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DHA & Fish Oil

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Can we discuss this for a second? I just bought a new brand of Fish Oil pills on Amazon called Now Foods or something like that, because it had a higher concentration of DHA per serving than my previous brand (Nature Made) of fish oil pills. The Nature Made brand had me taking two pills daily to get the full serving of 240 mg of DHA. My new bottle requires only one pill a day and gives me 500 mg of DHA. In my research I had read that pregnant women want a fish oil pill that gives them a higher ratio of DHA vs the other Omega 3, EPA. So this brand seemed to be a good value to me and had received positive reviews.

I called my OB office and asked the nurse if that amount of DHA was okay to be taking. She wasn't sure so said she would call back after speaking with the physician assistant about it. Well, I just got the call back and apparently the PA says pregnant women should be taking in no more than 300 mg of DHA daily. So, great! Now I might have to return the supplements. Or maybe I should call again and see if I can take the pills every other day? Wahhh.

Thoughts on this? How much DHA do you ladies take, if any? What fish oil brand(s) do you use?

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  • Belle3184Belle3184 member
    I take Nature Made. I was told to be sure my vitamin had DHA, but I wasn't given a minimum or maximum. Sorry I'm not more help.
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  • 2momsinCA2momsinCA member
    That is totally news to me and not what the American Pregnancy Association says. I take Nordic Naturals Prenatal DHA which has 450 mg of DHA per serving and it's the "official omega 3 of the APA."

    A & K, married 7/1/13.

    After 10 months of ttc via medicated IUIs and two early losses, we finally got our boys- Perfect premie twins born 5/27/14.

     

     

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  • 2MamazInSeattle2MamazInSeattle member
    I take Nordic Naturals too - their Prenatal DHA - and my naturopath said to take 4/day which I do. Doc (mine are MFMs) have not said there is a problem. I'm bathing in it for maximum brains on this kid! :)
    Lil'mamaz was born on Aug 21, 2014! She's PERFECT!

    It's been a long road to here...
    Me (43) and J (45) - same sex couple. And we don't feel 40+!
    June'12 - First RE Visit
    Sept. '12 - Tubes removed
    Dec. '12 - Donor Egg/Donor Sperm IVF Cycle - 4 good embies!
    Dec. '12 - Fresh transfer, BFP! EDD 8/29/13
    Mar. '13 - Missed m/c at 16w1d, baby boy stopped growing at 15w4d
    Loss due to umbilical cord clot...baby was perfect. :(
    Jul '13 - FET#1 - c/p
    Sept. '13 - FET#2 - BFN
    Dec.' 2, 2013 - FET#3 with our last chance embie - BFP!!!
    Dec' 26, 2013 - hb!!
    EDD 8/20/14 with a baby girl!
    Little S was born on 8/21/14 - 8lb, 14 oz and 20 inches long.
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  • MsAmandaPantsMsAmandaPants member
    I take Nordic Naturals Prenatal DHA 450 as well and my OB was fine with it.
    Me: 36 yo, TTC #1 since Feb. 2012
    BFP #1, 3/12, EDD 11/9/12, MMC 3/27/12, D&C 4/10/12

    BFP #2: 11/16/12, EDD 7/25/13, MMC 12/5/12, D&C 12/6/12, Complete molar pregnancy confirmed 2/9/13, benched for 6 months until  August 2013

    IUI #1, 8/16/13 Femara + Menopur, 3 mature follicles, BFN
    IUI #2 (back-to-back, 9/12/13 and 9/13/13) Femara + Menopur, four mature follicles, BFFN
    IUI #3, 10/8/13 Femara + Menopur, six mature follicles, BFN

    BFP #3, 12/9/2013, while on treatment break, EDD: 8/22/2014  Please stick and grow, LO!

    Additional Dx: hypothyroidism, TgAb positive & anti-TPO positive, POR/DOR (2/2013), and suspected endometriosis

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
    Thank you ladies! I had considered getting the same Nordic Naturals that most of you are taking but it was a little out of my price range. I don't want to go against doctor's orders or anything (technically not my doctor...), but I scoured the internet looking for information on this and most of what I read said a minimum of 300 mg of DHA a day was recommended, not maximum.  :-??
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  • dragonfly711dragonfly711 member
    I take Nortic Naturals. I don't take the one that says pregnancy on it. I take the strawberry flavored ones. Love them!!! No fishy after taste. I forget how many milligrams it is. A friend who had twins last year told me about them.
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    Spotting,clot 2/15/13 all ok......2/21/13 no heartbeat 11 w 4 d missed miscarriage........2/22/13 DnC :(
    BFP # 2 10.10.13...........EDD 6.19.14



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  • dragonfly711dragonfly711 member
    This is the one I get and I order from this company too.

    https://m.vitaminshoppe.com/mobile/store/en/browse/sku_detail.jsp?id=YE-1010
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    Me (40) DH (42).......Married 7/1/11......TTC 12/2013.......BFP #1 12/30/12........EDD 9/8/13
    Spotting,clot 2/15/13 all ok......2/21/13 no heartbeat 11 w 4 d missed miscarriage........2/22/13 DnC :(
    BFP # 2 10.10.13...........EDD 6.19.14



      Lilypie Angel and Memorial tickers

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  • jess123456jess123456 member
    I take the Prenatal DHA Nordic Naturals too. The dose is two pills a day.
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  • 2redtulips2redtulips member
    I did a ton of reading on this topic about a month ago, and everything I read says pregnant women should get a minimum of 300 mg per day. I could never find a definitive maximum.

    I take Mega DHA (found at health food stores) and it has 500mg per capsule. 

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
    Fish oils generally have both EPA and DHA, but for pregnant women the real focus is DHA. Most normal fish oil pills have a higher ratio of EPA to DHA, but the ones geared toward pregnant women usually have swapped the Omega 3 ratios. For example, my fish oil pills have 500 mg of DHA and 250 mg of EPA, for a total of 750 mg of Omega 3's per serving. It's tough to find one with a good DHA/EPA ratio, in my experience.

    The higher DHA to EPA ratio is beneficial to cognitive functions, while the higher EPA ratio is beneficial to cardiovascular health. So someone who is at risk for say, Alzheimers, would want to take fish oil high in DHA, while someone who has heart disease would look for one higher in EPA. At least this is my understanding of it!
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  • rox825rox825 member
    Just chiming in with another option, I take ovega supplements, they're vegan algae-based omega supplements with 320mg dha and 130mg epa. My dr cleared them, and no fishy taste!

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    Oct 12 - Jan 14: 3 clomid/TI cycles, 2 hysteroscopies, 2 IUIs, 1 BFP (MMC @ 12w), 2 more IUIs
    Feb 14: Gonal-f + IUI #5 = BFP! (EDD 11/4/14)
    Baby boy arrived 11/13/14!

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