On my phone so I can't see how far along you are but if it's any consolation, my obs told me I could drink it again in the 3rd tri... Only one a day though!
Can you just go cold turkey - cut it out completely???
In both my pregnancies I have totally gone off coffee at around 6 weeks (morning sickness and I just found the taste and smell too strong). Perhaps you may also find it less appealing as you progress? Initially though, I loved my coffee. What has helped me is thinking "if my new born baby was lying next to me now, would I be giving them a flat white?". That thought usually deters me during my moments of weakness. It is hard and I wish you strength - it is only 9 months of perseverance and I think it is worth it. Having said that, one a day is just fine
I feel your pain! Coffee is my one vice in life. It is so so so so so so so incredibly hard.
In the first tri, I just went cold turkey. Decaf or nothing, and decaf is so fricken awful that I would have preferred to rmove my tastebuds with sandpaper.
In the second tri, I went back to it, one every 48 hours at most, and I had the absolute best coffee I could find to make it truly worthwhile. It was blissful.
In the third tri, I thought I'd have a go at one a day, but again, only really good stuff IF the opportunity came about. Just this week though, I've found that it really affects my sleep, so coffee is gone again
In between, I swore like a wharfie at my DH every time he had one. So he started having his elsewhere - and that was the key. Avoid situations where you would normally have a coffee. So if you're meeting friends, try and meet them for a walk, or an icy pole or something. Pretend for a while that coffee doesn't even exist. See if that helps.
I'm here for you, mate. It's the hardest thing in the world.Edit: OK, maybe that's not true. I'm sure giving up heroin is harder. But I really really love coffee.
Many years ago we were told to cut down the amount of coffee we drank not give it up.
If it's to hard, try and cut out a cup every few days so it's not such a shock to the system. I'm not a fan of decaf as there are alot of things added to change it. Have you tried iced tea, I like the peach & raspberry ones.
Ever since i had DD2, over 20 years ago, I cannot drink strong coffee as it makes me feek sick.
i found those lipton chai latte things that come in little packets worked for me, coz even tho they're not coffee they're still hot, sweet and milky so it was still satisfying.
carry a water bottle with you EVERYWHERE! you'll find that you'll drink from it just coz it's in your hand. thats how i quit smoking a couple of years ago and started drinking at least 3L of water a day, and i'm so so so much healthier for it today. Becuase your full of water, you wont want your coffee so much.
I found a good way to cut down when you're making instant is half regular half decaf...get used to the lesser amount and then gradually increase the amount of decaf vs "leaded"...over a period of several weeks you can get down to quite a small amount.
I have gone off hot coffee but I drnk a glass of Ice break (iced coffee) evey morning - its the only think that makes me feel ok to start the day (after my morning spew session!) my OB said one or 2 coffees a day is fine - If I have a hot coffee I will only have decaffe - it takes a while to change but now I cant drink "leaded" coffee any more - I also drink decaffe tea as well... you get used to it pretty fast.
Maccona decaffe is awesome!
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