Should a mother fast while breastfeeding during the month of Ramadhan?

My wife will be breastfeeding all of the month of Ramadhan and if she feels the baby is not getting enough milk she will break her fast. If she has to break her fast will she have to make up these days?

If the nursing mother is able to feed her baby through a bottle, whether previously pumped breast milk or artificial milk), or with the help of a wet-nurse she is not permitted to break her fast. However, if feeding the child through a bottle has a harmful effect on the child she can break her fast to feed the child and make up the days that she did not fast after the holy month of Ramadan as well as pay the fidyah.

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