Caffeine Poll (clicky)

AllSmiles1210 · April 2010

Just curious... (Sorry it has been asked before, I've been around a few days and haven't seen it yet.)[Poll]

dc120807 · April 2010

I never drink anything caffeinated anyway so it was an easy transition!

shouldbworkin · April 2010

Still drinking 1 cup a day, but with sugar instead of artificial sweetner. I do give it up when BFing and that super sucks, but it's better than a wide awake baby all day I guess.

BB8785 · April 2010

I'll have my usual 1 cup of coffee in the morning. If I drink coffee in the morning, I'll try to make that the only caffeine I get. But I have no coffee, then I'll grab a Diet Coke.

AllSmiles1210 · April 2010

My answer - I cut back, but not out completely. I only have 1 cup of coffee in the morning. I cut out soda months ago to prepare for this and overall health reasons.

Deac130 · April 2010

I started cutting back while TTC and cut it out completely after getting my BFP. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

curlydoglover · April 2010

I've drastically cut back, but still have a cuppa on the weekend.

Smores730 · April 2010

I'm still drinking decaf tea occasionally and whatever small amounts I get out of my daily chocolate intake!

canthardlywait426 · April 2010

You would have to pry it from my cold dead hands to get me to stop.

sroszc · April 2010

I started drinking half-caf a few months ago so I'll probably alternate between that and decaf. I'm not an every day coffee drinker anway, so the caffeine intake is pretty minimal.

jessrenee11 · April 2010

none for me..it really hasnt been as bad as I thought

Mama_SAS · April 2010

I cut it out completely when pg for DS. This time though I'm having one a day because I need to get up with DS at the crack of dawn lately. Why won't he sleep in?!

AllSmiles1210 · April 2010

Mama_SAS:
I cut it out completely when pg for DS. This time though I'm having one a day because I need to get up with DS at the crack of dawn lately. Why won't he sleep in?!

Aww, sorry!

chrisncassie · April 2010

1 travel mug in the morning (at 5am) on the way to the gym, then water the rest of the day. I will have an occasional sweet tea, but trying to avoid any sodas with HFCS (high fructose corn syrup).

I do miss my 1 or 2 alcoholic beverages on the weekend though.

cmenasco · April 2010

I still drank my 2 cups (8oz) a day until m/s kicked in, then all of the sudden it didnt smell good....so havent had any in a week! But feel good, no headaches, no side effects from not having it. I sure do miss it and once m/s is gone, I will go back to drinking probably one cup a day!

elaforgia · April 2010

I was having coffee every morning, couldn't go without. Then I got my BFP and I don't even want it anymore! It made me naseaus one day and that was it. Weird right? *Now I say all this, but today I got regular coffee for the first time in ages. Timely right? LOL. But it's just sooo good with my bagel w/egg and cheese!

rachy321214 · April 2010

Pretty much cut it out - I will have weird cravings for a regular coke now and then - I am usually strictly diet coke!

I was super tired this morning so I had a half caff cup of coffee but I no longer have the taste for it!

missmuffin87 · April 2010

dc120807:
I never drink anything caffeinated anyway so it was an easy transition!

me too!

rp_panda · April 2010

I was dying for a pop yesterday, that was the first time I've cracked so far. We'll see how long this can last. I never used to drink water, but now, I can drink it no problem. Weird!

GrayGhost13 · April 2010

Switched to half-caff a while ago, which was good. I had been drinking two cups daily before my BFP, but now I usually only drink one, except weekends when I splurge and drink two. (I figure two half-caff equals on cup regular, so I'm ok).

I don't really drink a lot of soda or eat a lot of chocolate, so I'm comfortable with my current intake.

TMNTgirl · April 2010

I've never been a coffee drinker. So that part was easy.

However I used to drink a diet soda a day, but I've cut back to maybe 2x a week. Usually on the weekends, and it's regular soda now, no diet.

AnnecyDream · April 2010

I cut it out completely, because of the associated increased m/c risk. Right after I got my BFP I googled caffeine in first tri because we were headed to a diner for breakfast. This is what I found:

They found that women who consumed 200 milligrams or more of caffeine daily ? the equivalent of two or more cups of coffee or five 12-ounce cans of soda ? had twice the risk for miscarriage. Moreover, the study found that even those women who consumed less than 200 milligrams of caffeine daily had about 40 percent increased risk for miscarriage.

Full article: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4159798&page=1

s+d2007 · April 2010

I cut it out, but I want a cherry coke or a diet dr. pepper so bad!!!!

WeaksEnd · April 2010

Every once in awhile I'll crack and give in to my regular coke craving. I've had probably four since my BFP a month ago.

queenbone · April 2010

I'm not addicted, but I drink tea like it is my job. I think it is mostly the ritual of it. Anyway both times I've been pg I haven't wanted it so it has been an easy transition.

AshleyR2452 · April 2010

I have pretty much cut caffeine out completely with the exception of a very occasional diet coke. For example, our work hosted a happy hour on Wednesday (which does not happen very often), and I had 2 diet cokes. Otherwise, I have had a hard time giving up pop all together, so I've been sticking to sprite zero and caffeine free diet coke (which actually isn't too bad).

Moonbeam828 · April 2010

I've cut back, but I still drink coffee, tea and coke. Instead of my morning cup of coffee at home, I do some sort of tea. At work, I still do my usual 1 weak cup of coffee (with real sugar instead of sweet n' low). The rest of the day, I drink decaf tea and occasionally a coke. I love iced coffee and have been trying it with decaf....it's not so bad. I know decaf still has caffeine, but it's an amount I'm ok with.

GavsMomAlready+Newbie · April 2010

AnnecyDream:
They found that women who consumed 200 milligrams or more of caffeine daily ? the equivalent of two or more cups of coffee or five 12-ounce cans of soda ? had twice the risk for miscarriage. Moreover, the study found that even those women who consumed less than 200 milligrams of caffeine daily had about 40 percent increased risk for miscarriage.
Full article: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4159798&page=1

That. I completely stopped when I got my BFP knowing about this, (also it just didn't sound good) but after over a week I decided it would be ok to go through starbucks and get a coffee. (No extra shots like I used to get, also a grande instead of tall) I didn't finish it all, but by the end of the afternoon I was spotting. It could be that it was a coincidence, but I still FELT like it was my fault.

saverchic · April 2010

I had been cutting back while TTC, but now I don't even want caffeine anymore. Totally weird, because I'm a caffeine addict.

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