Cecilia's Profile

My name is Cecilia Koh. I am a U.K. trained nurse and midwife with special interest in baby care.  I currently operate a childcare centre for children from 1 month to 2 years of age.

I was co-founder of a company that conducts antenatal classes and postnatal home visits for mothers in 1993. Seven years ago I gave up that practice so that I could give more time to my daughter Marie who was 3 years old at that time. Although I was out of active service I often received calls for advice from ex-clients and referred mothers who somehow managed to track me down. Most of them just needed reassurance that what they were doing was right or what alternative choices there were as having a baby in Malaysia seems to be full of conflicting advice.  I do not profess to know everything but I hope that by sharing my knowledge and experience from over 30 years of working with mothers and babies in England and Malaysia I may be able to help you make the best choices for yourself and your baby.

During my stint at post-natal home visiting I was exposed to a lot of traditional practices which I used to poo-poo at because of lack of knowledge about them. Over the years I learnt that not all traditional practices are ridiculous or bad. The most important thing is to look at them from a logical viewpoint and to use what is best for each of us. Remember that we are all individuals, therefore what works for some may not work for others.

Being mothers of small families we want to give our best to our children from the moment they were born therefore I hope to give you information on alternative choices in handling minor problems in conjunction with medical information and western practices.

For your information my professional education and training are:

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Down memory lane

Just for fun and to confirm that I am really a trained nurse/midwife, below are some very old pictures of me during my nursing career. If any of you my readers recognize your parents from these photos do let me know because I have lost contact with almost all of them.

London Jewish Hospital	1969 – 1974
	I arrived in London on May 13th and since my training did not start till August I worked as an auxiliary nurse
	Finally we started our general nurse training so are now in the student nurse uniform.
	Hey, I passed the final exams so am now promoted to staff nurse which is being able to wear the red belt and the hospital badge AND skin coloured tights.
	Off to join the Christmas carollers

University Hospital - Malaysia	1974 - 1979
	The doctors and nurses of paediatric ward 3
	Party time   Zaydeen who is currently at my centre is the daughter of the little girl in this photo (Dec 2007)

Midwifery training - Bromley Hospital	1979 - 1980
	My fellow midwifery trainees

Neonatal intensive care unit - QCMH	1981
A very, very premature 2 day old Shereen whose birth weight is 730 gms.	113 days old Shereen. Weighs 2.150 kgs. now
Andrew can only drink 5 – 10 mls of milk each feed so we have to use a syringe to feed him	Andrew had respiratory distress syndrome so he needed oxygen all the time which is why you can see the little green funnel near his face

Well, these are some of my favourite photos.