Breastfeeding Support, News and Views for Muslim Moms
Tips for Pumping During Ramadan Make dua, breastfeeding, pumping and fasting can be challenging. Be consistent. This will help to maintain your milk supply. Make a routine for pumping at work or home. Set the time, place, chair, etc. Prepare your equipment the same way each day. Let your boss know that it is Ramadan. […]
Many people consider wet-nursing to be old-fashioned. However, there are women who fulfill this special role in modern-day society which, is mentioned as an alternative to the mother breastfeeding in verse 233 of Surah Al-Baqarah. In addition to the obvious nutritional benefits, wet nursing has many social benefits, giving women the “best of both worlds”. […]
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad was born to Muhammad (saws) and Maria al-Qibtiyya in 8th year of Hijrah in Madinah. He had a wet nurse, Umm Sayf, who breastfed him, as mentioned in the translation of the following hadith: Anas Ibn Malik narrates: We went with Allah’s Apostle to the blacksmith Abu Sayf, and he was the […]
Breastfeeding women who are not fasting often feel “left out” during Ramadan. However, Ramadan is not only about abstaining from food and drink. This time of self-purification and restraint is designed to help us attain taqwa so that we can be closer to our Creator. Therefore, we there are many things a woman […]
