Diet Coke Addicts?

I'm a diet coke drinker...on average one a day or one every two days.
Out of everything this is going to be the hardest thing for me to give up.
Just wondering what other diet coke drinkers are drinking now??????
I was never a big fan of drinking water, bad, i know...maybe i can aquire a taste for it.

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I wasn't a big soda drinker but just wanted to say what I drink now because I have been craving soda since I became pregnant. I think it is more because I can't have it..haha I put lemon juice in my water which really helps. I also drink Mug Root Beer sometimes because it is caffeine free and it takes care of my craving for soda. I have orange juice or chocolate milk. It is mostly water with lemon juice though.

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I'm obsessed with soda so it was one of the hardest things for me to give up. I don't have diet soda, but I do have regular soda every couple of days. I always take sips of my husbands diet soda when we go out to eat and it tastes amazing....

I drink a lot of seltzer now because I love the carbonation.

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I'm a BIG Diet Coke drinker so when I was PG with DD this past year, I drank 2 a day. Well, I at least switched to Diet Caffeine free Coke. I also had a large Sweet Tea everyday from McDonalds at lunch time. I still needed my caffeine. As long as my doc said it was ok, I drank or ate it. It's all in moderation so it was ok. Now with my 1st son I did everything by the book, 2nd son, not so much and the 3rd baby, forget it! You live and learn!

ETA: I do have to add that this was posted when I was PG and I was one of only a few PG women on here that drank Diet soda still. Not sure how much that has changed. But I've had the same OB/GYN with all 3 babies and trust her completely. And my DD is such a happy smiley baby!

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I switched to Regular soda when I got pregnant. I average maybe 1 a day...It was probably the only thing I drank before getting pregnant.

I didnt stop with DS at all....limited but never cut it out all together. This time I didnt have any my first trimester because it made me feel so bloated, but by 2nd tri I was so sick of water I needed something to quench that sweet/bubbly desire! The rest of the day though I drink water, even though I can't stand water!

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I drink 1 diet coke a day - with my son it was afew a week in the 2nd and 3rd trimester but he is fine - you are allowed a little caffine - i drink enough water and i can'tstand sugar drinks- and diabetics can have it

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I am a totally addict! In the 1st tri though anything but water made me so sick! Now though I crave it and do give in 1-2 times a week!

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I usd to have about 4 to 6 Diet Cokes a day - sometimes a lot more, sometimes slightly less.

I gave it up cold turkey about a month before the BFP and substituted it with iced tea.

Since being PG, I allow myself one iced tea a day, and drink a lot of Vitamin Water, plain water and flavored seltzer.

Honestly, I miss it occasionally.....but I'll never go back to drinking it regularly now that I've kicked the habit.

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Naturally flavored seltzer (watch out b/c some have artificial sweetners).

7-11 Cola & Cherry slurpees hit the spot when Im really craving soda! (probably worse than just having a glass of Coke, but soooo good!)

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I'm a hugee diet soda drinker! I still allow myself 1 per day! I feel everything in moderation is okay...it is not like I'm hooking up an IV

Outside of that one diet soda though I drink mostly water, juices, sierra mist natural and sobe lifewater because it is naturally sweetened

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I still have diet soda once a day...I know I shouldn't but I am seriously addicted.

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First few weeks, before I was the DR I had NO diet soda. It was awful .

My Dr said I could have 2 caffineated drinks a day, a coffe and a diet soda for example.

He said a can of diet coke a day was totally fine. I sometimes have a little more

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yes diet coke addict right here! I gave it up completely with DD until probably later in the second tri. then I had maybe one or two a week.\This time around I have one a day, caffeine free. I love it so much and my dr said in moderation it was fine.

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I'm not at all a soda drinker. BUT this pregnancy the one craving I'm having is SODA!!
and COKE!

I've been drinking caffeine free coke on occasion. I don't drink it daily.. but I def had more glasses of it this pregnancy then probably in the last 5 years combined. I normally don't like soda and it makes me sick. All of a sudden it just feels soooo good!!

I can't drink diet at all while pregnant. It just tastes funny to me. Actually normally i can have all sorts of diet foods... but now that I'm pregnant they all just taste fake to me. I have to have the real thing or I can't even eat it. It's strange.

I say have your caffeine free soda on occasion. try to cut back, but allow yourself to have it.
And you never know... you might not like soda all of a sudden. Pregnancy does strange things!!

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Oh God.

I tried to quit my addiction to Diet Coke and felt like absolute crap.

I have one a day, sometimes 2 and even THAT is tough.

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I'm a regular coke addict!

I drank it everyday with both pregnancies. I definitely cut back but prob not as much as I should. It's the one thing i really dont think i could ever give up. I dont like anything else! I literally only drink water, oj and coke lol that's it

Terrible I know

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I see i'm not alone!
I will definitely cut back, but it seems like a can of decaf diet once in a while is just fine.

Maybe i'lll have one or two a week.

Sometimes, i put a little regular ice tea in my water, and it tastes soo much better. I really don't like plain water...its just too boring for me.

Thanks!!!!!

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This is me.. I love and live on Diet Coke!! I haven't had one since last week, I haven't had my coffee either. Making me very, very cranky!!

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I was an addict too-I gave it up almost entirely. It wasn't so much the caffeine, it was the Aspertame. If anything, I would opt for a regular coke or a caffeine free regular coke.