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@littleoneinme I'm sorry I just saw your msg here. I had no problem with her stitching at all, in fact I would say it was very good. She helped me deliver my 2nd baby and everything went so smoothly, I felt very minimal pain down there and I healed quite ok.
This compelled me to share this story with you and other mummies (not to badmouth my 1st gynae but merely to share what I went through with my #1 birthing experience). I gave birth my #1 at Parkway East and Dr. Heng Tung Lan was my gynae. I would say she was quite ok throughout my 9 months check ups (friendly but wouldn't explain so much details if I had 'my first mummy' questions coz each patient only has less than 5 minutes). Then my nightmare with her started after I gave birth to my son. I was feeling a GREAT amount of 'cut' pain down there, something which I couldn't explain with words, and I couldn't walk normally (because each time I took a step I felt like something was being 'CUT' down there), so let alone sit down. I had to use a swim float to sit down to help ease the pain but still it didn't help much. So I decided to see her earlier than scheduled, and she had a look at the stitching and when I asked her if this amount of pain was normal and happened to other women, she said, "No, you are the only one". Not more not less, word by word that's what she told me. No further explanation, no nothing. At the end, she prescribed me a HAEMORRHOID cream. I went home and applied religiously for 2 weeks and it didn't get better one bit. I didn't know why I didn't have the courage to take a mirror and see for myself what was going on down there. But when I did I was so shocked - I saw something was popping out (literally) from my vagina. It looked like a small piece of meat from inside my vagina being squeezed out and tied so hard in between the stitching. I was boiling with anger and felt so sad too at the same time, feeling down for the fact that why my gynae (who is also a FEMALE) wouldn't go the extra mile at least explaining why and what was happening. Perhaps her labours were very easy but mine happened to be a misery and I expected her to be slightly more understanding coz she was the one who stitched my vagina! I didn't even bother contacting her again and immediately contacted Dr. Choo Wan Ling (after recommended by a friend) to seek explanation and solutions to my problem. I was SO happy that I found her - she explained to me patiently in great details what it was and what options I had. Sure enough, it was not a haemorrhoid and a haemorrhoid cream definitely wouldn't heal my wound. For a such experienced gynae, I was just very surprised at the way she handled my case. I wouldn't say she's not a good gynae but my experience with her happened to be an unfortunate one. Not to mention, she induced me without informing me beforehand! I thought this could be an illegal case (inducing a pregnant mummy without her consent) but I didn't want to think about it. After all, my son was healthy and that was all that matters.
