
“Jewish Fast Days: Can Pregnant Women Try to Fast?” – with Dr. Stephanie Melka
Healthful Woman Podcast
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Is There a Fast Day?
Nower: I grew up catholic. We had a couple of fast days on the calendar, so it's not a foreign concept. But now i really didn't know much about it, right? So the question is, how does pregnancy come into play? And in the sono, hundreds and thousands of years ago, pregnant women were considered to be very unsafe,. They were told, for sure, don’t fast, because pregnancy was a much more dangerous condition. Nower: Nowadays, when for most people it's not as dangerous, fortunately, what happens?
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