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Pre-Pregnancy

What Happens When a Medical Abortion Fails?

What if a Medical Abortion Fails?

Dr Peter Chew

Dec 8, 20252 min read

Mental Health During an Unplanned Pregnancy: Making Space for Your Feelings

Mental health during an unplanned pregnancy can be challenging. Discover coping strategies, emotional support and helpful resources.

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7 days ago5 min read

A Love That Stayed: A Befriender's Journey Over Two Decades

When you first meet Polly, there is a lightness about her. She is warm, jovial, and easy to speak to. Something you might not expect, given the weight of the work she has carried for over twenty years. As a volunteer befriender with aLife, she has walked alongside women facing unplanned pregnancies in Singapore, many of whom were navigating fear, uncertainty, and deeply personal decisions. And yet, she stayed. Polly Ng, aLife's (SUPeRF) long service award winner. How It Began

Charmaine Kek

Jun 103 min read

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Pregnancy

What Happens When a Medical Abortion Fails?

What if a Medical Abortion Fails?

Q & A

Dr Peter Chew

Dec 8, 20252 min read

Mental Health During an Unplanned Pregnancy: Making Space for Your Feelings

Mental health during an unplanned pregnancy can be challenging. Discover coping strategies, emotional support and helpful resources.

Pregnancy

admin35547

7 days ago5 min read

A Love That Stayed: A Befriender's Journey Over Two Decades

When you first meet Polly, there is a lightness about her. She is warm, jovial, and easy to speak to. Something you might not expect, given the weight of the work she has carried for over twenty years. As a volunteer befriender with aLife, she has walked alongside women facing unplanned pregnancies in Singapore, many of whom were navigating fear, uncertainty, and deeply personal decisions. And yet, she stayed. Polly Ng, aLife's (SUPeRF) long service award winner. How It Began

Heard & Held

Charmaine Kek

Jun 103 min read

2 3 4 5

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Gynea Conditions

A Shot at Protection: Why Men Should Get the HPV Vaccine

M and her husband sat attentively as I explained the biopsy results. She had a precancerous lesion of the cervix caused by an HPV...

Gynea Conditions

Dr Peter Chew

Apr 1, 20252 min read

A Journey to Balance: J’s Story

She listened to me attentively. She had just been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) . J, a 20-year-old university...

Gynea Conditions

Dr Peter Chew

Feb 7, 20253 min read

Reactive Changes in Pap Smear

K, 34, was confused and worried when her pap smear results showed reactive changes associated with inflammation. She had been married for...

Gynea Conditions

Dr Peter Chew

Apr 6, 20242 min read

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General Wellness

Mental Health Is Not Something To Be Ashamed Of: Creating A More Compassionate Community In Singapore

Singapore is beginning to talk more openly about mental health, and that matters. The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) recently announced its third nationwide Singapore Mental Health Study (SMHS), which will explore the state of mental health in Singapore following the Covid-19 pandemic. For the first time, the study will include teens aged 15 to 17 to examine struggles such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, resilience, sense of belonging, and social support. The find

General Wellness

Charmaine Kek

May 203 min read

Baby Immunisation in Singapore: What Parents Need to Know

Immunisation plays a vital role in protecting your child from serious and potentially life-threatening diseases. In Singapore, the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (NCIS) provides a structured and evidenced-based guide to help you safeguard your child's health from birth through early childhood. How Do Vaccines Work? Vaccines helps your child build protection against harmful diseases without making them sick . They do this by introducing a safe part of the germ, somet

Q & A

Charmaine Kek

Feb 64 min read

Pregnancy Crisis Support in Singapore: How aLife Helps Women in Need

Behind closed doors, women quietly navigate a pregnancy crisis while carrying fear, uncertainty and isolation on their own. A pregnancy crisis can arise unexpectedly and often without adequate emotional, financial or social support. In fact, 1 in 10 women may face a form of pregnancy crisis during their reproductive years. These situations are rarely visible, yet the impact is deeply personal. Awareness, compassion and community involvement play a vital role in ensuring that

Pregnancy

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Dec 22, 20253 min read

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Fertility

Can Weight Loss Medication (GLP-1 Agonist) Be Used to Treat PCOS and Infertility?

Recently, I attended a seminar on the use of weight loss medication, specifically GLP-1 agonists (Saxenda), i n the treatment of patients...

Fertility

Dr Peter Chew

Sep 17, 20243 min read

Dietary Nutrients in Male Infertility

He was baffled why the results of his semen analysis had been poor. S, 34, had been bothered by fertility issues for the past 4 years...

Fertility

Dr Peter Chew

Mar 14, 20243 min read

The Importance of male fertility checks

N,34, had been grappling with fertility issues for the past 2 years. Her reproductive system was normal with no obvious pelvic masses...

Fertility

Dr Peter Chew

Feb 12, 20243 min read

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Question & Answer

What Happens When a Medical Abortion Fails?

What if a Medical Abortion Fails?

Q & A

Dr Peter Chew

Dec 8, 20252 min read

Listening, Even Imperfectly: A Social Worker's Perspective

In the work of supporting women through an unplanned pregnancy, creating a safe space is often spoken about. But in reality, it is not something perfect or scripted. “It is to be willing to listen to them,” Vanessa shares, “even if imperfectly we are. It is to be human to others.” Sometimes, that looks like continuing a conversation through a text message. Sometimes, it is a phone call. Sometimes, it is simply trying again, gently, without judgement. “It’s just a start,” she

Heard & Held

Charmaine Kek

Jun 34 min read

Mental Health Is Not Something To Be Ashamed Of: Creating A More Compassionate Community In Singapore

Singapore is beginning to talk more openly about mental health, and that matters. The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) recently announced its third nationwide Singapore Mental Health Study (SMHS), which will explore the state of mental health in Singapore following the Covid-19 pandemic. For the first time, the study will include teens aged 15 to 17 to examine struggles such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, resilience, sense of belonging, and social support. The find

General Wellness

Charmaine Kek

May 203 min read

2 3 4 5

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