Below are the list of gynaes we went in the following order:
Year 2010 and 2013:
Dr Tan Heng Hao
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Department of Reproductive Medicine
Deputy Chairman, Div of O&G; Head & Senior Consultant, Dept of Reproductive Medicine
MBBS, M Med (O&G), MRCOG (UK)
I saw him for my first key hole fibroid removal in 2010 and subsequently for a follow up in 2013. Honestly, I was quite comfortable with him but He was just too busy with too many cases. Just waiting to see him at KK was a PAIN!!!! The wait of like 3-5hrs each time just puts me off totally. And so, off we went on our quest to search for The Gynae haha!
Year 2013:
Dr Lim Teck Chye
Senior Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
The Tow Yung Clinic
Tanglin Shopping Centre
We went to see Dr Lim when we first discovered my pregnancy. Seeing him lessen my pain to 45mins-1.5hrs of waiting. We did not have a pleasant experience with him for a few reasons. The ultrasound scans were not done by him and the clinic initial pregnancy diagnose was inaccurate as the urine test kit was faulty. The urine test was negative but my HCG results was telling otherwise. Although Lips was delivered by him, I thought maybe we needed a younger doctor who can diagnose a little more accurately haha!!
Year 2013:
Dr Foong Chuan Wee
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gleneagles Hospital
Dr Foonghas delivered many church staff's babies including Sun. Because he was pretty reputable, seeing all the successful babies, I thought we should give him a shot. He did my DNC. After which, he also suggested I should remove my fibroids because it was a big hindrance for future pregnancy. However, since I was 27years old then, we thought of just waiting it out and also to see another gynae who is a little more specialise in fertility.
Year 2015:
Dr Loh Seong Feei
Medical Director, Thomson Fertility Centre
Novena Specialist Centre
Fertility treatment and IVF
Advanced laparoscopic and reproductive surgery
Minimally invasive Laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery for ovarian cysts, fibroids, endometriosis
Pregnancy care and delivery
Under him, we did a series of test because Dr Loh wanted to be sure that both Lips and I were healthy in terms of his male hormones and mine too. After doing ultrasound scans and getting our hormone results back, his first and only recommendation to us was surrogacy. Of course, being only at 29 years old, I was mortified, horrified, and flabbergasted. Seriously? Not even attempting to remove the fibroids? We were absolutely not going that route especially when he recommended the surrogate mother to be in India because it is at a lower cost. We also realised that my case is a little more serious than what I have always perceived. Since Dr Loh was not keen to deal with my case in another angle, we continued to look for another specialist gynae.
Year 2015 till now
Dr Ann Tan
Women Fertility and Fetal Centre
Mount Elizabeth Orchard
Specialist Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Chief of Fetal Maternal Medicine at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Singapore General Hospital (SGH)
Past President of Perinatal Society of Singapore.
HMDP Scholarship for Fetal Echocardiography at Yale School of Medicine
Women’s Health Advisory Committee at the Health Promotion Board
Honorary Secretary for the Medical Board Mt Elizabeth Hospital.
We finally settled with Dr Ann Tan because she not only listens patiently, she was also very assuring. Dr Tan really wanted to help both Lips and I. I am very thankful and grateful that she did not just give up on us. She was even willing to seat through a whole appointment with my parents to talk about my case. I will share more about my journey with Dr Ann in my next post. I am also very thankful to her team of admin staff and nurses. They have been very patient and very encouraging. Dr Ann Tan was The Gynae for us and oh the best part is......the waiting time is always less than 30 mins.
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