Bad mommy to be over here..

The only way I could wake up this morning was to have a large coffee. I'm trying to cut it down, but I couldn't function without it.

Now my heart is racing a mile a minute.

Do you know exactly how that effects the baby?

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You are allowed to have some caffine intake.

Your little one is probably just doing swimming races in your uterus.

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I drink a med coffee from dunkin donuts each day. One cup a day is fine and personally I think it is better for the baby then the migraines I would fight if I didn't have it. People are so paranoid these days.

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Don't worry about it...your allowed to have a certain amount of caffiene a day.

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i have a cup a day. my dr said it was okay.

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I have 1/2 a thermos en route to work each day. I have read that they really only worry if you consume more than 350 mgs of caffeine a day, and there are supposedly 100-150 in a cup of coffee. You are not a bad mommy at all!

***Disclaimer: I don't really know what I am talking about, but I read that.

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I drink a small cup of coffee daily, since second trimester. I can't function other wise.


I think occasionally is OK.. but I read that excessive caffeen leads to abortions - but it has to be a LOT of caffeein.

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I drank 2 cups a day for my entire PG. Don't worry about it

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There have been a few articles lately about how even decaf has some caffeine it...and my doctor says decaf is totally fine. I think you are fine with one cup of caffeine a day.

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I drink a cup a day...my Dr said it's fine. My SIL's Dr. said up to 24 oz...each Dr is different! I wouldn't worry!

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Most of the studies I have seen that link caffeine use to miscarriage involved women who were drinking 5+ cups a day, which probably isn't great for anyone.

My doctor told me a cup a day. i usually don't have it, or if I want coffee I'll have half caff because like you, I get too wired from it now. There is nothing wrong with one cup though.

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In "What to Expect When You're Expecting" it says that 2 to 3 cups of coffee a day is cool as long as you aren't doing Starbucks type coffee. A home brewed coffee is PERFECTLY ok!

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I still have my 1-2 cups of coffee a day. My dr. told me 1 cup was okay, but I've read that up to 300 something milligrams of caffeine a day is okay.

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I don't drink coffee but the only thing I've really craved my entire pg so far is Coke. I usually have about 1 can a day, sometimes I'll have a 20 oz bottle. I figure everything in moderation.

I don't think one cup of coffee is horrible. My aunt drank 2-3 cups every day during her pg (she is a coffee fiend who drinks 5-6 cups every day) and my cousin is just fine.

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I wouldn't worry. I reently started drinking a grande half caf every morning, and I can definitely feel the effects with my energy. But my Dr. recommended it, becaus eof my constant headaches.

I had a reaction a few weeks ago, before I started drinking coffee- I had a grande chai latte- which I thought was decaf. My heart was racing all day- I was on crack.
I had a Dr. appointment about a week pater, and baby was fine.

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Thanks. I've been really careful with the coffee and eating a little better, but this morning I really needed some serious caffeine.

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If you're having this size coffee often, then I would say that there is a concern for the baby... but if you're being careful, and you needed a boost today.... Don't worry honey - we all go through those days where we need a boost. I'm probably gonna need some tonight. I have to go into work, and Brian was up all night coughing.....