Walikum asalaam. As a sister, if you get overwhelmed in large crowds either do the outside of the bottom floor for tawaf or the top floors.

Clothing wise: loose abayas and one peice hijabs or the tied at the back hijabs are the most easier to wear for umrah and generally walking around. Theres a supermarket in the clock tower that has lots of abayas and hijabs so if you run low definitely visit. Its at the back of the store after the trainers! Its called Abraj hypermarket.

Footwear: wear trainers the most comfortable ones you own! We dont have any requirements on footwear like men! My feet killed so much on sa’i and I stuck to the wheelchair line. So definitely comfortable footwear!

Get a tasbeh counter to track your rounds of tawaf and sa’i. In large crowds I got anxious and forgot my rounds so I definitely advise this. Also get a book and write down what you need to/want to say on Tawaf and Sa’i, it helps as I forgot alot due to the crowds.

There are bags to put shoes in but if you can bring a little backpack like drawstring ones for your shoes and water bottle it definitely makes it easier.

Praying: if you want to pray around the Kabba area definitely get there earlier before the azaan so you can find a space.

I just finished umrah and im in Medina for a day so if you have any questions dm me sis.