Last weekend had a "reunion" of sorts with my Malay urut (massage) lady as I haven't seen her for some 3 years. Thought of her off & on for past few years but hubby had difficulty calling her to recommend post-natal massages so I naturally thought she had changed her hp.She featured quite some when both my anaks were born as she massaged away the aches & pains & listened to all my pre-birth woes & post-birth fears. She was also the person my mother called 5 mins before she passed away as my mum wanted to get a massage from her....
She's a special kind of person as although she doesn't have much of an education in the usual sense, she could help relieve all sorts of aches & pains (even uplift uterus which happens after birth cos of weight from carrying baby).
Sad to say but she's literally one of her kind as after she's gone, there's no one to carry on her knowledge & skills as all her kids are not interested in the work that she does - especially when they have to wake up at wee hours in the morning to boil the herbal oils used for the massages & be at the beck & call of customers all over the island from dawn to dusk. She wants to teach her dying art but alas there's no takers for the skill - a skill that can help to chase the "wind" out of a woman's body after birth & ensure that the body doesn't suffer from aches & pains thereafter. She claims that she even knows how to make a woman fertile as the traditional thinking is that the veins are blocked (resulting in such conditions)….for me, it was her magic touch that helped ease the pain at the left side of my body (suspect uterus drop) that I have been feeling for some few days (more painful as the days go by).
I will miss her dearly if she should pass on but for now, I am so glad I found her again to drive away my aches & pains!
Do check out this website for a more detailed description of the process! (although I just got the binding & the massage)
