about having baby in the states
where are you now? where will you see your ob?
Normally, you have lots of examinations in the pregnancy time. When you are having baby in hospital, the first thing they do is call your OB, and get all the lab results from your OB's office.
If you can regularly see your OB in the states, that should be fine.
Another problem is when you feel you are in labor, the hospital may think you are in pre-labor, and will not accept you, >50% people will get through this experience, such as me. Then you have to come back home. When you feel more pain, mabye the hospital will accept you this time, and maybe not