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  • Lady Gives Birth On An Uber On The Way To NUH, Gets S$300 Worth Of Uber Vouchers

    Lady Gives Birth On An Uber On The Way To NUH, Gets S$300 Worth Of Uber Vouchers

    Siti Halimah Mahamud was 36 weeks pregnant when the pregnancy pain started again.

    This time, however, the pain didn’t go away.

    The persistent pain led to her calling an ambulance, and an Uber.

    The Uber arrived first.

    Danny Chong was the Uber driver who picked up the pregnant Siti, and her sister-in-law.

    He then proceeded to drive as quickly as he could while ensuring the safety of his pregnant passenger.

    Halfway through the trip, Siti’s water bag burst.

    This took the sisters by surprise, considering Siti had to undergo an induced pregnancy for her first child.

    Some three to five minutes before they reached the National University Hospital, however, an extra passenger popped out.

    Chong was as calm as you could be with a newborn baby at the back of your car.

    He didn’t complain or make any noise through the birthing process, merely assuring the sisters he would drive safe and make them feel as comfortable as possible.

    Needless to say, they did make it safely to the hospital.

    Post-birth

    The Uber adventure did not end with the birth of the baby though.

    Both the driver and the mother had some tokens to remember their exciting ride.

    The mother was given S$300 worth of Uber vouchers, as well as a hamper.

    And perhaps the most lasting of reminders, the hospital documented the baby’s place of birth as Ayer Rajah Expressway.

    As for the driver, he had a more visceral reminder of the event.

    Chong had to take the car to Johor Bahru to get it cleaned, as he couldn’t find a willing local cleaner.

    Uber did reimburse him for the expenses, but according to Chong, there’s still a “smell” in the backseat.

    He did, however, appreciate the thank you text he received the next day from Siti.

    5 stars.

     

     

     Source: http://mothership.sg

  • Bedok Robber Punched 8-Month Old Pregnant Lady In Stomach After Failed Robbery Attempt

    Bedok Robber Punched 8-Month Old Pregnant Lady In Stomach After Failed Robbery Attempt

    A 42 year old pregnant lady was punched in her stomach by a robber in broad daylight in Bedok as she was taking the lift back home. Last Friday (28 April 2017), the 8 months pregnant lady finished marketing and was on the way home when the robber tailed her into the lift.

    The robber waited for the victim to walk out of the lift before tugging at her handbag. Instead of letting go, the pregnant lady held on tight and refused to let go of her wallet and started screaming loudly for help. When he failed to snatch her handbag, the robber was enraged and punched her in the stomach as warning.

    Despite the attack, she continued to scream loudly and seeing that he was unable to snatch her bag, the robber ran off hurriedly. Fortunate for the lady, both she and the baby were alright after checkup.

    A police report was made at 9pm that night and after reviewing CCTV footage, the police arrested the robber at Tampines MRT the following day. The robber was charged for attempted robbery in Court on 1 May 2017. If convicted he would be sentenced to a minimum of 1 year jail or up to 7 years with rotan caning.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com

  • Pregnant Women With Zika Symptoms Should Get Themselves Tested

    Pregnant Women With Zika Symptoms Should Get Themselves Tested

    The Zika Clinical Advisory Group, comprising experts in obstetrics, paediatrics, infectious diseases and laboratory capabilities, was unanimous about offering free testing to pregnant women islandwide with Zika symptoms, as they fear the disease could have spread beyond the current outbreak area.

    Professor Arijit Biswas, who chairs the nine-member group set up in February, said the biggest concern for Zika is its effect on pregnancy.

    “We might miss some (cases),” he said, if tests were restricted to only those in the outbreak area in Singapore’s central-eastern district including Aljunied, Sims Drive and Kallang Way.

    “So we decided to make the net wider.”

    But these women should have at least three Zika symptoms within the past two weeks:

    – a fever even if it is as low as 37 deg C for only one day,

    – Rash that is usually red, flat and itchy and in more than one part of the body. Women in the second half of their pregnancy often have rash caused by pregnancy hormones, so that alone is not enough.

    – any one of the following: joint or muscle ache, red eyes or headache.

    They would need a referral from their doctor who would assess their condition and arrange for them to be tested. They could also go directly to a hospital emergency department.

    But Prof Biswas, who is a senior consultant at the National University Hospital (NUH), said women without such recent symptoms should not go for the tests, which would not show if they had been infected some weeks earlier.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

  • Pregnant Woman Overnight At Bus Stop With Toddler Because Tigerair Refused To Allow Her To Fly

    Pregnant Woman Overnight At Bus Stop With Toddler Because Tigerair Refused To Allow Her To Fly

    A heavily pregnant woman slept at a bus stop with her toddler son after Tigerair staff allegedly stopped her boarding a flight from Sydney to Melbourne, despite her having a medical certificate.

    Aileen Chand nee Bourke, from Epping in Victoria, travelled to Sydney with her husband Sharneet and two-year-old son Jacob on Friday night for a weekend away before their second child is born in a matter of weeks.

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    Aileen Chand claims she was ‘forced to sleep at bus stop’ with her toddler son after Tiger Air allegely refused her entry to a flight, despite having medical certificate. Photo: Supplied

    At 34 weeks pregnant, 30-year-old Aileen was required to obtain a medical certificate so she could be cleared to fly from her doctor in Victoria, which the couple did.

    The family flew with Tigerair up to Sydney from Melbourne on Friday night with no problems. Photo: Facebook

    The family-of-three boarded the TT252 flight from Melbourne on Friday night and arrived in Sydney at 5pm.

    “I just wanted to give my wife a nice break before she gives birth to our second child,” Mr Chand, 31, told Yahoo7 News.

    Aileen was given this medical certificate from her doctor in Melbourne before she flew out to Sydney. Photo: Supplied

    While the couple met up with friends and spent the weekend sightseeing in Sydney, their problems began when they arrived at Sydney airport on Sunday evening.

    Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com

  • Couple Helped Strangers Deliver Baby In Their Own Car

    Couple Helped Strangers Deliver Baby In Their Own Car

    After feeling unwell and visiting the doctor, Mr Syed Zukarnain expected to spend yesterday at home nursing his cough and sore throat.

    Instead, the 46-year-old and his wife Reena, 47, an administrative executive, found themselves weaving through rush-hour traffic with a stranger giving birth in their back seat.

    He was pulling out of the Bukit Panjang carpark at around 9am and about to take his wife to work when they saw a pregnant woman lying on the ground with her frantic husband talking on the phone.

    “I was quite scared and concerned for the baby,” he told The Straits Times.”They had already waited for a cab for one hour. They called but (there was) no response. The waterbag had already burst in that hour, that’s why we decided not to think so much and told them to get in the car.”

    The pregnant woman’s husband urged his wife not to push but half an hour into the journey to Singapore General Hospital (SGH), he exclaimed that the baby’s head was out.

    The seven-seater Chevrolet had quickly become a makeshift delivery ward.

    Overcoming her fear of blood, Madam Reena, a mother of two, undid her seatbelt and climbed from the front passenger seat to the back, while her husband ploughed through the traffic with his horns blaring and hazard lights on.

    The National University Hospital would have been nearer, but the couple wanted to go to SGH, where all their check-ups had been.

    The new parents, believed to be in their 20s, declined to be interviewed.

    Madam Reena said: “I saw that the baby’s whole head was out and it was completely white.”

    Fearing for the baby, she urged the woman to push. “When she pushed once, half of the body came out together with the hand and the baby started crying. The body was completely white as well and I was scared and nervous, but I tried to push (my fear) aside and told her to push more and the whole baby came out.”

    By 9.40am, the girl had been born with her umbilical cord still attached. They were then on the AYE near the Lower Delta Road exit but still a good 15 minutes away from SGH because of heavy traffic.

    Madam Reena grabbed a shawl and wrapped the baby girl up to keep her warm, the whole time holding her close to her mother’s pelvis while kneeling on the floor.

    “I tried to talk to the baby and described her to her mother,” she said.

    Once at the hospital, paramedics jumped into action – cutting the umbilical cord and wheeling mother and daughter into the hospital.

    Mr Syed, who works for Omni Offshore Terminals, and the new father exchanged numbers. According to Mr Syed, both mother and daughter are doing well.

    Madam Reena said: “A few hours later, we texted each other and I asked how mum and baby were doing. We’re very happy that both of them are doing fine.” She added: “I can’t believe that I did that.”

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com