Well this is a bummer...

mindaa

For me at least, who hasn't been able to give up my cup a day. It's now being recommended that pregnant women cut out coffee completely:

https://cspinet.org/new/201411191.html

GASuzuki

Not to dismiss science, but my mom had at least two cups a day and I came out fine.

mattandlora

I had a cup per day and DS is fine. So far.

KaLikeAWind

I'm not doin' it. I'm just not. I don't have caffeine every day, but I let myself have 2 servings of Pepsi while I'm working tending bar from 5pm to 2am (I work 2 days a week). It comes to just over 100mg of caffeine, and its a sweet treat that helps me push thru a really long, late shift. Otherwise all we can drink is water, water, and more water. And maybe some juice. And water is boring. Really really boring. I do my part and drink a lot of it like I'm supposed to, but that's exactly why I should be allowed to treat myself 2 or 3 days a week with a sugary, caffeinated treat.

topaz7777

In 2 years they will say you can't eat or drink some other food or beverage. 

marijaa333

If you click through to the actual study, the conclusion is the following:

"There is therefore insufficient evidence to support further reductions in the maximum recommended intake of caffeine, but maintenance of current recommendations is a wise precaution."

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/80423/

mindaa

marijaa333 said:

If you click through to the actual study, the conclusion is the following:

"There is therefore insufficient evidence to support further reductions in the maximum recommended intake of caffeine, but maintenance of current recommendations is a wise precaution."

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/80423/

Good find, thanks! 

sidey1

I think it's always good to cut down, but I kept up a big cup in the morning and one in the afternoon with DS and things were just fine, this time around I really can't stomach it and prefer water. I wish I wasn't turned off by it because I'm so freaking tired!

marijaa333

mindaa said:

marijaa333 said:

If you click through to the actual study, the conclusion is the following:

"There is therefore insufficient evidence to support further reductions in the maximum recommended intake of caffeine, but maintenance of current recommendations is a wise precaution."

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/80423/

Good find, thanks! 

If this pregnancy has taught me anything, it's to always get as close to the source of advice as possible, because by the time popular press and the internet pick up the findings, it amounts to being at the tail-end of a game of Chinese telephones.  

Even when you get to the original study, you have to critically assess its methodology (e.g. did the expectant moms who drank occasionally and whose babies were negatively affected also regularly take cocaine? if so, can we really trust that the cause of negative outcomes was solely or even primarily due to alcohol? this was the case in one study that influenced official alcohol recommendations). Emily Oster's book Expecting Better covers a lot of the studies, and separates sound, evidence-based advice from the unreliable/biased conclusions or mere fiction.

cneiding

So I have been having babies for a pretty long time now.  And over that time things you are "allowed" to do and "not allowed" to do come and go and come back again over the years!  That applies to pregnancy related things and baby related things once they are born too. 

the coffee/caffeine intake thing has been on of the common come around, go around topics.  When I got pregnant with my first you were cautioned not to get in the same room with any caffeine from any source (yes that is a little eaggerated but you get that point it was a no no)...you were told like no candy no chocolate ice cream, dont look at that chocolate cake, coffee was so forbidden!

A few years later it was like oh go ahead and just be moderate....then it was just don't have any during the first trimester....just round and round. 

What I suggest is do your best to make all around healthy choices in your pregnancy.  Being moderate in all things.

bashfulbird

Listen to your body. If you believe that you are doing harm by taking in coffee, chances are you will stress more about the affects of coffee. Stress is bad. Don't stress about these things. I dumped out half a cup of coffee today because I started to feel weird. Trust yourself to know what makes you feel ok and what is going to do you harm.
This is similar to the debate regarding wine. I know that wine makes me feel like s when I am not pregnant so I don't need a study to tell me to avoid something that makes me feel like s. Too much coffee makes me feel like s too. So I will make sure not to drink it just because it's in front of me like I would have 3 months ago.