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Hi, I'm a teacher here at a language center, and I teach a lot of the Singaporean kids who go to local schools. Samp1 said what I was going to say about all the courses being in English and that the schools are very academically focused. I find that the students are very disciplined academically, bu...

Hi Everyone, I'm about 9 weeks pregnant and I've gone to two prenatal checkups. I'm not entirely happy with my doctor. She seems to only use an ultrasound to measure and check on my pregnancy. She hasn't taken my blood, blood pressure, urine sample, or done any kind of physical exam. I'm American, s...

Hi Mules and Mothbhai,

Thanks for your suggestions!

I appreciate the feedback. It all seems so overwhelming at first. I'm trying to take it one day at a time.

Cheers,
Lia

Hi smayrhofer, I'm also curious about Hynobirthing. I'm sorry I don't know much about it myself, but Parent Link has some good information on its site. http://www.parentlink.org/pregnant_singapore_birth_doula/11hypnobirth/landing_hypno.htm They also have a free talk in February called Intro to Hynob...

Hi cbavasi,

Thanks for the advice and the congrats. I'll definitely check out Dr. Brenda Low.

Thanks again,
Lia

Hi Everyone, My name is Lia and I just found out that I am 5 weeks pregnant! I'm very excited! :D I've been in Singapore for about a year and a half and have gone to a gynae once for a standard checkup about a year ago. She was fine, no complaints. However, she was at Raffles Hospital. My husband an...

Hi Pumkinseed, My name is Lia, and I just joined this website. I found you post below about different types of birth. I really want to have a natural birth, preferably not in the semi-supine position, if possible, and I'm hoping to not need an epidural. I'm really nervous about finding an obgyn who ...