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What is safe when TTC?
So DH and I are not really "trying" per se but we aren't preventing it from happening either. I'm wondering if its still safe to drink alcohol, coffee etc when TTC. Technically at I could get pregnant and not realize until I missed a period so I'm not sure if I should avoid these habits or if it doesn't matter. TIA!
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Re: What is safe when TTC?
TTC #1- unexplained...lost left ovary 4/07 IUI #1 2/10/09-BFN IUI #2 3/5/09-BFN IVF # 1-BFP
TTC#2- FET 4/7/11 BFP, Natural mc 5/5/11 IVF#2 ER 9/13/11, ET 9/16/11, Beta #1 9/27/11 BFP 254 Beta #2 9/30/11 793 -Twins!
I have been thinking about this same thing since TTC. I have come up with these arguments but have not really reached a decision because I love coffee and really enjoy a beer or two now and again. I switched to half decaf coffee and have cut back on my alcohol.
Since there is no placenta early on, as mentioned there is less of a problem...the zygote/ embryo would be floating in fluid with the same % alcohol as your blood stream.
Women consumed alcohol and caffeine for thousands of years when pregnant and not everyone was messed up.
Other side of that though, really important stuff is going on during those early weeks, like oh say brain development, building a heart, etc.
I had a few drinks and did Red Bull, etc when I was pregnant (before the missed period)....the doctor said it's okay. The one thing you want to avoid is binge drinking, but having a drink/beer here or there won't cause any harm.
However, I would start cutting the caffeine down so that when you are pregnant, it won't be as much of a hassle. We weren't trying so I had no warning and all the sudden I needed to drop my caffeine intake down. Throw in the morning sickness, sore boobs and a caffeine withdrawal on top of it...I was a mess.
HTH!