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If the prospect of motherhood has left you weepy……go fish

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omega helping a depressed women

A daily dose of fish oil, is able to perk up the mood of mildly depressed pregnant women, making it a safe viable alternative to anti-depressants

You’re feeling a little weepy…………..

There is nothing specifically wrong, but right now, your pregnancy doesn’t feel like the magical experience it’s meant to be.

In fact, you have moments you FEEL like just ending it ALL.

Eish !

This is serious.

Being depressed while you’re pregnant, puts both you and your baby at risk.

Grin and bare it

The despair feels overwhelming, but as a pregnant women your options are limited.

  • You could opt to take an anti-depressant
  • You could just grin and bare it……..

The trouble with the anti-depressant option, is they are never a quick fix, they ALWAYS take a few weeks to kick in, and they don’t always work.

PLUS

If you take an anti-depressant drug, so does your baby.

The trouble with buying an extra big box of tissues and the grin and bare it approach is..

Depression is more than a feeling

Making a baby is HARD WORK !

Some Mom’s bodies get overwhelmed – this is when things start to go wrong in the pregnancy.

Weepy/suicidal feelings are your body letting you know, it is struggling to keep up with the stresses and strains of making that brand new human being.

Ignoring your body’s cry for help, can interfere with your baby’s development, so you need to step in, and help.

The question is how ?

Bad mood rising

Researchers from the University of Shiraz, set about finding a way to bring relief to “weepy” pregnant women, using an anti-inflammatory nutrient, instead of a pharmaceutical.

To do this, the Shiraz team enlisted the help of 80 mildly depressed, non-fish eating ladies.

All the pregnant women underwent a test, known as the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) test, to establish just how “miserable” they were initially. Next, the team divided the women into two groups, each group received a different “treatment”.

The treatment was either

  • 1000 mg of fish oil, every day or
  • 1000 mg of olive oil, every day

After 6 weeks, the ladies were invited back to re-take the depression test.

Perking up your mood

The team found, a daily dose of fish oil, helped perk up the Mom-2-be’s moods, shaving off a couple of points on their Beck Depression score.   The “happy” effect was not seen in the group of ladies taking olive oil, their depression score remained largely unchanged.

Since fish oil aka omega-3, has been shown to be beneficial for developing babies

  • Before birth exposure to fish oil scores game, set and match
  • How to build a strong connection in the womb new one

If you’re feeling BLUE, add a fish oil supplement to your daily routine.

NOTE : Just make sure it is an omega-3 only supplement.   You don’t need extra omega-6, it’s everywhere.


The Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation on Maternal Depression during Pregnancy: A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. IJCBNM (2014) 2(3):142-147. M Kaviani1, L Saniee, S Azima, F Sharif, M Sayadi. 

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