Caffeine

How many of you still have caffeine? How much do you normally have in one day? I have been avoiding it, but lately I've been sluggish and could really use some coffee. Just wondering what everyone else has, and what amount is ok.

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I used to either have one glass of soda or one cup of coffee a day. I couldnt totally cut out caffeine..the withdrawel headaches were awful for me and I couldnt function.

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I'll have a cup a day, I'm trying to cut that out, but no such luck.

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I very slowly cut out the caffeine when I was going to TTC - so by the time I was pregnant I didn't need it anymore. I haven't had any - but my doctor said one cup of coffee a day was perfectly fine - the people I work with who are pregnant have 2 cups a day.

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I have 2 a day--sometimes I am real bad abd have three--I will cut it 1.2 and 1.2 on the third.
My doc said it was ok.
I just dont drink starbucks

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I havent cut down one bit

And then when they were scared about the baby's size, I freaked and cut it out completely. And me AND the baby went thru withdrawals. Now that I know the baby is fine and right on schedule, I am drinking half a cup in the morning, and half a cup at night......

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i'm not a coffee drinker but i am a tea and hot choco drinker. i'm really not that bad but of course, DH thinks i'm compromising the health of our baby. don't you just hate it when the HUSBAND gives you that dirty look or makes a-h0le comments! ugh! taht was just my tiny vent. sorry. anywya, sometimes 2x a day, sometimes none. starbux hot choco rocks! actually i customize it. i don't like it too sweet. did you know there's coffee in their hot chocos?? i always ask for light and not too sweet. that's just my preference, tho.

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I'd say at the most 1 to 1 1/2 cups per day. I get a 12 or 16 oz coffee in the AM, but rarely finish it.

I can't cut it out. I swear I crave coffee and soda more now b/c I shouldn't have it!

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I have been drinking 1 to 2 cans of diet coke a day. I try to drink two glasses of water for every can I drink - makes me feel better although not sure if it's necessary to think that way.

My doctor is okay with it.

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every once in a blue moon I will have a sprite. Maybe once every other week, if that much.

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I have a 1/2 decaf 1/2 caf coffee from starbucks every morning....i tried to cut caffeine out totally but it didnt work

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Oh - also had to add (my brain works slow)...

My doctor advised that when I eat foods high calcium and/or iron that I avoid having the soda (caffeine) at the same time. So for example - I love steak - eat it whenever I can - so she said to make sure that when I eat it not to have a soda because the caffeine effects the body's absorption of the nutrients from the meat. I hope I got that right

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I have one cup of regualr coffee everyday (I'd be dead if I didn't) and sometimes 1 cup of decaf tea or coffee later in the morning or in the afternoon.

I don't drink soda nor eat chocolate.

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My doctor said one cup of coffee a day is fine. I can't stomach coffee (as much as I miss it) so I usually will have a glass of soda instead for a little caffeine.

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I still have it. I have a cup every morning of coffee-sometimes two and occasionally some soda, though not every day, only if Im around it.

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I drink a half cup of coffee in the morning and just recently I started drinking a cup of tea at night becouse I have a really bad soar throat and it helps.

Message edited 1/25/2007 10:26:50 AM.

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When I was PG my doc said 1 cup of coffee is fine. I'm not a coffee drinker so I went online to look up the caffeine content of other beverages. 1 cup of coffee (8oz) is 200mg of caffeine; 1 cup of tea is 35mg; 1 can of cola (12oz) is 50mg. These are all approximate of course, based on how strong or weak you make your coffee and tea, but I used it as a guide and never had more than 200mg of caffeine a day.

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I have 1/2 cup to 1 cup of coffee most days. Some days I skip it altogether. Today I skipped the coffee because I wanted an iced tea/lemonade mix. I drink water, decaf tea or other non-caf beverages for the rest of the day.

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I cut it out altogether. It's killing me!!!! I'm not a coffee drinker, but would drink *tons* of Diet Pepsi everyday. I also found out that drinking diet soda was bad (not just because of the caffeine) because of the sugar substitutes. Somehow sugar substitutes are bad for the baby.

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I don't have it, I'm too nervous!

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I cut it out a long time ago because of my heart palpitations.

No I'm not really missing it at all.

Wine on the other hand, I'm missing quite a bit!!

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Posted by KateDevine

Posted by waterspout4

Somehow sugar substitutes are bad for the baby.

Sugar substitues are bad for everyone

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i cut coffee out before TTC, but now i will have a cup every once in a while and some cappuccino maybe once a week, i now drink decaf tea, and don't eat much chocolate