Aspartame give anyone else issues?

lovemymaddy

Hi ladies. I cut out drinking diet soda when I found out I was pg. and every once in awhile I will let myself have one once a week or so. Afterwards though, I think I'm notcing some...uh....bathroom issues. We'll leave it at that. Anyone else?

MissyOlivePants

I am extremely sensitive to all artificial sweeteners.  I will almost immediately have a migraine and my stomach will start doing cartwheels with me eventually ending up in the bathroom.  Needless to say, i stay far away from them.

Kml9876

Any of the artificial sweetners bothered my stomach before pregnancy and now I avoid them for sure.

lovelyophelia

MissyOlivePants:

I am extremely sensitive to all artificial sweeteners.  I will almost immediately have a migraine and my stomach will start doing cartwheels with me eventually ending up in the bathroom.  Needless to say, i stay far away from them.

Same here. They make me severely sick. It used to piss me off when I would ask for a Coke and someone would bring me a Diet Coke. I know the difference. 

hepcats

No issues here and I didn't give it up either, I just don't have as much each day.

Breezy1979

Yes, I get horrible migraines which always result in me throwing up. I have had to avoid aspartame for the last ten years. Some people might think I am crazy, but I do not think that stuff is good for you. Funnily enough, both my parents and sisters drink diet soda like it is going out of style and have no problems. I guess some people are just more sensitive to certain chemicals.

Kitty Holland

Breezy1979:

Yes, I get horrible migraines which always result in me throwing up. I have had to avoid aspartame for the last ten years. Some people might think I am crazy, but I do not think that stuff is good for you. Funnily enough, both my parents and sisters drink diet soda like it is going out of style and have no problems. I guess some people are just more sensitive to certain chemicals.

This. Iavoid all artificial sweetners - even sugarless gum. And it's hard to find gum that isn't sugar free!

TanyaKM

Kml9876:

Any of the artificial sweetners bothered my stomach before pregnancy and now I avoid them for sure.

Same here. Now way I would drink that stuff while pregnant, considering the issues I had when I wasn't pregnant. It gave me headaches and I noticed a frequency in UTIs (I'm already susceptible to them) whenever I drank anything with artificial sweetener in it. 

kbarker719

I'm glad you posted this because I picked up some sugar-free lifesavers yesterday (not thinking about the artificial sweeteners in it) and had about 10 pieces (don't judge).  Within 30 minutes I was cramping up and running for the bathroom, but I was ready to blame it on my dinner instead of the lifesavers.  I thought I was going to die!  I'm not sure if it's aspartame in there or some other fake sugar, but I have to throw them out when I get back to work later today.  Ugh!

eli_and_jeff

Aspartame makes me throw up quite literally for hours if I drink even half a soda even when I'm not pg. I  drank half a Fresca last November without realizing they changed their recipe and ended up with a migraine and my head in a bucket for the next 12 hours.

That stuff is poison. 

MattisMom

If it's not TMI, are the bathroom issues more of the diarrea kind?  Is most of the aspartame you're consuming coupled with caffine?  Caffine is a diuretic, and that, coupled with all the soft tissue relaxation we all have going on may be sparking your bathroom issues. 

I was (am?) a Diet Coke addict before pregnancy and have now cut it to maybe one or two a week.  I use them as a special treat when I go out.  Especially if everyone else I'm out with is drinking alcohol.  I have absolutely noticed that the affects of caffine are much stronger on me now, even with the lesser amounts found in DC as compared to coffee (which I never drank on a regular basis before).

 Hope this  helps!