What do you drink?

I am not pregnant yet, but lately I've been worrying what I will drink when I do become PG.

right now, I am an addict to diet sodas, but its mostly sprite. Reducing caffiene will not really be an issue, as I already made the switch to decaf coffee this summer.

I think i am mainly concerned about the artificial sweeteners. Is splenda allowed? and how much?

What should I be looking to avoid in the ingredients on the drinks I buy?

Thanks in advance ladies!!!

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i drink OJ with calcium, apple cider, cranberry juice, milk (sometimes with chocolate), and tons of water.

i stay away from soda, coffee and tea

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what about those "light" juices? Are they made with splenda?

I really do not want to be drinking a lot of sugar.

Does anyone drink those fruit20's?

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you can have artifical sweetners like splenda in moderation.

Personally, I cut out all articial sweetners cause they give me a headache while pg.

I still drink caffeine every once in awhile, decaf tea, oj-which i absolutely love-, juices, watered down juices, and water.

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i drink lots of water... fortified OJ and milk in the AM... iced tea, lemonade, sprite... you can have caffeine in moderation as well as splenda.

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You're aloud to drink Sprite, Root Beer, gingerale, etc. Anything that is caffeine free. You can have caffeine, but you need to limit it. Juices always work.

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so I guess fruit20's are ok in moderation and watered down juices would be ok.

does anyone drink the vitamin waters?

or the gatorade propel?

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I drank gatorade propel during my first trimester when water tasted like garbage to me. There are no sweetners in there, at least that I read, sucrose is in there i do believe-which is a form of sugar, and not artificial.

During that morning sickness I also drank lots of gatorade, my magic elixir

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thanks! I just looked up the ingredients too! nothing artificial and its not too terrible in the caloric dept.!

I've just never been one to "drink" my calories, I'd rather eat them!!!! LOL

thank you ladies for all of your help!

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Your welcome! I'm with you, i'd rather eat a cheeseburger than drink the same amount :)

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seltzer, water, chocolate milk and sometimes 7 Up or Root BEer. I try to stay away from soda because I don't want too much sugar and I won't drink diet because of the chemicals.

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This has been the hardest thing for me because I'm a Diet Dr Pepper freak.

I try to change it up because I don't like much else, but I've been drinking water, Snapple fruit punch or lemonade, decaf tea, yoohoo and I still have a regular soda now and then to satisfy the caffeine cravings.

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I am mostly a water drinker with a cup of coffee each morning during the week. Soda sometimes but not often.

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I was a major Diet Coke fiend - I'm talking about for breakfast... the month before we decided to try I went cold turkey on it. I didn't want the asparteme (sp?).

To help out with my headache from lack of caffeine - I drank tons of water.

You're smart to look into this now - if you consider that you've had your eggs since birth, the healthy lifestyle before you get pregnant counts as much as when you are pregnant.

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OJ, apple juice, juicy juice, water, milk, sode rarely, coffee once a day (small)

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I drink 1 cup of coffee a day and then water the rest of the time unless my stomach is bothering me. Then I drink ginger ale or coke.

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Fortified OJ, apple juice, lite cranberry juice, Decaf coffee on occassion, mostly water and sometimes Sierra Mist/ Sprite. I avoid all diet sodas. Oh I forgot to say alot of Skim Plus Milk

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water, vitamin water, OJ, and tons of milk.

I switched my diet coke habit, to caffeine free coke, but I only allow myself one a day (max).

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oj, water, chamomile tea at night, any kind of juice (the cranberry blends are good for you!), lemonade, I do the occasional sweet tea or caffeinated soda, MILK SHAKES!

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I drink a lot more water now than I ever have in my life. It seems all I care to drink. Seltzer, iced-t in the morning instead of a cup of coffee, juices, but mainly water.

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Mainly water. Now that i'm sick hot tea, but I try not to drink too much since it's a diarretic. Chocolate milk, I can't get the plain kind down. I've never been a juice drinker, I actually drink orange KoolAid. No caffine and real sugar. I water it down so it's not so sweet. DH used to make fun of me, but now he drinks it too.

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I do either water or 1/2 & 1/2 of water & apple juice or water & orange juice.

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Keep in mind that diet soda has aspartame not splenda which most dr's recommend not using(aspartame I mean) When I was PG I cut out soda all together and i am a huge diet soda person. I drank water. I also bought like a low cal/low sugar fruit punch and mixed that with bottled water abouit 1/3 punch and the rest water. I also drank flavored seltzer and water with lemon and decaf iced tea with splenda

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I've been drinking a lot of flavored seltzer (has no artificial sweeteners) and I've tried to move to decaf coffee. Once I'm in the 2WW I'll only have a small decaf in the morning- if I find out i'm pregnant its only herbal tea going forward!