Drinking Tea/Coffee/Caffeine during PG
I'm a little worried as I read in my pregnancy book that tea and coffee should be avoided altogether during pregnancy as the caffeine stunts the baby's growth and leads to low birth weights...
I'm 20 weeks pregnant and due for my next scan on Monday. I'm worried they'll say the baby's not growing properly as I drink 2-3 cups of tea a day and the occasional coffee like 1 a week. I also have coke when we go to McDonalds but that's only once or twice in a month. My bump is rather small also compared to my last pregnancy at 20 weeks.
Thing is I start to feel queasy and get a slight headache if I don't have a cup of tea during the day - which is a sign of withdrawal from the caffeine....![:\](https://forum.madeformums.com/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
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Has anyone drunk tea/coffee and had a normal sized baby?
I'm 20 weeks pregnant and due for my next scan on Monday. I'm worried they'll say the baby's not growing properly as I drink 2-3 cups of tea a day and the occasional coffee like 1 a week. I also have coke when we go to McDonalds but that's only once or twice in a month. My bump is rather small also compared to my last pregnancy at 20 weeks.
Thing is I start to feel queasy and get a slight headache if I don't have a cup of tea during the day - which is a sign of withdrawal from the caffeine....
?Has anyone drunk tea/coffee and had a normal sized baby?
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But my sister has drank tea and coffee through both her pregnancies and her daugher is fine and her bump is huge at the moment, I dont think the little lad having any trouble either
I'll let you know how it goes on Monday with the anomaly scan...but nervous about it, but feeling better now ;\)
[Modified by: ~yummy_mummy~ on January 29, 2008 07:59 PM]
Through all my pregnancies I have drunk coffee - this one I did nearly give up because it made me feel sick! But have been drinking it (and drinking diet coke).
At my scan the baby was right size for dates and my midwife knows what I eat and drink because I tell her when I think ive been naughty. I am lucky though because she is very liberal and has said on many occassions that if women from the med area or france, etc were told not to eat and drink the things we were told to avoid there would be a major baby shortage abroad lol
I did try years ago to detox from caffeine but, like you, suffered migraine symptoms and I would rather have a top up then suffer that ever again - besides being that rough and stressed would affect the baby just as much!
In the end, the choice is yours!
Take care, Love Lee xxxxx
I for one, had pate on toast this morning, coz a little bit will not harm my child!
Soon, we won;t be able to eat or drinik anything, it is ridiculous
Just don't overdo it I would say.
XXXX
P.S The scan will be fine I'm sure
Last weekend we were round his parents for dinner and i had few glasses of coke and 2 cups of tea and because of all the caffine i was up most of the night not being able to sleep!!
But i think you'll be fine - you hear of these people you drink alcohol and smoke all way through which is much worse for bub bub
Enjoy the scan!
Laura (17+5) xxx
They cannot test any of these findings for sure because if they took 100 pregnant woment and let 50 not eat/drink the recommended things and 50 carry on eating/drinking everything - there would be an uproar!!!
Also, just over 12 years ago women were told to eat liver, drink guiness because of the iron was good for them and baby - now it is on the list of foods to avoid!!!
If I followed all the advice, I'd probably be starving. Lol. I just think each to their own. I disagree with heavy drinking and smoking during pregnancy but some women have smoked for years before getting pg and find it v. difficult to quit altogether, I think in those cases cutting down is better than nothing! And as for drinking, I still have a drink sometimes. Oddly enough it's the younger people who have critisised me for this, my mum and ohs mum just say oh go on it never hurt u lot! lol! xxx
Think back to the times b4 the NHS, women have been having babies since time began, b4 scans, dopplers etc and they managed all on their own and delivered healthy babies. Yeah there was the odd problem, but you get that now as well.
If you fancy it, have it. Depriving your body will do more harm than good.
How comes in other countries such as India etc etc mothers there hardly ever get pg advice etc and eat whatever like peanuts etc and it's only in the UK where the nut allergy is the highest??
The docs here think they know it all, but it just doesn't add up when you compare statistics with other countries.
A bit of everything in moderation never caused anybody any harm...its just a shame women are being so over cautious nowadays.