Coffee & Breastfeeding

Re: Coffee & Breastfeeding

• l4rk member

  February 2016

  The caffeine content for k cups varies by brand and flavour. I personally stick to one 12 Oz coffee beverage a day but I think the general recommendation is less than 300 mg a day.

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• danasphillips member

  February 2016

  With my first I limited myself to one cup a day. Nowadays that's laughable. It's usually around 3 cups. Luckily it doesn't seem to affect LO's sleep at all.

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• Cricket99 member

  February 2016

  I drink one strong cup a day. Don't know how I would function without it:)

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• rah938 member

  February 2016

  I have twins and the walking and talking and standing I do couldn't happen without coffee!  Only about 1% of the caffeine in your blood is transferred in milk to your baby, so moderation is fine unless your baby is very sensitive to it. If baby seems awake and irritable, try cutting it out. Otherwise, enjoy and take advantage of any extra energy you can get

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• littleloves3 member

  February 2016

  I am with @rah938I drink all the coffee. It brings so much joy to my daily routine. 

  
  

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• alisongem member

  February 2016

  I wish I could drink coffee! Every day that I've had coffee, LO got really irritable and fussy 

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• nackie member

  February 2016

  alisongem said:

  I wish I could drink coffee! Every day that I've had coffee, LO got really irritable and fussy 

  Same here.  I'm so tired and would love some caffeine, but LO already doesn't sleep well, so I'm scared the caffeine will make the situation even worse
  
  
  
  
  

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• taysun member

  February 2016

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  I would talk to your pedi about recommended caffeine intake, but personally I have two cups of coffee every morning and the occasional glass of soda in the afternoon. DD is 11 weeks and I've been doing that most days since she was born and haven't noticed any difference between the days I do and the days I don't have caffeine.
  If it were me I'd go ahead and try the second cup. If you end up miserable because your LO doesn't tolerate it then you just stick to the one, but hopefully it works out.

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• paigeyferd member

  February 2016

  I wasn't even aware I should limit my intake.  I considered drinking coffee as a major perk of not being pregnant anymore.  I BF but baby girl loves to sleep so I think we're good.

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• grkgdss00 member

  February 2016

  I drink a few cups of caffeine a day and have never noticed a difference in baby. 

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