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La Leche League (LLL) resources on fasting and breastfeeding

La Leche League ​Asia & Middle East
"Pregnant, Nursing and Ramadan"
  • Arabic
  • English

La Leche League Canada
"Fasting and Breastfeeding"
https://www.lllc.ca/fasting-and-breastfeeding
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La Leche League 
France

"Allaitement et Ramadan" ("Breastfeeding and Ramadan")
https://www.lllfrance.org/vous-informer/des-etudes/1076-allaitement-jeune-et-ramadan

La Leche League International
"
Fasting (religious or dietary) and Breastfeeding"
​llli.org/fasting/
"Islamic and Cultural Practices in Breastfeeding"
  • English
  • French
  • Turkish

LLL Israel
"
Breastfeeding and Yom Kippur Fasting​"
www.lllisrael.org.il/post/fasting-and-breastfeeding

La Leche League 
Italy

“Allattamento E Digiuno” (“Breastfeeding and Fasting”)
https://www.lllitalia.org/10020-articoli-e-approfondimenti/allattamento-e-salute-del-bambino/802-allattamento-e-digiuno.html


​Non-LLL resources on fasting and breastfeeding

Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA)
“Religious fasting and breastfeeding”
https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/religious-fasting-and-breastfeeding
"Breastfeeding and Ramadan" pamphlet
  • Arabic
  • English
  • Urdu

Breastfeeding Advocacy Australia
"Ramadan for breastfeeding mothers: To fast or not to fast?"
  • English
  • Indonesian

​Breastfeeding Support
“Breastfeeding During Ramadan”
https://breastfeeding.support/breastfeeding-during-ramadan/

e-lactancia
“Religious fasting in Ramadan” (English, Español)
https://e-lactancia.org/breastfeeding/religious-fasting-in-ramadan/product/

E-lactation
"Religious fasting in Ramadan"
  • English
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian

IBFAN
“Policy statement: Fasting of pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers”
https://ibfan.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ramadan-Policy-Statement.pdf

International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA)
"Ramadan and Breastfeeding“
https://lactationmatters.org/2018/06/07/ramadan-and-breastfeeding/

Journal of Human Lactation
"Lactation Assessment for Muslim Breastfeeding Women Who Fast During Ramadan: Understanding an Islamic Legal Dispensation"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08903344221093372

KellyMom

“Religious Fasting and Breastfeeding”
https://kellymom.com/nutrition/mothers-diet/fasting/

National Library of Medicine (NIH)
“South Asian consensus statement on women’s health and Ramadan”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401745/


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