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drank coffee. jittery &dizzy. is my baby safe?
My Dr. told me that a cup of coffee/tea a day is perfectly fine. I've been drinking one cappucino blast from Baskin Robbins, only once a week, and have not consumed any other types of caffeinated drinks.
I had a medium sized cappucino blast today and I felt very jittery, almost like I was high. A couple hours later, I felt a bit dizzy.
I'm scared..I pray that I have not done my baby any harm. (i'm 19 weeks today).
Did anyone out there feel something like I did after drinking coffee? Is my baby unharmed?
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Re: drank coffee. jittery &dizzy. is my baby safe?
Well, I mean... what are you gonna do about it?
I wouldn't worry. Just watch the espresso. The recommendation is less than 150mg per day, which is about 1 regular cup of coffee.
yep your baby is doing the irish jig in your uterus.
In the future I might reduce the medium to a small if you are reacting to the caffeine
I would guess your body just isn't used to the caffeine. Your doctor told you one a day is ok, surely one a week is fine. Did you eat something with it? Drink enough water?
If it bothers you make it a small next week, get something else, or make sure you eat/drink enough. Caffeine on an empty stomach makes me super jittery. Dehydration can make you dizzy.
Really. Don't worry.
Totally not snarky, but that's actually completely wrong. Espresso is stronger PER OUNCE but an espresso drink is often less caffeinated overall than a regular coffee drink. For example, a 12 ounce coffee (a tall Americano from Starbucks) has about 150 milligrams of caffeine, while a 12 ounce latte which has one shot of espresso, has 75 milligrams of caffeine. So yeah, if you drank a cup full of espresso, it would have more caffeine than a cup full of coffee, but that would be crazy and a small espresso drink has 1 shot in it. A Grande usually has two, a Venti 3, and so on.
It's kind of like saying a french fry is fattier than a Big Mac. The french fry may have more fat per ounce (I'm making this up) but you're better off eating one french fry than a Big Mac, KWIM?
OP- you're fine, but stick with the small next time. It's less caffiene and fewer sugary calories, neither of which are doing you any good.
Edited to add: doctors recommend you stay under something like 200-300 mg of caffeine a day, so your medium drink probably had two shots of espresso, MAYBE three, which would put you around 225. So don't drive yourself nuts. If I get more than one shot of espresso, I feel awful, too, but I'm sure your LO is fine (probably a little extra wiggly today, though!)
Now I'm off to make a cappuccino...
My guess? It's not the caffeine (of which I'm certain there's a fairly minimal amount), it's the sugar. https://www.baskinrobbins.com/Nutrition/product.aspx?Category=Beverages&id=BV003
72 grams of carbs, dude. That's a LOT of sugar.
ETA: To answer your question: YES, I do feel jittery & dizzy when I eat that much sugar in one serving - particularly if it was on an empty stomach. I feel a bit jittery when I drink caffeine, but it doesn't bother me that much.
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Soooo this! I love the whole-"I'm so tired I'm gettin an espresso"! People have know idea what they are talking about and just make assumptions.
Yup, i would have to go with this answer.
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Totally not snarky, but that's actually completely wrong. Espresso is stronger PER OUNCE but an espresso drink is often less caffeinated overall than a regular coffee drink. For example, a 12 ounce coffee (a tall Americano from Starbucks) has about 150 milligrams of caffeine, while a 12 ounce latte which has one shot of espresso, has 75 milligrams of caffeine. So yeah, if you drank a cup full of espresso, it would have more caffeine than a cup full of coffee, but that would be crazy and a small espresso drink has 1 shot in it. A Grande usually has two, a Venti 3, and so on.
It's kind of like saying a french fry is fattier than a Big Mac. The french fry may have more fat per ounce (I'm making this up) but you're better off eating one french fry than a Big Mac, KWIM?
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True story! Thanks for posting this I was about to after I saw the misnomer, but now I can sip my coffee and just agree with you.
Holy crap that's a lot of sugar, 65g! about 20g is what's recommended per day for a woman. That's something like 15 teaspoons of sugar...go with the small of go over to dunkin (here they share a building) and get an iced coffee.
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I've cut my caffeine back too, and when I have a large sweet tea or something, it does make me jittery... but I think it's mostly from the sugar!
Drinking caffeine in moderation does not make you a criminal. *shakes head and gives peace sign* I am not a crook!