Associate Professor Han How Chuan (Day 28)

My awesome Gynae... how can I not write about him... the 1st person that held BB[V], the person BB[V] saw first.

Sometimes I read about how people have a hard time finding a gynae. Must be female, must be famous, must be reasonable, must be able to upgrade and the list goes on.....

Well mine, was granted by the almighty.. LOL really literally....

I always had this nagging pain in my womb which I brushed off as cramps, but came that one fine day, it took a turn for the worse... I was clubbing that night and by about 2-3 am, I was bending over in pain, stopped short and took a cab to Raffles Hospital 24 hrs. The pain had intensify greatly suddenly and the attending doctor had to administer 2 jabs of painkiller, just to stop me from curling over in the bed.

After much discussion, due to my history of cyst, the Dr decided not to proceed with anything else but instead wanted me to seek professional help instead. But the freaking problem was that Raffles Hospital refused to make an appointment with their OB but wanted DD T to make a appointment with KKH instead. Reason given: Better go there, they have all the facilities if you need. *Duh* Okie fine, they are the Pros, I was just a whimpering soul in pain. We got ourselves discharged and went home to rest. So the Raffles nurse tried to put us on the list for an appointment with KKH, but we wouldn't get one that morning as it was fully booked and it was already 7 am by the time I discharged.

So in the afternoon, I started hurting badly again.. fearing a ruptured cyst or something, DD T called ... The nurses were not able to get us a slot as I insisted on a senior consultant, I mean who wouldn't right?? My womb leh! DD T was getting pissed that why Raffles didn't want to take us in and insist on us getting a appointment in KKH. By afternoon , the nurse called and told us that this S. consultant was willing to squeeze us in despite his full schedule.

So off to the hospital, after some checkup, Dr Han found something in my womb and wanted to do an endoscopy on me, just to see what was causing the pain inside me. (Fearing endometriosis)

So appointment fixed and 2 days later I had my op. I think I quite a expert on operations and hospitals, not THAT expert ok, experienced.... So this Day Operation theatre in KHH sux, no wheeling in the theatre, I walked in and sat on the operating table .. *double duh* I mean when I removed my boobie lump in Raffles, I was wheeled in, music playing the background and when I was cold they placed a heated blanket in me... nurses there were brilliant in their PR skills too. If anyone here wants the name of my boobie DR can ask me, best treatment! I paid good money for this.. just coz it was my boob and I wanted a plastic surgeon to remove the lump.

But in this theatre I was like "oh man this sux"...

So after the op, I woke up in this recovery ward, so sterile, so cold.... haiz.. the worst thing was that I felt very lost... I needed to know what happen to my womb. So I spoke to the nurse in my drowsy state, about what's after this, she wanted be to take a rest and go home to recuperate and return 2 weeks later for a appointment for post op. But I didn't want to, I wanted to know! So I requested for her to get Dr Han, but she was very doubtful as that wasn't their usual practice and the Dr was very busy with his clinic to drop by to see me. *darn* I was cursing even more.. I went back to sleep

Then after a while, I felt stronger, opened my eyes and the nurse was there to tell me that Dr Han was on his way here to speak to me. I was glad that he took that trouble despite his busy schedule, since it was out of the norm. The he came to deliver good news, that my womb was a-ok and that it was a varicose vein that was causing the intense pain.. besides that he told me "since I was inside your womb, I took the liberty to check on your fallopian tubes... I ran some blue ink to flush through the tubes to ensure that they are not clogged.... and I'm pleased to tell you, you are fit to have a baby anytime. I remembered our conversation during consultation, both you and your husband are keen to have children."

I was very touched... I mean he had that touch.. a human touch that I will not be able to get from the others.. money cannot buy. I cannot tell you enough how grateful I was of this doctor who out of his way to come back to do his post op and doing things out of my expectations. Money buys service, heated blanket or what not from the hospital, but it can't buy heart.

After 1 year or so.. we were ready to have a baby, so citing my previous issue with the varicose vein, we feared that the baby might be a burden to my womb. So we paid him a visit... with his encouragements, we were ready. He did his calculations as my periods were SUPER irregular.. ranging from 21-50 days apart... That was in April 2008

In June 2008, I went back to him.. told him my period is overdue;passed the mark of 50 days, and that we used the pregnancy kit and it was positive. He looked at me and congratulated me, I was like don't talk cock..

Dr H:"Ya confirm one, the kits don't lie"

MM F: "I just saw you only"

Dr H: "See me sure get pregnant"

I always wanted to deliver in Mount Alveria as I was born there. But after much discussion, we both agree that the doctor's skills are way more important than the furniture of the hospital. I totally enjoyed my pregnancy mainly because of this Dr Han... one that had the most positive words for all my negativity. Every visit is filled with laughter and joy. He gave me so much confidence in my pregnancy until I worked till I was 4 months. He gave a cut off date of 9 august, I resigned 080808...

Of course, there were times when I had fear but he instill so much confidence in me n DD T. It rubbed off my close friends who took him as their Gynae too. Despite them losing their 1st to miscarriage, they too became so confident in their 2nd pregnancy. He is one Dr who will answer any doubts to our questions, I go there with a long list of questions and he will answer all. By the time I was 6 months, I got no more questions and every visit became like familiar friends having conversations. Of course there are those days where is so busy delivering babies, that is when our visit are cut short because there are 3-4 babies waiting in line to be born.

He says the funniest things..

Like "hey I saw ur naked photos in your website. Very nice leh...

I was ?????? " what are you talking about"

"my friend gave me your website"

"or u mean my blog huh"

"ya that one, your photos so nice,makes me wanna be a photographer not a dr."

"oh pls, u see so many stomach everyday"

"its different. different angle"

*duh* *--* (thats my gyane)

Yes, he read my blog before... he read my birth story! Here is it if you like to read them ;) Victoria Eden's , Kate Lauren's. 

A/p Han... a father of 7!!!!!!!!

I was a great pregnant mummy because of him and because of that I became a great mother . Thanks to his confidence, humour, laughter, smiles and most of all that touch of a doctor that it is so rare...