thread: Did you drink coffee while you were pregnant?

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  1. #1
    Peach Guest

    I went cold turkey .. but easily switched to hot chocolate!!! YUM!!

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Oct 2006
    Sydney
    4,081

    Last pregnancy I had one nearly every day, except towards the end because I was too hot (it was summer).
    This pregnancy I really haven't felt like it at all. Perhaps once the nausea abates some more (read: nausea - you had BETTER abate some more, LOL!) I will go back to one small but well-made coffee a day.

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Apr 2008
    Melbourne
    6,745

    I still have my 1 real coffee every morning - I did last pregnancy and while BF. I was never told to go off it completely and I think the nervous breakdown I would suffer if I did would cause more harm to the baby than 1 cup of coffee a day!

    Also I work 3-4 days per week and if I didn't have a cup of coffee before work I would be completely useless.

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Mar 2005
    Sydney, NSW
    3,352

    I didnt touch coffee for first 17 weeks, yuk, but now I have one or two a day. One is always decaf from shops (decaf through the water process) and very rarely I'll have an instant. If the coffee shop doesn't do water decaf (much healthier process) I will get a weak latte.
    xo

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Jan 2008
    geelong
    25

    hi all, i ALWAYS have 1 latte a day and the other times in the day i drink cafene free herbal tea. couldnt do without my latte per day

  6. #6
    SugarDust Guest

    If I had to give up caffene that would mean having to give up coke too!

    Me and no caffene = major headache and a pain in someones bum!

  7. #7

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
    12,662

    I went cold turkey .. but easily switched to hot chocolate!!! YUM!!
    Funnily enough chocolate has caffeine in it too but not so much as coffee.

    For those who are interested there is a list of the amounts of caffeine in different drinks etc here.
    They list brewed coffee but not espresso. I think that espresso has less than brewed because it is a quick process. I know that tea has more caffeine if you let it brew for longer and I assume the same is true for coffee.

  8. #8
    Registered User

    Feb 2006
    Mornington Peninsula, Vic
    1,624

    yep, I am a one a day person too - real coffee - I asked my doctor she said it was fine - all about moderation and I figure there are worse things I could be doing.

    Laurin x

  9. #9
    Registered User

    Oct 2008
    Thirroul, NSW, Originally Cornwall, UK
    249

    I used to love drinking starbucks coffee before I got pregnant - Then I just couldn't face it anymore. Even though I didn't really get morning sickness I just went completely off certain things - the most surprising to me was baked beans - I used to eat them about 3 times a week before then! Anyway I think during the last 30 weeks I've had maybe one coffee, but made with only half a shot because I can't drink it if its strong anymore!