Hi Butterwaffles,
Yup yup, It's John Tee. He is really good!
I made the switch to SGH cos my husband works there. and I work at Raffles PLace. and I planned to work up till delivery. As for why KKH initially, cos I wanted evening appointments, at least for the 1st trimester, when I wasn't prepared to tell my boss I was preggie yet.. so went to TPS.
Actually, 50th percentile is a healthy weight for a baby. It is about 3kg for a boy, and just under 3kg for a girl. But these days, mothers tend to be older, or have gestational diabetes, or are overweight themselves, or they take maternal formula to supplement their food intake, so their bbs tend to be bigger sized. Babies over 3.4kg are considered overweight, and there is a medical term for very overweight bbs (I think it's over 4kg).
I think there are many reasons for c-section, the most common being failure to progress (cervix cannot dilate). In my case, I had already dilated to 10cm, and was pushing for 4 hours, but bb could not come out. It was later found out that bb rotated wrongly, a medical emergency called deep transverse arrest. If I had forced myself to push him out, or if the doctor used forceps, my bb would have died, or suffered permenant brain damage cos his shoulder was impacted against my pelvis. Anyway, it was quite an experience for me.. cos I had been expected a smooth delivery (I was pushing 4 hours after admission to hospital... I was 5cm upon admission) and I only used laughing gas for pain relief.. so had to go under GA for the c-section cos it was an emergency. my boy was taken out in 7 minutes after I entered OT...
Yup yup, It's John Tee. He is really good!
I made the switch to SGH cos my husband works there. and I work at Raffles PLace. and I planned to work up till delivery. As for why KKH initially, cos I wanted evening appointments, at least for the 1st trimester, when I wasn't prepared to tell my boss I was preggie yet.. so went to TPS.
Actually, 50th percentile is a healthy weight for a baby. It is about 3kg for a boy, and just under 3kg for a girl. But these days, mothers tend to be older, or have gestational diabetes, or are overweight themselves, or they take maternal formula to supplement their food intake, so their bbs tend to be bigger sized. Babies over 3.4kg are considered overweight, and there is a medical term for very overweight bbs (I think it's over 4kg).
I think there are many reasons for c-section, the most common being failure to progress (cervix cannot dilate). In my case, I had already dilated to 10cm, and was pushing for 4 hours, but bb could not come out. It was later found out that bb rotated wrongly, a medical emergency called deep transverse arrest. If I had forced myself to push him out, or if the doctor used forceps, my bb would have died, or suffered permenant brain damage cos his shoulder was impacted against my pelvis. Anyway, it was quite an experience for me.. cos I had been expected a smooth delivery (I was pushing 4 hours after admission to hospital... I was 5cm upon admission) and I only used laughing gas for pain relief.. so had to go under GA for the c-section cos it was an emergency. my boy was taken out in 7 minutes after I entered OT...
