Breastfeeding moms, do you drink coffee?

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I miss coffee SO MUCH. I stopped drinking it around 7 months pregnant because I had blood pressure issues (even then I was only having one cup a few times a week). Anyway, now I am 8 weeks pp and I want coffee so bad. I try to stay away from caffeine in general because I am EBF, even thought I will take a few sips of a coke every now and then. But I really miss coffee. Do you drink it at all? If you do or don’t, why? Does it effect your baby if you just had like one cup a day in the morning? I know they say you CAN have up to 200 mg a day, just like during pregnancy. I’m mainly concerned if it would upset my daughters stomach or effect her sleep. Obviously I can survive without it I just wanna know if it’s actually a big deal.

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I don’t drink caffeine while breastfeeding because I found that it decreases my supply. My love for coffee runs deep. I love everything about it, the smell, the taste, the ritual of making it. After years of searching, I finally found a really good decaf coffee. It satisfies my coffee craving without reducing my supply. It’s called Kicking Horse Coffee, and I get it on Amazon. Look for the dark roast decaf. I get the whole bean. I’m not sure if they sell it ground. I promise. It tastes like the real thing!

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I avoided it for the first few weeks and now I'm doing decaf. I'm sure I'll slide into regular coffee eventually....I drank 1 cup regular with my first and she is a god awful sleeper. I'm sure it's unrelated but just to be safe I'm doing my best to avoid with this baby. Plus she's a preemie and just want to keep my milk as "pure" as possible for her 😂 and I was struggling with postpartum blood pressure issues and anxiety, and caffeine worsens it. God I love coffee though. I think it's fine for most moms but feel like my situation is a bit different with early baby and all that.

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I drink at least a cup a day! Never had any issues and my baby has always slept wonderfully. I would see how it affects you are your baby after trying a cup for a couple days 😊

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I have a cup of coffee every morning at 6am as my 4wk old wakes up early and I need to function to take care of her and my 2yr old. It has had no effect on my supply or my daughters sleep. She naps all day and sleeps in 3-5hr chunks throughout the night which is great considering she’s only a month old. Enjoy a cup of coffee every now and then!

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I've read somewhere long time ago- that you can usually drink coffee- even more than 200mg coffeine a day.
It depends on how your child is reacting to it. 
My daughter was just a bit premature and I had the feeling (I'm still not sure..) that she is more awake and fussy when I drink coffe- so I've limited a lot for some time. 
Some children- especially premature- can't "process" coffeine correctly and it can accumulate in the organism... 
But there are a lot of babies who don't react at all- they are just used to it and have no troubles with it.
To be sure- I always drink my coffee while or just before/after bf. This way not a lot of it gies to the milk (coffeine is in the blood about 15 min after drinking coffee and the levels are high only for about an hour)
My son came on time and I drink coffee all day long. He's perfectly fine (and I am able to do something 😉)

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Have the coffee!!!

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I had a cup every single morning and it never effected my baby even accidentally had it right before I fed him oncr and he still slept great

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I have a cup every morning. Some weekends, i’ll get a latte in the afternoon as well. I make milk like a dairy cow…

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My husband was gone when I had my baby so I was doing everything all alone. This mama needed coffee. I was way too sleep deprived to try to function without caffeine. There were some days I drank A LOT. my baby was completely fine. She never stayed up late or had issues sleeping. ☺️

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It did not impact my child and was the only way I could function. I had 3-4 cups each day.

Breastfeeding moms, do you drink coffee?

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