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'I wasn't going to let her die'
Baby Tran's pulmonary artery, which sends blood to the lungs to be oxygenated, was essentially missing. 		Three stages to a healthy heart
How baby Tran's heart was repaired.
Hoping for a miracle
She was 19 weeks' pregnant when the docs dropped a bombshell - her baby was unlikely to survive long after birth. 		From (very) fat to ab fab
A hefty 80kg ten years ago, Dee Dee has shed over 30kg and now boasts a svelte frame.
Treating a common gynaecological condition
75 percent of women will experience vaginal itch at least once in their lifetime. 		The supremacy of breast milk
Revised code of ethics launched to ensure appropriate marketing of infant formula.
Best milk for life
We salute the Mums for National Breastfeeding Week. 		She has enough milk for two
Ms Violet Teo says breastfeeding is the best gift you can give your kids.
Put off by painful ordeal
This mum's painful experience has put her off breastfeeding her children in future. 		Fear a major block to acceptance
After three months of medical leave, Sheila was forced to tell her employers that she was HIV positive.
The face of HIV/AIDS faces up to the challenges
Kirenjit Kaur, 35, is the poster child of people living with HIV/AIDS. 		Want more babies? Allow surrogacy
But if Parliament ever legalises surrogacy, it should mandate that the contracts may not require the woman who carries the baby to surrender it regardless.
Are we making babies of ourselves?
What does learned helplessness have to do with Singapore's absent babies? 		Fish therapy gone wrong
Sisters allege fungal infections after a spa treatment that involved letting little fishes nibble at their legs.
After a child is born...
Some mothers are bent on eating their own placentas for health benefits. 		Morning sickness? Odds are, you're having a girl
The claim: Morning sickness means a woman's more likely to have a girl.
 
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