How Strict are you with your Caffeine intake?

i was doing so well in the beginning...i was having one small cup of coffee a day and that was it.
Lately however i have had this yearning for soda (i dont drink diet and i know restuarants dont usually offer ceffeine free) so i have not only been drinking coffee, but soda too

its not every single day but more than i feel i should be.
how strict are you girls with this?

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i have 1 small cup a day... i rarely finish it though... i only have soda on the weekends because i dont drink coffee on the weekends... i do try to drink caffeine free if i remember

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I sometimes have one cup - sometimes two. I havent been that strict.

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before being pregnant i only drank coffee and water....very very rarely anything else (outside of alchohol that is). So i just switched to decaf coffee. I didnt find too much of a difference so it has been easy for me.

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During the week I drink 1 small cup in the morning at work and on the weekends I have one cup of half caff coffee. For the rest of the day though, I'm pretty disciplined about being caffeine free. In all fairness though, I rarely drank soda even before I got pregnant.

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I have a decent cup in the am but that's it.

I don't drink soda, I have one snapple a week and the rest is water.

I couldn't drink coffee for a few months in the beginning though because it made me throw up.

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sometimes i'll get a decaf mocha frapp or a small decaf coffee at work, but it's not everyday. i never really drank too much soda before so now i drink it even less. if im in the mood for soda when we go out to eat, i'll just get a sprite. but i drink a lot of water.

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I have a small coffee every morning. I'm not strict really but I just can't finish a larger coffee anymore.

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I drink water mostly, but will have unsweetened iced tea when I need something else. Some days I have none, other days I'll suck down 1-2 big gulp sizes...all depends on my mood and if I need a fix, LOL!

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I seem to want soda too and have been drinking more then I did with my 1st pregnancy. I really need to cut it out :)

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I don't drink coffee anymore, the thought of it makes me , but I'm sure I'll get over that. I can go days w/o caffeine, but sometimes I need a Coke or fresh iced tea for my stomach. I'm having a coke right now.

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As I approach my 2nd trimester, I am getting less obsessed. I have 1 cup a day in the morning and lately I have been having a soda here and there. My doctor said 2 cups a day is fine.

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I'm playing it safe. I weened off caffeine before I got pregnant. I drink mostly decaf coffee and tea now. I watch my intake very carefully.

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My treat that I allow myself is an iced decaf mocha swirl latte from Dunkin Donuts. I know. I'm bad. But it's sooooooo good. And there's chocolate syrup in it, which probably has more caffeine than the coffee. Is that really bad?? Yikes!

As for soda, I usually go for Sprite or Caffeine Free Pepsi/Coke - but that's every once in awhile.

I like iced tea, too, but I have a hard time finding caffeine free.

I probably should be more cautious of my caffeine intake... true confessions.

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i sneak some chocolate here and there, but havnet touched any coffee or caffeine soda

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I'm not very strict. Honestly, all the research I read said that in moderation it's totally safe and that's what my doctor said too. Some days I have a cup of tea some days I have two, and then other days I don't have any. I'll have a coffee or a latte here and there, I'm never a huge coffee drinker. I also was obsessed with fountain coke during my first trimester and I never had soda pre-pregnancy. I would not stress about a cup of coffee and soda in a day. I try to keep it below 200 mg a day, but even then the research on caffeine intake during pregnancy seemed really loose to me. In general I'd lay of redbulls, but in moderation I think it's just fine for me.

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I used to drink a cup a day (of sumatra which may be stronger) sometimes 2 cups. I tried quitting caffeine a few weeks before my BFP and had maybe 5 cups spread throughout my first tri. I've had about 1-2 cups a week in second tri.

I'm trying to minimize it but some days I really need it!!

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I am not strict at all.

I think something like 300mg a day is what is considered safe and there are only 46mg in a can of diet coke.

I tried to get "off" diet coke and I literally would have rather died than felt like that. I swear I was going through withdrawel and felt like absolute CR*P.

That being said I never have more than 2 a day..... and that is the only caffiene (other than chocolate) I drink.

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I've honestly been pretty good with it.
I've been drinking decaf if I have coffee or I have caff free coke if I really want soda. I was never a soda drinker before pregnancy, but it's my one consistent craving!

If I'm out and I really want soda... i allow myself a glass. I know it stinks that they don't have caff free out!! UGH!! But if you have it once in a while it's not so bad.

I wouldn't worry too much about it!

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I was never a big coffee drinker to begin with so it is easy for me. I can see it being torture though for someone who enjoys it.

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All the books / sites / doctors say that 200mg a day is the upper limit of okay. That's one or two cups of coffee (depending on size and strength) every day.

It's also 5 cans of Coke, 4 bottles of Snapple, or a few solid pounds of milk chocolate.

Girls who are feeling guilty about having a cup of soda every now and then - really, you have NOTHING to worry about, according to the medical research. You'd have to drink more than 5 cups of soda a day, every day, to go against doctor's orders.

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Haven't had any...except for chocolate
I drink decaf coffe and tea sometimes. Been dying for iced tea.