Coffee while TTC - did you? Do you? Do you think it matters?

[Jakabella]

So we are TTC number 2! YAY!

BUT im struggling with trying to cut out my coffee! DD is nealry 17 months old and I am working 2 days a week and I find I need my daily coffee!
One the days I work I buy a coffee from the bakery but other than that I only drink 1 instant a day and maybe 2 tea's a day. I find I need the caffine hit these days!
When I was TTC DD I went off all caffine - but I just cant this time around!

So Did you go off caffine / coffee when TTC?

If not how mach did you drink?

Do you think it made a difference?

Cheers
Kate

[STARRYSKY]

I didnt, I was drinking probably 3 instants a day as well as..... a bottle of V (high energy/caffeine drink) I continued with that throughout my pregnancy too...

[Mildez]

I did all the stop drinking coke and coffee but now at the 2yr mark still trying to concieve I am back to drinking Coffee. At the moment 1-2 a day and I will probably continue that until I get a BFP and then stop. Don't know what good it will do but.

[Roryrory]

I drank coffe while TTC all of my children. I stopped completely once pregnant though/

[Arimeh]

Um no, never did anything different TTC from my normal life - just went about on my normal business - with more DTD chucked in .. haha

So no - didn't make a difference to me.

And woohoo btw

[Jakabella]

Thanks ladies!
Im not doing much out of the ordinary either - all though I am trying to eat better but that for me as well as a new bubba.

I have heard and read that some ppl believe that to much caffine can stop you from ovulating..
There is a "safe" amount that you can drink while TTC and preg isnt there?
I must admit that while I was preg I could not get enough Iced Coffee so I drank i bottle a day! So I guess that amount was ok for me!

K xox

[Nai]

No I never stopped drinking my 1 real coffee every day - not when TTC and not when pregnant and not when breastfeeding and not ever

Seeing that I never stopped I can't say that anything made a difference but I didn't have any trouble TTC so I assume that the coffee wasn't an issue.

[OceanPrincess]

Looks like I'm different to everyone else!

I did stop drinking coffee while TTC #1 and #2. I also continued to stop (lol does that make sense?) for the first tri... then eased back into it.

DH read somewhere that any drugs, including caffeine and acohol, can do the most damage in the first tri, on top of possibly affecting conception, so we decided to stop together. He figured that was fair

My philosophy was that it probably wouldn't do anything if I did continue but that whatever I could try and do to help the process wasn't a bad thing.

Not that I'm saying anything negative at all about continuing... now that I'm into my third tri I'm back on coffee, 1 or 2 a day, and even a half glass of wine every now and then.

To each their own!

[Elocin]

My philosophy was that it probably wouldn't do anything if I did continue but that whatever I could try and do to help the process wasn't a bad thing.

I feel the same way... I've switched to decaf in the last couple of months because it's coming up to 12 months since we started TTC.

In saying that DH and myself only ever drink one cup of coffee a day each.

Every now and then I'll have a normal cup - if Im with someone who doesn't know I'm TTC it's too hard to explain why I'm on decaf!!

I think as long as you're not drinking to excess it's ok...

As OceanPrincess says, each to their own!

[fionas]

I've never done anything special or given anything up to TTC, despite my age.

However, if I'd had problems getting pregnant you can bet that I would have been doing everything recommended including giving up everything that you're meant to give up and taking any weird herbal concoction.

Generally though, I think that most people won't have problems even if they maintain their caffeine habits.

[Rainbow_Mumma]

I gave up coffee earlier this year when I found out I was pregnant after my miscarriage I still can't stomach it, we always take a while to concieve so I'm hoping it makes a difference but I have heard it takes a few months to really take effect with your body