Drinking coffee... am I hurting my baby?

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I have read that drinking coffee in small doses is okay! I didn’t drink coffee in the first trimester but not long into the second trimester I started drinking coffee again. I only drink one cup of coffee but some days I’ll have a decaf laté from Dunkin also. 
Some of my family and friends give me grief about it. I’m almost 28 weeks. Did anyone else drink coffee and still have a healthy baby?

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I drink 1-2 cups a day. Coffee is ok. You can have about 200mg (about 1-2) cups a day 
Drank 2-4 while ttc.

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I drink coffee every morning.

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I didn't touch it with my first. Drank it every day with my second. My first has adhd and dyslexia. My second doesn't and he's bigger. So yes drink your coffee it's fine.

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Your baby, your body. Caffeine is fine, I always checked caffeine levels in my Starbucks drinks before ordering them but for 90% of my second trimester I had 1-2 coffees a day. People were always like, “Oooooooh you’re drinking coffee what are you doing!!!” And I’d snap back and say I’m allowed to have 200mg of caffeine, back off. It’s my pregnancy, not theirs. Now that I am diagnosed with GD, I try to avoid caffeine as to not trigger my blood sugars.

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I drink coffee every day. 1 cup of regular or 1 espresso.

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I'm a doc, I drink two a day. I don't drink anything else with caffeine and maintain my .5/.75 gallon a day of water.

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I drink coffee every morning and a decaf after it . Lol I didn’t drink much in my first trimester but around 13 weeks I started and the baby is healthy and growing like a weed at almost 17 weeks :) coffee and caffeine are fine in doses

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Technically yeah, it can be harmful because a babys body can’t process caffeine in the same way an adult can, but if everything seems to be fine with the baby and you’re only drinking one a day then yes, I’d imagine everything will be fine! I don’t drink coffee because I don’t like it but I do drink a lot of tea and I sometimes have people telling me to ‘cut down’ because it has a fair amount of caffeine in it. I just say that my doctor and midwife haven’t expressed any concerns, my pregnancy is going amazingly well, I drink plenty of water and eat well so I’m not worried! If my doctor told me to stop drinking it then I would, but all my medical professionals have said it’s absolutely fine. I’m sure you will be too as long as you follow the guidelines and know when to stop (200mg caffeine per day!)

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Just stay within the caffeine limit and your fine. I drink tea and the occasional coffee. I always do half caff though so I can have more caffeine later in the day if I need it 😏

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with my DD pregnancy I drank a coffee everyday. I would with this pregnsncy but I have an aversion to it lol I remember with my last pregnancy I went into a McDonalds to get an iced coffee and the woman serving me was shocked that I was buying a coffee whilr pregnant and pretty much tried to make me feel bad/guilty about it. I walked out like wth just happened ? 🙄

Drinking coffee... am I hurting my baby?

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