1) Reduce some kilos. Exercise ...exercise....exercise
2) Acupuncture
3) Add CoQ10 vitamin to my entire vitamin intake till my IVF starts
4) Increase egg intake
5) Malay massage
6) Cupping
How close am I? Exercise now and then....Manage to reduce 1 kilo so far....Need to reduce at least 1 more kilo before IVF...Hopefully I will manage to do it...
Acupuncture. I have not managed to find any acupuncture centre nearby my area yet.
I read that CoQ10 vitamin helps to improve the egg quality. So I have decided to take it till my IVF treatment starts. I have started taking it today.
I have not really concentrated on the egg intake so much. I will try to increase my egg intake.
I will try to get a Malay massage if I go back to my mom's place.
Cupping? Yes I did it yesterday. I will blog my experience below.
Yesterday my goal was either to find an acupuncture centre or a cupping centre.
My husband and I went to 4 massage centers. None provided acupuncture services.
Only one centre provided therapeutic cupping services. We went to the centre.
No one was the reception. We waited there for some time....Then we started to shout'
Hello ....Hello....’ Then came a lady from the massage room. We asked her about
cupping. She could not understand us. She was from China. She was communicating
in Chinese which we certainly could not understand. We asked for her boss...She
was like ' Boss ah ....boss ah...boss ah...'...We just looked at her to finish
her sentence...She never did....till her boss arrived....Pheww that was a
relieve....
It was a young man. We asked him about the cupping session. He said it takes out the 'angin' in English probably the same as release toxins. Please refer this web site for more details on cupping.
http://www.natural-health-for-fertility.com/cupping-therapy.html
I remember my ttc friend asking to inform them and tell it’s for fertility. I tried to explain in English....He just stared at me ...Then I explained in Malay. He still stared. My husband said never mind la....He doesn’t understand. So I just did not get my message across. The man said he is not sure as he is new to the place. I had so many questions to ask but I had to eliminate all the questions at once. I wanted to ask about the one that takes out the dirty blood then I just could not. My husband insisted me to get a 30 min body massage then the cupping session. I was told that the cupping session will take around 25 minutes. So he intended to get an hour massage session for him. So we could finish relatively the same time.
It was my first ever body massage session. I am very shy. Since I was doing cupping, I was like ok why not give it a try. It was a traditional Chinese oil massage....My masseuse was the Chinese lady which we met the first time. OH MY...I was wondering how my experience will be.....The young man suggested we get a massage next to each other just separate cubicle. We agreed. He told that to the lady in Chinese.....Suddenly the lady got so angry...She started to shout at him....I was standing just between them...Trapped between them shouting at each other......My husband was like ' Jangan gaduh.....jangan gaduh'(Don't fight....don't fight). I just do not know why they are fighting just know that it's somehow because of us.....The lady showed me my cubicle while scolding him at the same time. I was just thinking....What I am getting into. WAAAAAA.....
Costing :-
1 hour traditional Chinese massage - RM 55
1/2 hour traditional Chinese massage - RM 30
Therapeutic Cupping - RM 30
Total both 2 person - RM115
It is a long blog today....My experience with massage and cupping was certainly a memorable one....It shows how language is so important.
Dear friends, is traditional massage really that painful? How long does it take for the cupping scars to go off?
It was a young man. We asked him about the cupping session. He said it takes out the 'angin' in English probably the same as release toxins. Please refer this web site for more details on cupping.
http://www.natural-health-for-fertility.com/cupping-therapy.html
I remember my ttc friend asking to inform them and tell it’s for fertility. I tried to explain in English....He just stared at me ...Then I explained in Malay. He still stared. My husband said never mind la....He doesn’t understand. So I just did not get my message across. The man said he is not sure as he is new to the place. I had so many questions to ask but I had to eliminate all the questions at once. I wanted to ask about the one that takes out the dirty blood then I just could not. My husband insisted me to get a 30 min body massage then the cupping session. I was told that the cupping session will take around 25 minutes. So he intended to get an hour massage session for him. So we could finish relatively the same time.
It was my first ever body massage session. I am very shy. Since I was doing cupping, I was like ok why not give it a try. It was a traditional Chinese oil massage....My masseuse was the Chinese lady which we met the first time. OH MY...I was wondering how my experience will be.....The young man suggested we get a massage next to each other just separate cubicle. We agreed. He told that to the lady in Chinese.....Suddenly the lady got so angry...She started to shout at him....I was standing just between them...Trapped between them shouting at each other......My husband was like ' Jangan gaduh.....jangan gaduh'(Don't fight....don't fight). I just do not know why they are fighting just know that it's somehow because of us.....The lady showed me my cubicle while scolding him at the same time. I was just thinking....What I am getting into. WAAAAAA.....
I got changed and waited nervously for the lady.
Hoping that she won't hit me or anything like that. By that time, she had
cooled off....She had a smile....That's good....She started the massage. And
yes....it was so painful....I had my eyes open the widest as possible....No
aircond was switched on since I will be doing cupping....I was sweating and in
pain....I just kept quiet throughout....It was really painful....U know what I
was thinking? I am actually paying to get whacked by an unknown
person....Haha....While I was keeping it down, I heard my husband screamed in
pain...Hehe....Then I know it is indeed a painful one. I was just waiting for
the 30 minutes to be over soon.
And it was over...Pheww....the lady told me something in Chinese....I did not understand....I just said OK....not knowing what she said....She repeated herself.....I kept quiet....Then she pulled a towel underneath....Oh my....What a language barrier....She was getting ready for the cupping session. I just waited for the moment patiently enjoying that the painful moment was over. She started to light the fire. The first vacuumed cup went on my back....ARGGHHHHHH......
And it was over...Pheww....the lady told me something in Chinese....I did not understand....I just said OK....not knowing what she said....She repeated herself.....I kept quiet....Then she pulled a towel underneath....Oh my....What a language barrier....She was getting ready for the cupping session. I just waited for the moment patiently enjoying that the painful moment was over. She started to light the fire. The first vacuumed cup went on my back....ARGGHHHHHH......
Oh my....My journey even got worst....The moment
the cup sucked to the skin it was so painful....One by one went on....I was
thinking it was going to finish....It was not..More and more went on...I wanted
to count how many cups were on but the pain shocked me that I forgot to
count.....After some time, the pain was bearable. The lady asked me to
'tunggu'(wait). I asked her how long should I wait in Malay...She said
something in Chinese....I just manage to smile to myself....She left the
room...I just waited thinking she would come fast enough. Wait and wait ....She
arrived....She checked the cups....She told me 'Banyak angin'(A lot of toxins I
think)....in the waist area and shoulder. She asked me to wait some more....I
reminded myself to count the cups when she remove the cups...After
approximately another 5 minutes, she started to take the cups one by one. I
started to count....1....2.... there goes the 10 mark...then the 20 mark and 30
mark....Pheww that many...It was exactly 35 cups on my back.....She put it from
my shoulder till just below the waist area....After she took it out, she checked
on the marks from the cups....She said something in Chinese again...I just said ok although I
did not understand a thing she said. She was touching the mark...I think she was
saying something about it....She closed my back with a towel and lightly
massaged the back...I assume it was to reduce the marks...She massaged my neck
and I was done....Pheww what a relieve.....
I changed and waited for my husband. He arrived
shortly after. We paid and went back home. Checked on my marks....WOW....that's
a lot of marks....I was told not to take a bath yesterday and I can get a bath
today....Luckily I had my bath before going to the centre. I have a slight pain
yesterday and today still whenever I stretched my back. It will take a few days
for the marks to go off....It is not advisable to do cupping if you are going
for a vacation because of the marks.
Costing :-
1 hour traditional Chinese massage - RM 55
1/2 hour traditional Chinese massage - RM 30
Therapeutic Cupping - RM 30
Total both 2 person - RM115
It is a long blog today....My experience with massage and cupping was certainly a memorable one....It shows how language is so important.
Dear friends, is traditional massage really that painful? How long does it take for the cupping scars to go off?
Hi...traditional massage is actually very relaxing.. Depends on the pressure they put & point they press. The cupping after mark might take slightly less than a week to go away. Meanwhile.. Enjoy the temporary tattoo on your back.. Hehe
ReplyDeletehi there....probably i will try it again some other time in a different centre...yaya enjoying the round round tattoo...not a very good tattoo though...:)
Deletei love the traditional massage!! yup, it is very relaxing! on the pressure, you can actually inform the masseuse if u feel it is painful and not comfortable. They will actually reduce the pressure depending on ur comfortablity and pain threshold.
ReplyDeletei really wanted to tell the lady to reduce the pressure ...just that i could not communicate with her made me keep quiet....next time i will try on a different centre :)
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