Bfing moms, how much coffee are you drinking?

NothingLikeBarbie · June 2011

alliejoe · June 2011

No coffee- but I do have a couple of caffeinated drinks per day

AshBow171 · June 2011

1-2 cups a day.

tokenhoser · June 2011

1-2 cups a day, before 3 pm. Mostly for my sake... the day I had 2 cups of coffee, a medium McCoke, and some Dr. Pepper, I couldn't sleep. That was terrible.

Cassondra09 · June 2011

No coffee here, maybe 2 or 3 caffeinated drinks a week. I have never been one to drink much caffeine, maybe a cup of tea while working the nightshift if work gets slow. I do love sonic sweet tea though!

meghanchrisaz · June 2011

1-2, and maybe one or 2 more caffeinated drinks. Depends on if we go out to eat or not.

hvonbevern · June 2011

1-2 per day. I drink it right after I pump in the morning so it has as much time as possible to get out of my system. I think I read that only 1% of what you drink ends up in your breastmilk on kellymom.

andigurl · June 2011

Not much caffeine here, except the trace amouns in decaf coffee. Not just because I'm BFing though. I pretty much cut it out of my diet about 5 years ago. It was making me jittery and anxious.

Temp38995750004016 · June 2011

1 starbucks or coke per day, usually before noon.

theaustins05 · June 2011

After that caffeine post, none. Sad

tokenhoser · June 2011

https://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/caffeine.html

It's really alarmist to just give it up. At least read the whole article!

"Caffeine is approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics for use in breastfeeding mothers. Per Medications and Mother's Milk (Hale 2002, p. 100-102) caffeine is in Lactation Risk Category L2 (safer); milk levels are quite low (0.06-1.5% of maternal dose) and usually peak 1 hour after ingestion. One study has indicated that chronic coffee drinking might decrease iron content of breastmilk (Nehlig & Debry, 1994).

If your baby is sensitive to caffeine, it will typically become less of an issue as baby gets older. Newborns have a much harder time metabolizing caffeine than older infants. Preterm or ill infants might also have more problems with mom's caffeine intake.

Half-Life of Caffeine
Age	Half-Life
Newborn	65-130 hours [2.7-5.4 days]
3 - 5 months	approx. 14 hours
4-9 months	3-7 hours
Adult	3-7 hours
References: USP DI 2001, Hale 2002

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BabyBebe1 · June 2011

A latte most mornings and then a diet coke at lunch. I think it's pretty silly when women give it up altogether in the name of BFing, but that's just me.

ksales31 · June 2011

As much as I need to, to keep LO awake during the day so she sleeps better at night. haha just kidding! I really only like coffee shop drinks and they are too expensive to have everyday. So coffee only happens when I go to Safeway to go grocery shopping since there is a Starbucks inside. Big Smile

But I do have a can or 2 of soda a day.

etteyam · June 2011

1-2 cups a day

NothingLikeBarbie · June 2011

theaustins05:
After that caffeine post, none.

What caffeine post?

I drink 1-2 a day also. I loooove coffee.

Stephcara · June 2011

One hand to type and one to hold my java Stick out tongue

I dont drink any past 11 AM since I will be awake all night even at 11 AM, but I do drink coffee when I wake up, I love it!

kacelle · June 2011

I dropped my coffee habit when I found out I was pregnant and haven't had any since, but I occasionally drink a soft drink or tea with caffeine.

theaustins05 · June 2011

NothingLikeBarbie:
theaustins05:
After that caffeine post, none.

What caffeine post?

I drink 1-2 a day also. I loooove coffee.

I can't link it but it's below, it says caffeine BFing info or something. My baby has been unusually fussy since I started drinking sodas again, I'm attributing it to the caffeine.

akklotz0810 · June 2011

none.

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