Please tell me you're having coffee too.......

melly918

TTCing right now and it's starting to look good (won't know for sure until next week) - I just can't kick the coffee habit. I was so good when I was TTCing for DS...I was able to cut down from 2 travel size cups of regular to decaf.  This time, it's just harder because I have a Keurig machine and it's so easy to grab a cup, plop it in the machine and brew it in seconds. I keep telling myself...don't buy any more boxes, start drinking half-caff every day, drink decaf.  I keep buying the regular...and this morning I got a medium Iced Coffee and donuts. Gee..talk about falling off the wagon. Please tell me you are drinking coffee too...just a little?

mamaofboys

Well, coffee is (unfortunately) my aversion. I feel such a fair weather friend :P Really, it is safe to have up to 200mg of caffeine (which is about 12 oz home brewed coffee-around a mug size) a day

pinksweetpea2

I have one cup a day.  IMO having a cup of regular is a lot more healthy than drinking decaf.  Do you know how many chemicals they have to use to remove the caffeine?  Gross.    Besides, decaf tastes nasty. 

Just keep it under 300 mg a day and you will be fine.  FWIW, I had a cup a day with my daughter and she was born perfectly pink and almost 10 lbs.  

PinkPeony6210

I just found out I was pregnant, but I'm still drinking coffee! However, I cut down from 2 cups to one. I'm thinking about switching to decaf, or eliminating it all together. With my last pregnancy I developed an aversion to hot drinks, so I'm wondering if it will happen this time around.

krista78

I was drinking coffee (a cup every other day) up until yesterday. I had an appointment with my doc and my BP is up, so I have to give up caffine. If it stays high I have to go on meds for the rest of the pregnancy. So only decaf for me now.

jfischer1115

I limit myself right now to one or two a week, and I try to make myself feel better by doing half caf iced coffee, so it's watered down on top of the lower caffeine. I go back to work soon, and I'm not sure what I'll do when I start having to get up at 6:00 again.  I wake up every single night at 4:00 and stay awake for about half an hour, and if that keeps up, I'll definitely need some coffee. 

firstmom2b

I mostly go with decaf or pepperment tea. Occasionally* I'll have a cup of green tea, even though I know that's supposed to prevent folic acid absorption. However, probably once a week and on the weekends I'll have some good old coffee, there may have even been a few days that I had more than what you're supposed to have in a day - eeks !!! Not proud of it, but it's definitely something I've been wanting a lot lately, and it helps with my digestion. : / I'm pretty sure my mom drank lots of coffee when she was pregnant with me, though, as they didn't know as much back then, and I think the only effect of that was that I love coffee hahaha !

ErikaFleury

When I was TTC, I tried to quit coffee completely but had trouble with it and would cheat a few times a week. Honestly, it wasn't until I completely quit drinking it that I conceived. I know my mom was the same way. I'm not saying avoiding coffee is a magic bullet, but if it helps...why not try?

salt78

Drinking some caffeine is fine. Just don't overdo it. I would be drinking coffee if I didn't think it tasted so gross right now.

ETA: Plus if you are only TTC, I don't really see what it matters. I didn't cut out anything (coffee, alcohol, raw fish, etc.) until after I found out I was pregnant. I guess the only thing to be worried about at this point would be possible withdrawals. 

elizxu

My sure South American women continue to drink coffee and Asian women drink tea when they get preggo. Anything in moderation is probably okay. And yes, I am still drink the occasional latte, diet coke and chocolate.

blaharn

I'm drinking coffee as I type....I'm a 2-3 cup/day coffee drinker but since I got my BFP, I'm down to just one. It's hard, but it's worth it. I don't see myself eliminating it completely anytime soon.

526SadieSadie

In the very early stages of pregnancy, you and the baby don't share a common blood supply so any coffee you drink for the first few weeks won't have any impact on the baby, drink up.  If you're a real caffeine fiend though, you might want to start cutting back, or switching to a brew that has less caffeine in it.  A Breakfast Blend will have more in it than a darker coffee (the beans that are roasted longer and are darker have more caffeine burned out of them).

If it makes you feel more confident, I'm normally a very heavy coffee drinker, and I'm down to four - five cups a week with no headaches (knock on wood)  There's something to be said about knowing something isn't good for the baby, my mind just kind of took over and said "Ok, we can't have this anymore for a while, just deal with it."

Feb3

Oh yes, I need my coffee.  When I told my OB it was the only thing that would get things moving (wait until you experience pregnancy constipation) he said, "By all means, have a cup of coffee!" 

If you're just TTC I don't see why you'd start eliminating anything from your diet at all.

karma7997

i am a big coffee drinker and I thought I was going to have a major problem with this too!  I have successfully weaned myself to about 2 sm iced coffee's a week!  And I don't even drink the whole thing!  I was a med-lrg iced everyday kinda girl.  Now when I pass DD I actually feel a little queasy thinking about drinking it!  I would suggest cutting to 1 cup a day (which my Dr says is ok during pregnancy) then over a few weeks your cravings will diminish.  Good Luck!!