Tea during pregnancy?

Question

I really love drinking tea and would love to sip a glass or two especially now that I've cut down on coffee. The internet says lots of conflicting things about drinking herbal tea… I was thinking some peppermint tea would soothe my stomach, but I don't want to do anything unsafe, especially this early in my first pregnancy (5w2d).  Does anyone have any experience with this?  I don't see my dr for the first time for another 3 weeks…

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Peppermint tea is totally fine! Warnings about herbal teas are really about herbs most of us wouldn't dream of drinking - they taste awful and you've prob never heard of most of them.
Also fine to drink:
Ginger
Jasmine
Chamomile
Limited quantities bec of caffeine:
Green
Black
White

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Most prepackaged herbal teas are fine and avoid using any of the herbs that are dangerous during pregnancy. Celestial seasons brand definitely doesn't use any of the herbs on that aren't recommended by the FDA so I usually drink that brand.

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I drink green or black tea almost everyday. Only one cup though.

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I bought the earth mama angel baby morning sickness tea. It has peppermint and ginger and maybe some other stuff.

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I had totally cut back on tea and was actually getting withdrawal symptoms. The decaf tasted horrid to me. My midwife said 2 cups of normal tea a day were fine. So now im back to normal cups, just 2 a day. It's helping my headache at 14 weeks today.

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Herbal teas are not recommended. But black teas are okay. No green teas. So anything made with black tea leaves are safe. Peppermint tea works great for me for my morning sickness.

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Camomile and ginger teas are good for sickness and no harm to baby

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Although you don't see your MD for a while you can still call and ask the nurse questions. Now I'm curious because I used drink tea all the time and I stopped after reading the stuff on the Internet. I'm currently 13w2d. I'm going to call when the office opens and I'll let you know :)

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There are safe teas you can drink during pregnancy. Earth mama angel baby has several and I do believe they have one specifically to soothe your tummy. I have the heartburn one and it's great. I think I got it at target