Still drinking coffee?

[JamieX]

I know researchers say its ok to still take caffeine, just a cup ot 2 per day is safe, but is there still anyone refraining from it caffeine?

I am working and I feel really exhausted at times and I can't focus. If I try to hard, I would end up getting really bad headaches...

I am still taking like one cup (not the expresso cups, haha), every couple of days....

Happy holidays everyone...hope everyone is feeling great with their little or not so little bumps!!!

 

[turbo_mom]

I was never a big coffee drinker before I was pregnant so while I was pregnant I didn't really have any coffee. I had the occassional Iced Cappucino but thats it. I didn't even want coffee anyways. A couple cups of coffee per day is OK though. But I wouldn't rely on it to keep you awake. I think the only cure for that is for YOU missy to get more rest and relaxation so you can focus better. Don't want to over work yourself.

 

[JamieX]

hey steph(turbo mum), it's so great to hear from you....

I was like looking forward to seeing some updates about you and your miracle...

Hope everything is just going good for ya....(hugz)

 

[turbo_mom]

everything is great Thanks hun!

 

[Deise]

I still drink a Red Bull once in a while but only for taste...
Hey Steph, good to see ya! Come around here more often!

 

[PurestFeeling]

I used to drink coffee all the time but I don't now. I'll still drink a glass or two of coke or mountian dew whenever we go out to eat but that's only once every few weeks.

 

[JamieX]

argghhh, i am like dying for red bull!!! tell me about it!

 

[luckyme225]

I still have a coffee in the morning... gave it up for the first tri though. I feel like it helps me get through work better. I'm missing my afternoon red bull though =(

 

[staceymy]

hey in the first few months of my pregnancy i totaly went off coffee. but these last few weeks i cant get enough of it! i do try to limit it tho... but last couple of days i cant stomach it again! x x x

 

[Sara]

I also couldn't stomach it in the first try but now I miss that morning cuppa, be it coffee or tea, so I bought decaf of both. When I run out of decaf I allow myself one or two cups a day max of normal coffee or tea.

 

[Tezzy]

i dont drink any caffine whislt pregnant

 

[anita665]

I cut right back when I first found out I was pregnant and switched to decaf tea and coffee but later on I read somewhere else that there is no evidence that caffine has much effect at all and I drink coffee like normal now.

 

[supernurse]

I used to be a megga coffee fan, but totally went off it, even before I found out I was pregnant but I didn't click. I remember my partners mum saying to me "are you pregnant" I was like no way, how did she know.

I'm on to tea now, but only 2-3 cups a day. My weakness is coke, can't stand any coke except the full fat stuff, bad I know. x

 

[JamieX]

i did substitute my morning coffees for teas during most of my first trimester and early second tri, but recently i just felt like drinking them again in the mornings...I'll have half a cup and dump the rest...and i'm trying my best to only have them 3-4 times a week at the max...

thanks guys!

 

[beanie]

A bit of caffeine is fine, dammit I can't live without tea, coke or chocolate

 

[Margerle]

Cut back some, DH read about artificial sweetners, and has told me nay nay for softdrinks, but I get one or so a week

I had a huge problem with getting enough water... I got dehydrated twice in about 6 weeks... so now I've really tried hard to get a lot of water in. It really has made a big difference in how I feel, and how energetic I am. Funny enough when I would normally drink coffee (a natural diuretic-which makes dehydration worse) I now drink water, and am almost more ALERT than the artifical alertness I got with coffee.

 

[PitBullMommy]

I didn't have any caffine in the first tri, but now I'll have one cup a week of soda or coffe.

 

[JamieX]

i feel kinda guilty gals...ever since i was preggy, my urge to have soda drinks were much stronger than before...i know it does more harm than good, but i really couldn't control myself...

ok, i will from now onwards, cut down all soda drinks and coffee only once or twice a week.
i hope its not too late...

 

[Tam]

I used to drink mainly Pepsi Max, so when I got PG I tried to cut down, which I did managed but I had to do it over a couple of weeks as I was getting very bad headaches. But I still had a glass or 2 a day and I also started to fancy coffee, which I never used to drink, so I never avoided it completely, I just cut right back. x

 

[Linzi]

Ive only started drinking coffee since I got pregnant, I never used to like it before. i try to stick two 2 or 3 cups a day but I also drink a 2 litre bottle of water at work so Im not getting dehydrated.

Probably not a good thing to do, but I cant stay awake

xxx