We are back with Season 5 and as always, we keep it spicy with a whole episode on giving birth in Singapore. But first, we introduce our new co-host, Charmian Tan - media personality and highly sought after spin instructor who is joining the crew to explore the Singapore Identity!

In this episode, you can look forward to:

• Learning about cultural superstitions on birthing practices
• Tracing the evolution of KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore (there's a buffalo shed involved)
• Calculating the current day costs of giving birth in Singapore

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Intro Music: Wataboi from Pixabay; Outro Music: Nielizas from Pixabay;

Sources:

• An exploratory study of traditional birthing practices of Chinese, Malay and Indian women in Singapore
• KK Women's and Children's Hospital History
• SingStat Total Fertility Rate
• MOH Fee Benchmarks

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