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So I just realized that--

JayFitzzy814JayFitzzy814
in April 2012 Moms
The prenatals I've been taking for the past 2 months dosn't have DHA in them. Indifferent I was so excited that i could actually stomach a prenatal with iorn in it, that I just kept on taking them. H got them at GNC when I ran out of my gummy ones. I never thought to tell him to look for ones with DHA, and I guess he just assumes that a prenatal is a prenatal... I feel bad myself because I didn't even check the bottle when he broght it home. =(
 should I switch back to DHA included now that I'm this far along???
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  • WildcatPrincessWildcatPrincess member
    If it makes you feel any better I didn't take DHA with DD or this time around. It wasn't in the prenatal I was taking while TTC and I never added to it.
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  • JayFitzzy814JayFitzzy814
    That does make me feel better...Lol. I feel like a bad mom for cutting him off of it.
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  • LilkimikoLilkimiko
    My midwife just asked last week if my prenatal had DHA in it. She told me that if it doesn't then to buy DHA vitamins and start taking them. So I guess it's not too late to start. Found out my prenatals don't have it and I'm gonna need to buy it separate.
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  • JFH2010JFH2010 member
    I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, but I would add it in now. There's lots of brain development in third tri. You don't have to get a new prenatal, just get a DHA supplement.
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  • mamabear0813mamabear0813 member
    DHA is best right now as baby's brain is adding folds and fat! Just get a supplement if you still have enough prenatals. If you need to get prenatals anyway, just get one that has it in it now.

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  • eav2ceav2c member
    I'm sure your fine. FWIW... I've been a total slacker with my prenatals and my OB doesn't seem overly concerned. I hate that I keep forgetting (and this is a semi recent thing) but I do nevertheless feel like a bad person because of it.
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  • JayFitzzy814JayFitzzy814

    eav2c- I know how you feel! If I miss a day or two I feel like a bad mom, and when I noticed that that vitamin that I've been taking for 2 months dosn't have DHA in it it just added on to it. Sad

    I'm out of the prenatals, but since I was able to stomach these I may just keep taking them and like you ladies said, add a DHA sup. Are there any that you ladies suggest?

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  • AshleyC0117AshleyC0117 member
    I take DHA separate from my prenatal which is what my OB recommended since I can stomach my prenatal. 
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  • JFH2010JFH2010 member
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    eav2c- I know how you feel! If I miss a day or two I feel like a bad mom, and when I noticed that that vitamin that I've been taking for 2 months dosn't have DHA in it it just added on to it. Sad

    I'm out of the prenatals, but since I was able to stomach these I may just keep taking them and like you ladies said, add a DHA sup. Are there any that you ladies suggest?

    The brand I use is Spectrum, which I get at Whole Foods. I take three a day.  

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  • JayFitzzy814JayFitzzy814
    Thanks! =)
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  • MrWhiskersMrWhiskers
    imageJayFitzzy814:

    eav2c- I know how you feel! If I miss a day or two I feel like a bad mom, and when I noticed that that vitamin that I've been taking for 2 months dosn't have DHA in it it just added on to it. Sad

    I'm out of the prenatals, but since I was able to stomach these I may just keep taking them and like you ladies said, add a DHA sup. Are there any that you ladies suggest?

    Target's brand are good, because they are small. I got some a different brand when they were out, but the pills were so huge and I was burping up fish even if I took the pill with food. 

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  • countdowntolockdowncountdowntolockdown member

    My OB told me to take an algae-based DHA, not the fish-based one. I use the CVS brand.  This week though, I actually read the label of my folic acid I've been taking, and it has DHA that is fish-based. Oh well.

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