12 pills a day? Oh, flea, that's vile. Was your MD able to give you something good for the itching and misery? And how is your eye?

The only pill I have a real problem with is the omega-3 fatty acids capsule to boost brain development, and which is about as long as the first joint of my middle finger and encased in a hard plasticky carapace to prevent the fatty acids from leaking out and being absorbed until they're too far down in the gut to rebound as fish burps. I used to take these very nice, easy softgels, but it got too disconcerting to finish a bowl of mildly sweetened cereal and then burp fish. So now there's the big yellow plastic bullet, which is nigh impossible to swallow but at least doesn't come back up once it goes down.

The only pill I have a real problem with is the omega-3 fatty acids capsule to boost brain development, and which is about as long as the first joint of my middle finger and encased in a hard plasticky carapace to prevent the fatty acids from leaking out and being absorbed until they're too far down in the gut to rebound as fish burps. I used to take these very nice, easy softgels, but it got too disconcerting to finish a bowl of mildly sweetened cereal and then burp fish. So now there's the big yellow plastic bullet, which is nigh impossible to swallow but at least doesn't come back up once it goes down

It's so weird that this Omega-3 push started between Owen and Olivia. I didn't have to worry about it with Owen but then just a year later, I had to choke down another supplement every morning.

Luckily (ish), I've been taking Omega-3 stuff because it has been found that one of the things it builds up is seratonin. I've been taking it with my Happy Brain Pills (tm) so, if I ever have another baby, I'll already be used to is (ish).

Eee! Eee! I apparently made it to the next round of interviews, although they haven't had a formal conversation about it. Next round = rest of the department, including the direct report, who is in CA. Wheeee!

Congrats, Jesse!

I was taking Omega 3 for a non babymaking reason, but I never burped fishy. I don't know if it was a me thing, or a brand thing.

But my day still sucks because I got soda instead of soup with my chinese food lunch. Lame!

So the whole Omega thing -- can you avoid the pills if you just eat lots and lots of fish? I would think that would be the thing to try.

Unless pregnant people aren't allowed to eat fish! I know there was a thing about mercury at one point, but, let's just say it's a good thing I"m not the chef at the maternity ward. Too many rules.

I was taking Omega 3 for a non babymaking reason, but I never burped fishy. I don't know if it was a me thing, or a brand thing.

I've never had a fishy thing, but I've been taking flax seed capsules as my omega 3 source.

Unless pregnant people aren't allowed to eat fish! I know there was a thing about mercury at one point, but, let's just say it's a good thing I"m not the chef at the maternity ward. Too many rules.

There are types of fish that pregnant woman are supposed to avoid/eat minimally. But I am not sure what they are.

Everyone's supposed to watch their tuna intake now, aren't we?

I was taking Omega 3 for a non babymaking reason, but I never burped fishy. I don't know if it was a me thing, or a brand thing.

Me too, on all counts. Though not all Omega 3s are fish oil; there's also flax and some other kind. (I get mine at Trader Joe's, and the label says something like EFA [essential fatty acids, I assume]).