Author: Dr. Peter Chew Clinic for Women

She was woken up in the morning by a sharp pain in her left breast. She was shocked to see a large, red and tender swelling in the upper half of her breast. She felt slightly feverish and had chills. K, 30, a first-time mum, had delivered her baby normally a month ago. Breast feeding...

She was breathless when she shuffled her way slowly into the consultation room. Her feet were swollen from ankles up to the legs. After climbing up the examination couch with some difficulty and pointing at her huge tummy, she asked, “Doc, can I deliver my baby soon?” N,32 and a first-time mum was at her...

Tearing with joy and looking slightly exhausted, she hugged her husband tightly and exclaimed happily, “I have done it finally!” M, 30, had just delivered her second child normally. Looking slightly dazed, her husband kissed her repeatedly and congratulated her for achieving a natural birth, which she had desperately wanted to. Two years ago, M...

N,31, was slightly taken aback when I showed her the ultrasound image of the moving foetus inside her womb. She had just delivered a girl seven months ago and was still breastfeeding. “Doc, how can it be?” she asked. “My mum told me that I would not get pregnant if I am breastfeeding.” Myths concerning...

She was pleasantly surprised when her eczema, a skin condition with periodic outbreaks of red and itchy rashes, improved remarkably after she was given probiotics. Q, 30, a first-time mum was in her first trimester of pregnancy. She noticed that the frequency of flare-ups was reduced and the intensity of itchiness was much less. She...

S was in her second trimester of pregnancy. She was worried when she noticed that her baby was moving less and less. Her baby’s heart had stopped when she came for antenatal review at 26 weeks of gestation. S, 30, was diagnosed as an alpha thalassemia carrier when she was found to be anemic at...

She kept spitting saliva into a plastic cup almost every 10 to 15 minutes with occasional belching. “Doc, I feel so miserable that I keep spitting the excess saliva. If I don’t spit it out, I feel choked in my throat, If I swallow it, I feel very nauseated. Is there any solution?” T, 30,...

Inside the cubicle, the midwife cautiously handed over the tiny infant to K’s husband and instructed him on how to start skin-to-skin contact with the newborn. K, 30, a first-time mum had just delivered the baby prematurely at 35 weeks gestation by Caesarean section. She had profuse vaginal bleeding from premature separation of the placenta....

T, 26, a first-time-mum was taken aback when I told her that her blood pressure had shot up from around 110/70 mm Hg in the first trimester to 140/ 95 mm Hg in the second trimester. She did not have symptoms like nausea and dizziness. There was no swelling around her ankles but her urine...

After eating some salads and cheese at a farewell party for a colleague a few days ago, T, a 32-year-old mum-to-be began to feel unwell. She had lost her appetite the next day and started to have diarrhea 2 to 3 times a day. She took some medications for food poisoning from her family physician....