A question about Omega oils and pregnancy

[PrettyCandles]

Does anyone know whehter vegetarian Omega oil supplements (from flax seed etc) are suitable during pregnancy. There are so many scares now about oily fish that I'm uneasy eating them or taking fish oils.

boots now stock a fish oil "Mumomega" from equazen specifically for preg/lactating women, not sure if ok for veggies though.
HTH

What scares about oily fish? If you mean mercury, it's only deep sea fish like tuna that are implicated. sardines & mackerel are fine. stuff like mumomega is purified and screened for mercury and is also OK. veg sources are fine in pregnancy, but i think not quite the same.

As a pregnant vegetarian I was interested in this. I read, I think in the Times (not sure) that 'Good Oil' sold in Waitrose provided a good source for Omega 3 and 6s so went out and bought some the other day. You use it as you would Olive Oil and it tastes fine (others I have bought are pretty rank). For my 21 month old son, I have started giving him milk fortified with Omega 3s which I hope is okay (although am not raising him as a veggie so he also gets some through fish).

seven seas one says to consult your doctor when pregnant.

i thought the "veggie" omega 3's (flax etc) were less bio-available than the fishy ones

Yes, I believe they are marginally less bio-available.

With tuna there's the mercury business, and isn't there something about the diet of farmed salmon? Someone rasied that on another thread.

We often buy fresh tuna or salmon rather than meat so we tend to eat a lot of oily fish. Mackerel is good too - when you can get decent fat ones - but although I love the taste of herring and sardine, I find them too boney. Except kippers...yummy...but then of course they're too salty and contain loads of lovely nitrates.