pregnancy & nursing

omega-3 for mum & baby

Maternal DHA contributes to your baby's normal brain and eye development. The plant-based way to get enough.

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why it matters

the importance of DHA for mum and baby

DHA is a type of omega-3 found throughout the body, but it's most concentrated in the brain, eyes and heart. It makes up around 97% of the omega-3 in the brain and 93% of the omega-3 in the retina of the eye.

A developing baby can't produce DHA efficiently, so it has to come from the mother — through the placenta during pregnancy, and through breast milk afterwards. Adding DHA to your diet increases the amount available to your baby as they develop.

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the numbers behind it

why DHA, specifically

97%

of the omega-3 in the brain is DHA

93%

of the omega-3 in the retina of the eye is DHA

250mg

omega-3 a day

the EFSA recommendation for adults

+200mg

extra DHA required per day

the EFSA recommendation during pregnancy

EFSA recommends pregnant and nursing women get an additional 200 mg DHA daily on top of the 250 mg omega-3 for an average adult — 450 mg in total.

your DHA, calculated

how much do you need?

Diet alone rarely covers it. Western diets are high in omega-6, but low in omega-3. Pick your stage for EFSA's daily target and what it means in softgels.

450 mgDHA a day

≈ 3 softgels a day

EFSA recommends an extra 200 mg DHA on top of the 250 mg omega-3 for an average adult (450 mg in) total. Most important in the third trimester.

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why omvits omega-3

made for this moment

A plant-based DHA source, designed to be easy when everything else isn't.

convenient

As a mum or mum-to-be there's already enough to do. A few softgels daily with water after a meal, and you're done.

clean & contaminant-free

Pregnant women are advised to limit fish for its heavy metals and toxins. Ours is algae-derived, vegan and free of those contaminants.

gentle on the stomach

When everything makes you nauseous, the last thing you need is a huge capsule and fishy burps. Ours are small, easy to swallow and don't repeat.

the softgel

a softgel, done properly

an enteric coating

our softgels pass through the stomach before they dissolve, so the DHA is released and absorbed where it counts.

no fishy burps

because they don't break down in the stomach (and because it's algae, not fish), there's none of the fishy burps you get with ordinary fish oil.

naturally fresher

algae oil is far less prone to going rancid than fish oil, so what you take stays fresh and stable, no preservatives needed.

ready when you are

a plant-based source of DHA for pregnancy and nursing

The same omega-3 fish get from algae — we just skip the fish. Grown in controlled tanks, never taken from the sea.

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