So what do you drink?

I normally drink water all day, every day.

I posted on Facebook the new Crystal Light flavors I bought. Mojito and Margarita. They had another flavor but I didn't get it.

An aunt already said Don't eat any chemicals. Eat? Hmm, interesting. I know they have articificial sweeteners in them, but I'd rather a glass of that then soda. No?

So, what do you think? And what do you drink?

Re: So what do you drink?

i have been avoiding artificial sweetners.

i mostly drink water and vitamin water zero (no cals, and no artificial sweetners)

every once in awhile i will crave soda so i have a sprite or rootbeer...i try not to do it often bc of the empty cals

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My first few weeks post BFP i was drinking water and seltzer ONLY, no coffee, no diet drinks, occasioanlly a regular iced tea. I realized I cant drink regular drinks for the next months bc its just way too much sugar and selzter was making me gassy! So, I have thrown in an occasional diet soda, or iced tea but i am going to try to cut back on that as well- the chemical thing makes me nervous too.

I may try to make my own iced tea (from scratch) for the warmer weather and use splenda to sweeten it..doc said splenda is perfectly fine.

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Personally I'd rather soda than anything with artificial sweeteners in it. Soda is pretty much straight up water and sugar, and artificial sweeteners are scary chemicals. But I was very anti-Nutra Sweet even before getting pregnant.

Anyway... I like mixing stuff into my water so I drink more of it. Put a 20 oz bottle of water in front of me and I'll take 2 hours to drink it. Throw half a scoop of 4C iced tea mix or a splash of fruit punch into it, and I'll down it in 10 minutes and go back for seconds. So that's what I try to do: Fill up a bottle of water most of the way, and then put something sweet and yummy in it to make it go down faster. Lemonade and 4C are my current faves, but grape juice works great too (it's so sweet on its own!)

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I avoid all crystal light including the new one. I did a lot of research on the effcts of sweetners in pregnancy and I wasn't happy with what I read. I also did a TON of research on Truvia and it was acutally banned in the US for a long time. the FDA only recently approved it but its effects are still scary.

As for what I drink
water
milk
oj
lemonade- very watered down
sprite or caffeine free orange soda if I'm craving soda
water with lemon juice
grape juice (3 quarters water the rest juice)
fruit punch (3 quarters water the rest juice)

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I mostly stick to water. I have coffee once a day, ginger ale as I want (regular most times but diet sometimes). I do drink crystal light Iced tea occasionally as well. Everything in moderation. Did this with DS#1 and doing this with this pregnancy.

I do try to limit the diet drinks but I don't totally avoid them as you can see from above. I conciously use Splenda to sweeten my coffee vs. Sweet-n-low

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I have been trying to drink more water. But I do have a coffee in the morning and a diet soda here or there (not everyday, cple times a week).

Occasionally I will have a crystal light as well.

I also have juice, choclate milk/milk also.

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I personally wouldn't use anything with artificial sweetner. I have had one or two regular orange sodas but usually it's regualr water or sparkling poland spring with lime or lemon for me.

I have also had regular snapple with half water, fresh fruit juice or decaf tea. I know that water is very boring, but I'm trying to be good.

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I avoid artificial sweeteners as per my OB, except for Splenda if necessary. Definitely nothing with Aspartame.

I drink water, seltzer, decaf unsweetened iced tea, sprite, decaf coffee (sometimes iced) or tea.

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Iced coffee every morning and then mostly water, fortified skim milk and every now and then a lemonade iced tea or a seltzer with a splash of juice.

If you want a soda without high fructose corn syrup, I had a San Pellegrino Limonata today and it was DELISHY! A bit sweet...could easily water down the can with more sparkling water but I'd recommend it as a treat.

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I avoid artificial sweetners, and anything diet.

Sometimes I crave soda, and will indulge in a glass of Pepsi (NOT diet) even though I know its not healthy.

I drink naturally flavored seltzer a lot, and watered down oj and apple juice.Sometimes I'll have iced tea, but not a lot b/c of the caffeine...

Mostly just regular water though...

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I avoid all artificial sweeteners as much as possible even before pregnant. I used to go CRAZY on sweeteners splenda, crystal light etc. Long story short I was hospitalized two years ago for over a week and attriubuted a lot of it to the sweeteners.....so I have sworn them off completely since then and my symptoms have resolved...but thats just my personal crazy story...lol

Now I drink:
mostly water
1 cup of coffee a day
1 cup of dark choc almond milk with breakfast

Occasionally:
Sprite
Orange Juice (or other juice)

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water, juice.
occasionally iced coffee, iced tea, regular coke

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1 cup of coffee in the am
OJ in the am

Water ALL day long.

1 snapple iced tea on Fridays with lunch.

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Vodka mostly!

Coffee-1/2 cup (milk & tiny bit of sugar)
Water ALL day
Coconut Water
Milk
O.J (rarely)

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I'm in the minority here as I still allow my self diet soda in moderation - no more than 1 glass a day. I feel like everything in moderation is key...I also will occassionally sweeten my water with a new product -it is called "mio". It is found in the crystal light section - the sweetener in it is splenda. To be honest there are ALOT of things with artificial sweeteners in them that most people don't even realize or pay attention to so women who think they are avoiding may not be completely. Cereals, dressings, toppings, the list goes on! I know I have not looked at those lables! While I know artificial sweeteners are not good in general, as long as you are not hooking an IV up to you with diet soda/crystal light, I think you are okay IMO. There also have not been conclusive studies done and as of right now in my research specifically with aspartame, moderate use was deemed to be okay. I cannot limit myself to just water and I do not drink coffee! Vitamin water or Sobe Life water zero are good options too if you are really concered with artificial sweeteners - all sweetened naturally.

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I usually just drink water and an occasional glass of orange juice. Sometimes Sprite if we're out.

When my sister was pg she would make herself pitchers of water with fruit to give it some flavor. The fruit flavor would seep into the water and make it more flavorful the longer it sat. You just can't keep it for too long bc then it gets gross. Strawberries with mint is a good combo. Also you can do orange slices with lemon and lime.

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I follow the 'everything in moderation' rule

I drink a regular soda a few times a week
I mostly drink water at home, or iced green tea from a mix. Sometimes i'll mix cranberry juice with ginger ale but i can't drink more than one glass of it (too sweet)
I also drink Vitamin water or OJ in the mornings

i'll have tea at night, sweetened with real sugar

even with all those choices, i still find myself searching for what to drink instead of wine/beer!

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I'm cutting down on coffee. I'm down to drinking 1 decaf and a 3/4 regular per day.
With dinner I drink cranberry juice watered down with seltzer.
Before bed I have a camomile tea sweatened with honey.
During the day I drink water.

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I usually drink a cup of decaf coffee in the morning, grape or orange juice throughout the day, Country Time lemonade with dinner and milk at night. I avoid artificial sweeteners.

I also love making smoothies. I buy frozen blueberries and raspberries, along with vanilla yogurt and blend it together. Sometimes I add OJ if I don't want it to be so thick.

I'm also a huge Italian ice fan...that always seems to quench my thirst while I'm watching tv.

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water, water, and some more water!

and maybe a cup of coffee here and there..

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I drink water all day long every single day. Sometimes I put a few orange slices in the water.

I'm not allowed anything artificial or chemical.... so no crystal light for me.

I also can't drink sugar (I'm GD) so no soda or coffee or tea (I NEED sugar in those drinks)... not even decaffeinated is OK for me.

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Tons of Water
Apple Juice like its goin out of style
Lots of milk and chocolate milk
Watered down lemonade- gives me heartburn
Coffe- 1 or 2 a day plus decaf sometimes
Ice Tea -in moderation
Decaf Tea

If I want soda I have seltzer, orange or root beer

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Re: So what do you drink?

Water mostly

Occaisaionally seltzer with lemon or lime

I started brewing my own decaf tea and I drink that every so often unsweetened.

I'll have coffee every so often, but I don't really crave it much anymore (I was a coffee fanatic!). Usually it's decaf, but if I have a headache, I'll have a small cup of regular.

Occasional ginger ale or lemonde, but I try to avoid the excess sugar.

I try to avoid any artificial sweetners and caffeinated soda (though I'll sneak a sip of DH's Dr. Pepper if we're out somewhere!)

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water mostly, with real lemon, sometimes tomato juice, milk, or orange juice.


i have seltzer and lime as a "cocktail" when I go out.