Ramadhan Kareem!
Today is the 22nd of Ramadhan and they have just announced the Eid holidays. We've been given a nice long 10 days off together with the Renaissance Day holiday. Its going to be Jude's first Eid so we are looking forward to spending time with family.
I wasn't sure whether to fast or not this Ramadhan as its not required for pregnant or breastfeeding mothers if they feel that it may affect their baby. I decided to go ahead and give it a try and take breaks if I felt that I was having any supply issues. I didn't want to miss out on another Ramadhan since I was pregnant last year and didn't end up fasting.
So far I haven't had any major issues. I just tend to get really thirsty during the day and end up drinking over 3 litres of water between iftar and imsak. Just last week I noticed that my supply tends to be a bit low as I approach 7 pm, I don't want to end up with any long term effects on my supply so I decided to take 2 days off over the last weekend, and noticed that it did make a bit of a difference. We are close to the end of Ramadhan so hamdilla I managed to fast nearly all the days.
I'm not so great at having suhoor, but there's a buzz feed post that's been circulating about some of the ideal foods for Suhoor. The recipes look really delicious, so I decided to try out the bran muffin recipe today since I also happened to notice wheat bran for the first time at the supermarket.
I skipped out on the pieces of raisin at the end, but not quite sure why my first batch collapsed down the middle. Either way, tastes good!
For some links on breastfeeding and fasting click here
1 comment:
They were Yummy, you should make them regularly
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