Category: Pregnancy Care
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Postpartum Bleeding: Do You Need to Worry?
Still getting the “red tide” after giving birth? Find out what is normal and what isn’t! You’ve experienced some 40 weeks of pregnancy, been through labour, and you’re now holding your precious little one in your arms. Seems as if the worst is over, right? Besides the lack of sleep, breastfeeding woes, endless diaper changes…
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6 Ways to Get Your Baby to Move in the Womb
Feeling your little one kick and move is one of the best parts of pregnancy. This also reassures the mum-to-be of her baby’s well-being. Obstetrician & gynaecologist Dr Liana Koe of STO+G Practice at Thomson Medical Centre notes that babies start to move about from around the seventh to eighth week of pregnancy, and mothers…
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What Happens if my Waters Break Before Labour?
When she was 33 weeks pregnant, first-time expectant mum Chan Huijun 32, suddenly felt a gush of water in her underwear. She thought she had peed. “I had just gone for yoga, and I was walking around the mall nearby. I was conscious about my pants being stained, so I quickly hopped into a cab…
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Avoiding Your Pap Smear and HPV Screening? These Routine Tests Could Save Your Life
Avoiding your Pap smear and HPV screening? These routine tests could save your life Women in Singapore are now much more aware of how important cervical cancer screening is, yet we remain resistant to it. CNA Lifestyle asked doctors how these checks are critical in prevention. The first time I heard the term “Pap smear”…