yeh coffee is a hard one. i used to drink quite a few coffee's a day as well, then when i was pg with DS1 i cut down to 1 or 2. with DD after a few weeks of being pregnant, i couldn't stomach it at all for the rest of the pregnancy. with this one, i'm managing one, sometimes 2 a day.
some of the idea's the other posters have said are good, like substituting half coffee half decaf. drinking more water is a good idea. and then maybe every 2nd or 3rd craving, have a herbal tea like chamomile or something.
it is hard, but i think the medical recommendations are no more than 3 coffees a day when you're pregnant. so if you could manage to cut just a few of your cups out that will make a difference. all the best!
An apple. Sounds strange, but some say it does the same job as caffeine. Maybe have a decaf and then an apple or vise versa.. youll still get the taste for it and also the effects.
hmm seems i missed the coffee is a no-no memo! lmao, given im onto my third bub you'd think this is something i would have heard!!
i still drink coffee like i always have, by the sounds of things this might not be good! i have about 4 coffees a day if i dont go visiting! u must be getting headaches? i always get headaches if i dont have my first coffee for the day until later
I never stopped drinking it but made sure I only had one good real coffee a day. First thing in the morning I swapped to tea and then had my coffee when I got to work. Morning tea I would do a Green tea with Jasmine and then in the afternoon a hot chocolate. I hate decaf but I like the idea of half normal/half decaf to get used to the idea if you are finding cutting down difficult.
As others have mentioned at around 6 weeks you might find that you lose the taste for coffee anyway.
Thanks for all the support & ideas. I've gone the hard road so far and gone cold turkey as I think I would talk myslef into having more than just one coffee.
So I've been having moccona decaf & some hot chocolate most days, and I have to say after having the hot chocolate..........the decaf keeps looking better and better
Life is good - thanks for that its a good point and one that I've remembered every time I think about it.
Well a friend that I normally have a coffee with has just started TTC again and is finding it hard to cut back on her coffee too, so we have been meeting for a walk and now a Moccona Decaf
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