first of all, salam ramadhan to all my viewers....may Allah bless us with ggood health and iman...this is my 2nd experience fasting while fully exclusively breastfeeding my children...the first one was 4 years ago, at that time Jihan was about 4 months old....and i survived without having to break fast earlier due to excessive tiredness or for whatsoever reason...but at that time, during ramadhan i got my first menses after i gave birth....so still i have to replace my fasting...
but this time, Imtiaz is 5 months old + and about a few more days to his solid food....i'm glad i'm on leave at the beginning of ramadhan so i can rest too....
so the first day of sahur, i ate few kurma and bread and drank a lot of plain water and nutritious malt drink...i was able to complete my fasting that day despite fully breastfeeding little Imtiaz on his demand...i was able to pump my milk twice and expressed about 2 oz each time just to empty my breasts....i did not feel tired or thirsty and alhamdulillah, Imtiaz was full and satisfied after each feed....
subsequently, i make sure that i drink a lot of water at night time..well, i only drink mainly during breaking fast...and eat healthily and a lot too...!
think positive and be calm too help...not to think much about how much milk i can produce and pump out for Imti....it's ok if i can get only 2 oz each time, but i have to increase the frequency (especially at night and early morning) to meet the demand of my little boy...
Imtiaz is currently taking about 4oz of expressed breastmilk each time, about 4-5 times during my working hours....i usually prepare about 5-6 bottles of newly expressed breastmilk in the fridge...those were the milk expressed 1 -2 days earlier... and i have about 20 bottles of frozen breastmilk in stock which i have never use to feed Imti (thanks to our side-by-side Samsung refrigerator, i can use 1 whole shelf for Imti's frozen milk) ...i believe that the fresh one is better than the frozen one...but i will resort to the frozen one if really, really needed....i'll probably use them to make Imtiaz's fruit or vegetable puree later...
be back working next week after this long leave...hopefully i'll survive this ramadhan in good health...
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