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Questions and Answers

Dr Peter Chew, Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Chairman of the Board of ALife, answers some frequently asked questions. The questions are listed in alphabetical order of the highlighted key word/phrase. Click an alphabet from the menu below to see a listing of the corresponding questions. To see the answer, click the icon preceding the corresponding question. You can click another icon to read the answer to that question, or click the icon to close the answer box, or select and click another alphabet.

  What is thalassemia? How does it affect the baby? What are the symptoms? How is it treated? 
  I have a tilted womb. Could this be the cause that I could not conceive? 
  A friend told me that the triple test can detect Down's syndrome. What is it?
  What is "tie the tubes"? I heard from my friend that it can cause many side effects including loss of interest in sexual intercourse. Is it true?  
  I had an ectopic pregnancy and one of my fallopian tubes was removed. Is it possible to get pregnant with only one fallopian tube?  
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