I was recommended by my doctors to take the Enfamil Expecta DHA.(but this may be due to them getting paid to promote the product? I don't know. They always give out samples.) Anyway, I've taken it with all my pregnancies and it doens't upset my stomach like regular fish oil caps do. Also, you don't have to worry about mercury. It's a little on the expensive side, varying from $10 - $15/mo. I ordered mine on Amazon where it was only $20 for a 2 month supply.
I buy the kind called Expecta. It comes with one bottle of prenatals and one bottle of DHA which is for the babies brain development. Each bottle is a one month supply. It is about $15 at Target but if you open the box before you buy it there is a coupon for $2 off. I open it and use the coupon each time I buy it. Also if you become nauseous like I did and it made me have a hard time swallowing the pills so I bought the gummies by vitafusion and they tasted pretty good as well.
I am also due October 25th, I am taking the vita fusion prenatal gummies. They taste awesome and if I make sure to take them before bedtime I don't get sick from them. I got them at Target for like 9 bucks here in WA state.
Prenatal are not at all the same. Some are sourced from synthetic ingredients and contain GMO'S and pesticides. What you want is a whole food sourced organic prenatal vitamin. Typically rainbow light prenatal are good for those who want an easy 1 a day whole food based vitamin. It will provide you and your developing baby with the essential nitrients. Personally I use garden of life prenatals. You need to take a DHA supplement as well for your babies brain and nervous system development.
So i visited a friend today and she looked at my prenatal vitamins that i had with me and was surprised they didn't have dha in them. She gave me some dha vitamins and recommended that i take them and continue to do so. My dr didn't mention dha. Am i alone in this?
I take for my current pregnancy MorDHA Prenatal supplement which is highly purified. My youngest son was given DHA free formula once breastfeeding stopped and then supplemented with Babies Only DHA from egg phospholipids because I refused to give him vegetable sources of DHA.
I buy the nature made brand prenatals from Costco. They're a great deal and have all the ingredients you need.
But I was reading the label one day and I realized they were missing some key ingredients, including iron, which you really need during pregnancy.
So after doing a little research and a lot of reading of labels, settled on the BrainStrong OTC prenatal. Plenty of folic acid, iron, some calcium though I take a supplement just in case, a good dose of DHA which is good for brain development.
If I take the one with no DHA is it ok to takr Advocare Omega Plex supplement on the side? Or should I take the vitamin with DHA and take iron on the side?
These have me confused!
My doctor is big on dha. I take preferaOB ONE they have pre/post-natal Nutritional Supplement+DHA they're pretty good but its prescribed without insure they cost $123.00 :/. They also sell milk with DHA its pretty good but expensive.
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