Re: Giving birth on visitor’s visa
NY. No, most hospitals across the country and zero ER’-s provide pregnancy termination services. That was my point … ppl walk into ER with all sorts of expectations … as in the example I mentioned … her exact words (said quite smugly) were “I’-m in the ER now … its your responsibility to do this”_ … yeah … NOT!
not limited to OB … I can not tell you the number of times ppl come in expecting endoscopies, an annual physical, vaccinations, MRI because their friend just had one … anyhoo I digress
In terms of BP, blood work … you’-ll get your vitals checked even if you walk in with a stubbed toe and probably even unnecessary blood work (if you get a poorly trained, spineless doc) if you walk in with gas, or headache or knee pain … ![]()
In this particular case .. referring to OP segment below …
"_How do you do it on visitor’s visa? Insurance, after care, baby’s insurance, monthly/weekly checkups, any complications, scans… how do you do it?"_
… getting the basics done in th6e ER is going to be grossly inadequate as proper prenatal care (you hardly need the ER for bp check at cost of several hundred dollars … when a $40 machine can do the job at home). particularly if there is an abnormality noted in the basics … what then? … we are back to square one … in need an OB, MFM specialist, hospitalization …
believe it or not … while we can not by law turn away pts from ER … their insurance status does play a role in what kind of a workup they will get … with full disclosure of course. Most pts when told of the cost of non’-emergent workup elect to leave …