Easier to get HL if yours is a private gynae and if u have some kind of health condition. My friend cldn't get any HL frm her gynae in NUH despite paying private fees. She didn't have any health condition though.
For me, I managed to get a month of HL partly due to my asthma which worsens cz of my job as a lower pri teacher. Btw my gynae has his own private practice. Even so, he didn't give me 1 month at once but 2 weeks first and extended at the next appt. Doctors now are more cautious in issuing HL without hospitalisation (bed rest).
Do note tt doctors don't give advance HL. You can bring up the topic in the 3rd tri and tell him how u're getting more breathless and the fatigue is affecting ur work. Gynae will of course ask abt ur work environment and leave policies. I heard frm a friend tt if ur job allows u to take A/L, doc will advise u to take it first as HL is like a last resort.
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