3000-4000mg fish oil is equivalent to eating 3 servings of oily fish per week. It is a pretty standard recommendation. I do not understand the concern re: breastfeeding? Breastfeeding mothers, like all American women--and even more so as they have just used up their stores in growing babies--are seriously deficient in EFAs

Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting Network, LLC


Date:    Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:42:44 -0500
From:    "Gabrielle Hathaway, IBCLC, WIC Peer Counselor" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Omega-3 and nursing

Hi - I was wondering about omega-3 supplementation. I've searched the archives 
and Hale, but can't find a definitive answer about how much is too much for a 
breastfeeding mother. I have recently seen two moms whose midwives prescribed 
4000 mg of fish oil and, other than advising them to read labels carefully to 
avoid heavy metal toxicity, I was unable to discern if this dose would be 
dangerous for the nursing baby. Any thoughts? Both babies were about a month old 
and, although one baby was described as "colicky", his mom had been taking fish 
oil since his birth (only recent fussiness).

Gabrielle Hathaway
IBCLC
Cape Cod, Ma



 



 


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