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Are you drinking caffeine?
Since getting my BFP I have cut down to one small cup of tea per day. However today I was out for lunch with friends and someone ordered coffee for everyone. I had a small cup with lots of milk and it has left me feeling very jittery.
I am now thinking maybe I should cut caffeine out completely as I am terrified of having another MC.
Any advice welcome:\)
Posy
I am now thinking maybe I should cut caffeine out completely as I am terrified of having another MC.
Any advice welcome:\)
Posy
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Gemma and Double Blue Bump 31 + 3
I would drink 5/6 cups of tea each day and it hasn't done me any harm - or LO
I dont think the caffine levels in tea are high so i didnt see any reason to cut down.
AM xx
34 wks on wednesday
I didn't have any caffeine at all in the first trimester, the odd drink of coffee/tea in the second, and since being in the third I've had one caffeinated drink a day - usually a coffee.
If it makes you feel funny I would avoid it or have decaff though x
I'm now panicking because I didn't realise there was caffeine in chocolate as well and I definitely haven't been cutting back on that!
I will maybe try to lay off the tea for a couple of days and see how I feel. I think there will be some bad headaches thats for sure!
Lisa
29+3
I don't drink tea/coffee but I am a coke fan, and I like chocolate. For a while I couldn't drink coke as it made me feel ill but that lasted about 6 weeks and I'm OK now but I went off chocolate.
I think maybe because you have had a MC you are all the more nervous about doing everything right sweetheart. I can't begin to know how that feels as I've not been through it, but you have to trust your mind and body. If you want something, don't deny yourself it just have a little, but if you are worried theres no harm in going without xxx
How are you sweetie?
Just to say that I think you should try and have just one cup a day or the headaches you might get would be a nightmare, and then you would have all the worry and stress of painkillers and whether to take them!!!!
They say two coffees are in the rec limit and maybe more than that for tea, so sweetie please don't stress.
I know you doing all the right things and will be a fab mummy xxxx
I too have had a previous mmc. I'm preg again and am now 14 weeks. I do enjoy coffee but have swapped to decaff. I don't drink huge amounts but sometimes will have 3 in a day. Tea def has less caffine in it but the specialist nurse that i saw said that decaff coffee or tea was ok. Have you tried decaff tea? maybe that will put your mind at rest. I agree, not sure about the tea but decaff coffee doesn't taste any different. I also agree with not depriving yourself of anything but having it in moderation. As already mentioned cutting it out completely will prob give you headaches if you normally have it and then you'll have the whole dilemma about whether to take painkillers or not.
Believe me i truly understand your nervousness as i'm the same but i've found things a little easier since getting over my last hurdle and getting beyond 12 weeks. I know the worrying never goes away but you have to try to relax with some things as you and bubba will be a wreck, i hope you don't think i'm being too harsh but i'm speaking from experience and have learnt a few things about that from the lovely ladies on here who have suported me during the early days.
It is your decision though.
Take care honey,
SH 14+1 xxx
I think the coffee was just too much for me, I will definitely stick to tea from now on.
I had the coffee 5 hours ago and am now feeling sick. The jittery feeling has just turned into queasiness. It has put me right off! And I have got a pounding headache.
I think I am just worrying about everything, as today is the five week mark when the baby stopped growing the last time, although I didn't find out until 7 weeks,
Maybe it will be a good thing if I don't eat so much chocolate, was starting to gorge on it every night!
the odd cup isnt usually a problem my pregnancy book says, but it makes a point of it being an average cup not a large coffee shop one.
At home and at work I drink de-caff tea and coffee only. However, when I go round someone's house, rarely does anyone have de-caff as an option, so I will drink regular tea and coffee if that's all there is.
PP 3+6 x
I can understand your concerns. Do whatever you feel is right for you.
Hope you feel better,
Dx
27+3
I've had that jittery / sicky feeling before I fell pregnant after a cup of coffee as I normally drink green tea, just think it is a normal reaction if your body isn't used to it, so I wouldn't panic about it.
Hope you're feeling a bit better now!!
xxxx
Posy, don't worry sweetheart. When I was first pregnant I couldn't have any tea or coffee because either made me feel really dizzy and sicky, so it may just be that you've gone off it for now. Also, as a few people have said, it may be that you've reacted a bit more to the caffiene because you've cut it out. I'm sure you're fine hon. x x x
Em 28+0 x x x
Why can't you have aspartame Emily? It's just a sweetener isn't it?