caffeine- be honest now ladies!

[poppykat]

Treat myself to a can of diet coke every other day (used to drink 3-4 a day! )

Also love my tea but have switched to decaf so I can have more! Probably have about 3 cups a day now.

 

[modo]

I guess Ii get caffeine from chocolate but I don't have any drinks.

 

[WhosThatGirl]

I have usually 1 sometimes 2 cans of soda a day and all other fluids are water. I do drink a ton of water, but also let myself have caffeine when I want it.

 

[trying4#1]

i think what you describe as your daily caffeine intake is similar to mine (although i have coca cola only when we go out for a meal)...im not saying our intake it right/wrong but i think anything that is taken in moderation should be fine...make sure you are drinking plenty of water to cancel out the diuretic effects of the caffeine.

 

[kitten.k]

one tea per week, chocolate 5 times a week, and even though soda makes me sick as a dog i try a sip every now and then to see if the effects go away (it's hard seeing as the only thing i would drink pre-pregnancy was soda.)

 

[greenlady]

I think I have too much, 1-2 cups of coffee at work, mostly they go cold about halfway down so I'd say about 1 strong coffee on average, (used to have about 3 sometimes 4 before). Plus a cup of tea every other day and the odd diet coke. I nibble on chocolate sometimes but never really have a whole bar. I drink fruit and peppermint tea in the afternoon and evening.

 

[3boys]

I am so terrible, its my one downfall as I am addicted to coke at the moment, I would drink over a litre some days.

 

[MiissMuffet]

I have a coffee in the mornings. i didn't in 1st tri though

 

[1sttimemummy]

i drink 1 a day of normal tea and the rest de-caf tea, havent had a coffee or much coke but i cant give up choc

 

[minichicky]

I have about 4 cups of decaffinated tea a day, a coke when I fancy it, probably 1 a week if that. My downfall is chocolate. I eat a bar nearly every day!!!

 

[Unicus]

I'm on decaf coffee and I don't drink tea much. I have a can of coke maybe once a week, if that, and I never have energy drinks as I don't like them. So I guess i'm doing pretty good on the caffeine front. I think most of my intake probably comes from chocolate and I don't even eat much of that in a week x

 

[Freyasmum]

OMG. You all are making me look so bad!!
I have coffee most days (a 'real' one, not instant) and usually 4 or 5 cups of tea. Sometimes more.
I did go off coffee completely in first tri.

 

[kitabird]

I've switched to decaf tea and don't like coffee anyway so that's not an issue. My caffeine sin is chocolate! Don't think I eat enough of it to be a problem...although I do eat a lot

 

[chele]

it's one thing I've been good with. I have caffeine free diet coke, water and when I go to Starbucks I have caffeine free coffee. I occassionally slip up and forget to order de-caf, but that's once a month or so.

(Ps I am reeeeeeeeally bad with other things)

 

[ProudMum]

im in the 1st tri still and I have about 4 cups of tea a day

 

[Vicyi]

OMG i m terrible! I NEVER drank coffee/tea/coke anything before i got pregnant and in the first tri but since hitting second tri im addicted to coke
I have at least 2 glasses a day but have also had upto 4 on some days! I know that isnt THAT much to some people but i feel like its loads for me as im just not used to it!
Trying to be good now though and just have the 1! LOol. x

 

[Jadeyydoe]

I don't actually drink caffine, never really did before pregnancy and still don't
I used to have an energy drink once in a while or a tea and still do.
Although I wont be having another energy drink until after pregnancy I had one the other day and The baby was so hyper it was making me feel sick, I put the doppler on and the heartbeat was abit faster and it was kicking and running around like mad!!
No wonder I felt sick lol

 

[JessiHD]

It varies. Sometimes I'm naughty and have two mugs of tea and a can of diet coke, or even three mugs of tea but usually I have one or two mugs of tea a day. Some days I have none, usually the weekend when I don't need to be very awake!

 

[jolou]

il be honest, in 1st tri i changed to decaff everything, even coke if i was having a drink out (we dont really buy coke cos sophie would want it constantly) now il have 3 maybe 4 cups of tea in the day but have decaff milky coffee if i have coffee, ive been off it of late anyway. In the evenings i change to decaff tea. When out i always have decaff coffee/latte as mum only drinks decaff and its easier to ask for 2 decaffs lol.

Now when i was pregnant with sophie i was never ever told not to have too much caffiene (maybe things changed in 5 yrs?) and i had about 5/6 cups of coffee/tea a day and ate chocolate all the time (explains why i was huge lol).

 

[Janiepops]

I LOVE that I saw this thread! I've been watching my intake sooo carefully, and I've been dying for extra cups of tea some days, but denied myself them But seeing as a lot of yous are being naughty, then I'm joining you!

Hahahaha i'll stick the kettle on then??