my birth as I have just returned from the U.S.A. and feel obligated to share my experiences with this forum since this was my third child (Apr 4, 2013), all in different cities in the U.S.

I had 2 previous babies one in Dallas and one in Atlanta, both of which were cities I had heard of people from Nigeria having their delivery. What you can expect (in my experience) is a very thurough questioning by the immigration agent and what felt like a suspicious atmophere that was not at all friendly to my tourist status. After I had tried calling and getting responses before me and my husband arrived (almost ten years ago the first time) it was really difficult to have a doctor to respond, much less, understand my different needs since I would be arriving late in the pregnancy. The cost: $10356 in Atlanta and $12522 in Dallas, yes it was that expensive but they did not disclose all the necessary costs because as in most OB-GYN clinics, the hospital bills and other expenses are separate. Although I had asked the total, I can guarantee you I was not informed as to all the costs, all of which you MUST pay (without gov. help) or risk losing your visa. Needless to say the experience was very stressfull and expensive YET I still believe it is worth it if you have no choice but those two cities.

Thanks to the advice on this forum, my most recent bouncing baby boy was born in El Paso from the medical group mentioned here (www.doctoresparati.com). It was a very welcoming and possitive experience from the begining (when we contacted them) throughout the time we were in El Paso. I felt very comfortable seeing that they knew my situation as a tourist and they always had patients from Mexico and even met 3 patients from Lagos while I was there (as well as other countries). When we arrived me and my husband were given an orientation that was pertinent to what I needed to do as an international patient with regards to my baby. I have to thank the members of this forum for recommending them as it truely is a service caterred to international patients. As to the total cost, Im not sure about cesarean but my total costs for evrything was around $5500, best of all it was all disclosed ahead of time. Peace Nigeria!

sweetg: Hello all, I had my baby is Brooklyn New York and I must say its not funny as I was billed 17 k dollars. I won't advice any one to opt for New York. I had to because I had no one in other states. Though the I declared my intention of having my baby here. Experience is the best teacher. Just study the system and know your way. You will be fine. No one knows exactly what and what happens except you experience it. I will be back to d country soon. It's well.

sweetg: Thank u @betty. Yes this is my first time. I my husby and daughter got 2 years. It was C section oooo. It was a private hospital mayb that's why it's expensive. But they have programmes to help with the payment. It's a very good experience and I thank God because I had some issues my baby was Big so they did a lot. Can't even mention wat they billed my daughter but that's not an issue as she is entitled to Medicaid so that sorted her bills.

peacenigeria: Hello to all,

I would like to share my experiences with my birth as I have just returned from the U.S.A. and feel obligated to share my experiences with this forum since this was my third child (Apr 4, 2013), all in different cities in the U.S.

I had 2 previous babies one in Dallas and one in Atlanta, both of which were cities I had heard of people from Nigeria having their delivery. What you can expect (in my experience) is a very thurough questioning by the immigration agent and what felt like a suspicious atmophere that was not at all friendly to my tourist status. After I had tried calling and getting responses before me and my husband arrived (almost ten years ago the first time) it was really difficult to have a doctor to respond, much less, understand my different needs since I would be arriving late in the pregnancy. The cost: $10356 in Atlanta and $12522 in Dallas, yes it was that expensive but they did not disclose all the necessary costs because as in most OB-GYN clinics, the hospital bills and other expenses are separate. Although I had asked the total, I can guarantee you I was not informed as to all the costs, all of which you MUST pay (without gov. help) or risk losing your visa. Needless to say the experience was very stressfull and expensive YET I still believe it is worth it if you have no choice but those two cities.

Thanks to the advice on this forum, my most recent bouncing baby boy was born in El Paso from the medical group mentioned here (www.doctoresparati.com). It was a very welcoming and possitive experience from the begining (when we contacted them) throughout the time we were in El Paso. I felt very comfortable seeing that they knew my situation as a tourist and they always had patients from Mexico and even met 3 patients from Lagos while I was there (as well as other countries). When we arrived me and my husband were given an orientation that was pertinent to what I needed to do as an international patient with regards to my baby. I have to thank the members of this forum for recommending them as it truely is a service caterred to international patients. As to the total cost, Im not sure about cesarean but my total costs for evrything was around $5500, best of all it was all disclosed ahead of time. Peace Nigeria!

sweetg: We applied for B1/b2 which is 2 years multiple. I also told the visa officer I was going to have my baby here. As for Medicaid all us citizens are enttiltled to it. I have topay for my hospital bill. Cost of delivery but any other treatment given to the baby Medicaid will take care of it cos she is eligible. I am not entitled to it so any treatment I get I have to pay. If I refuse to pay and apply for Medicaid that's when I have a problem. If u apply for Medicaid and pay back too u don't have a problem.