Post-partum check-ups 'life-changing' for mums

Throughout each pregnancy, she tested her blood sugar levels using a blood glucose meter four times a day — after every meal and before bedtime - and sent her readings to her doctor at NUH.

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(From left) Madam Goh and Mrs Nur Huda with Dr Eng, a consultant at NUH's division of endocrinology. The hospital's new post-partum gestational diabetes service is the first of its kind in Singapore. ST PHOTO: LUTHER LAU

(ST PHOTO: LUTHER LAU)

“I also saw a dietitian who advised me to cut down on rice and sugary drinks, as well as eat more vegetables and protein,” she says.

Her efforts worked for her first two pregnancies, but her third proved more challenging. “Even with all the advice, my sugar levels were still high,” she says.