It drives me mad to be told what we can and can't eat or drink these days. As far as the coffee debate goes I reckon people have been drinking it for hundreds of years, and many countries have it as a staple part of their everyday diet and it's only recently that we've been told about its possible 'unproven' link to miscarriage. Women coffee drinkers have been drinking tea/coffee and eating chocolate for generations, and having babies successfully throughout. I mean, I have cut down on coffee (one cup in the morning now), I sometimes drink tea (which has 50% of the caffeine in coffee I believe) and have some chocolate (which has even less caffeine than tea) but I am absolutely sure that my caffeine intake has had absolutely no connection to my m/c. I feel obliged to cut down on it, just in case though.
It's just one more thing that 'they' throw at us and we spend anxious hours worrying about it, in addition to everything else that we go over in our minds that might have caused us to lose our precious babies, when actually it was probably a genetic cause more than anything else. (Sorry if it sounds like a rant, it really isn't. I just refuse to feel guilty about one single thing that has not been proven...in fact the evidence just seems to go the other way as far as I'm concerned).
I live a healthy lifestyle, eat well and keep fairly fit. My job is quite stressful, and just before Christmas was particularly stressful, so if anything (other than genetics) caused my m/c it would be that. I just strongly feel (personally) that what happened to me was meant to happen. My mind is at ease as far as 'if I could have prevented it from happening' because I truly think I couldn't. I don't know whether I'm right or wrong of course...
Flippin' 'eck I've blabbered on! Sorry
Hope you've all had a good day- anyone feeling pg yet (symptoms?) We so need a BFP to boost us all![]()







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