I'm not doin' it. I'm just not. I don't have caffeine every day, but I let myself have 2 servings of Pepsi while I'm working tending bar from 5pm to 2am (I work 2 days a week). It comes to just over 100mg of caffeine, and its a sweet treat that helps me push thru a really long, late shift. Otherwise all we can drink is water, water, and more water. And maybe some juice. And water is boring. Really really boring. I do my part and drink a lot of it like I'm supposed to, but that's exactly why I should be allowed to treat myself 2 or 3 days a week with a sugary, caffeinated treat.
If you click through to the actual study, the conclusion is the following:
"There is therefore insufficient evidence to support further reductions in the maximum recommended intake of caffeine, but maintenance of current recommendations is a wise precaution."
If you click through to the actual study, the conclusion is the following:
"There is therefore insufficient evidence to support further reductions in the maximum recommended intake of caffeine, but maintenance of current recommendations is a wise precaution."
I think it's always good to cut down, but I kept up a big cup in the morning and one in the afternoon with DS and things were just fine, this time around I really can't stomach it and prefer water. I wish I wasn't turned off by it because I'm so freaking tired!
Me 43 DH 48 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test. *5th cycle after loss 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12 ** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy born 5/6/2013!
TTC #2, bpf 1/15/15 Baby Girl due Oct 1! She's here, 9/26/2015!
If you click through to the actual study, the conclusion is the following:
"There is therefore insufficient evidence to support further reductions in the maximum recommended intake of caffeine, but maintenance of current recommendations is a wise precaution."
If this pregnancy has taught me anything, it's to always get as close to the source of advice as possible, because by the time popular press and the internet pick up the findings, it amounts to being at the tail-end of a game of Chinese telephones.
Even when you get to the original study, you have to critically assess its methodology (e.g. did the expectant moms who drank occasionally and whose babies were negatively affected also regularly take cocaine? if so, can we really trust that the cause of negative outcomes was solely or even primarily due to alcohol? this was the case in one study that influenced official alcohol recommendations). Emily Oster's book Expecting Better covers a lot of the studies, and separates sound, evidence-based advice from the unreliable/biased conclusions or mere fiction.
So I have been having babies for a pretty long time now. And over that time things you are "allowed" to do and "not allowed" to do come and go and come back again over the years! That applies to pregnancy related things and baby related things once they are born too.
the coffee/caffeine intake thing has been on of the common come around, go around topics. When I got pregnant with my first you were cautioned not to get in the same room with any caffeine from any source (yes that is a little eaggerated but you get that point it was a no no)...you were told like no candy no chocolate ice cream, dont look at that chocolate cake, coffee was so forbidden!
A few years later it was like oh go ahead and just be moderate....then it was just don't have any during the first trimester....just round and round.
What I suggest is do your best to make all around healthy choices in your pregnancy. Being moderate in all things.
Listen to your body. If you believe that you are doing harm by taking in coffee, chances are you will stress more about the affects of coffee. Stress is bad. Don't stress about these things. I dumped out half a cup of coffee today because I started to feel weird. Trust yourself to know what makes you feel ok and what is going to do you harm. This is similar to the debate regarding wine. I know that wine makes me feel like s when I am not pregnant so I don't need a study to tell me to avoid something that makes me feel like s. Too much coffee makes me feel like s too. So I will make sure not to drink it just because it's in front of me like I would have 3 months ago.
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Re: Well this is a bummer...
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Current Age 35, DH 33
Married 9/2011
BFP 8/2012, Miscarried 9/2012
BFP 9/2012, DS 6/2013
BFP 6/2014, Miscarried 7/2014
BFP 7/2014, DD 4/2015
In 2 years they will say you can't eat or drink some other food or beverage.
Factor V Leiden Homozygous, Advanced Maternal Age
TTC #1, 5 yrs, PCOS, Femera + Ovidrel.
IUI#3 BFP, DD 5/31/2012
TTC #2, 2 yrs, PCOS, Femera+Ovidrel
IUI#2 BFP!
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Me 43 DH 48 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test. *5th cycle after loss 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12
** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy born 5/6/2013!
TTC #2, bpf 1/15/15 Baby Girl due Oct 1! She's here, 9/26/2015!
the coffee/caffeine intake thing has been on of the common come around, go around topics. When I got pregnant with my first you were cautioned not to get in the same room with any caffeine from any source (yes that is a little eaggerated but you get that point it was a no no)...you were told like no candy no chocolate ice cream, dont look at that chocolate cake, coffee was so forbidden!
A few years later it was like oh go ahead and just be moderate....then it was just don't have any during the first trimester....just round and round.
What I suggest is do your best to make all around healthy choices in your pregnancy. Being moderate in all things.
This is similar to the debate regarding wine. I know that wine makes me feel like s when I am not pregnant so I don't need a study to tell me to avoid something that makes me feel like s. Too much coffee makes me feel like s too. So I will make sure not to drink it just because it's in front of me like I would have 3 months ago.
Make no assumptions
Take nothing personally
Be impeccable with your word
Do your best