Friday, September 05, 2008

Ramadan is here...heartburn nowhere in sight

It's the 5th day of Ramadan and I am happy to say that I have been able to fast for the past 4 days, alhamdulillah...of course the true test would be next week when I have to go to school...

Heartburn has been plaguing both my pregnancies. When I was pregnant with Mia, the heartburn would be soothed after I took some hot milk. But this time, the heartburn refused to go away even after several cups of hot milk. It got so bad that I can't breathe at times. The acid feels as if it's burning my throat. Especially if I have not eaten for like 3-4 hours. So fasting during this month would be challenging with heartburn. But so far, my heartburn has not been visiting me since I took the Herbalife aloe vera drink. I started taking the drink on the first day of fasting and I have not had heartburn since. I also don't feel any gastric pain that I used to feel when I fast. Of course it's only 5 days so we shall see how it goes...

Surprisingly, I did not feel too weak from fasting. I thought I would be feeling weak and just tired but I have been able to do housework and go window-shopping, grocery shopping....but then again, it is the school holidays. We shall see how I am after school next week...The only thing is, I hope my fasting is not affecting my baby in any way. Hopefully, Dr Lee would not have any negative news during my next checkup next week...

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