Coffee, yes or no?

Question

I’m not a big coffee drinker, just one cup a day. Since TTC, I’ve dropped down to a 10oz cup each morning (from 1-2 12oz cups). I hear a lot of different things when it comes to caffeine. Some people quit cold turkey while TTC and through their pregnancy. Is this absolutely necessary??

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What they worry about is low birthweight. I couldn’t quit my tea or coffee normally had anything from 1-4 cups a day, and I had a super healthy 4kg baby.

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I used to have 5 large mugs of coffee a day before ttc, I cut down to 2 smaller mugs and was pregnant within 3 months. This time ivecut it out totally and this is our 9th cycle so 🤷🏻‍♀️.

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during my first pregnancy my OB said it was ok to have "one cup" a day. I cut down from 2 cups a day to no coffee when we were ttc, so by the time I found out I was pregnant I had already stopped having it. however, we are now ttc baby #2, and I'm chasing a toddler around all day...so I may take them up on that one cup this time! I'm not sure how many ounces they actually mean when they say one cup though....

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It’s not absolutely necessary to quit entirely but there is some evidence that caffeine can prevent implantation and cause other problems (not to mention lots is bad for your health anyway). I don’t know about the US but the UK has a recommended daily maximum that is likely to be safe and I think that that is basically a shot of espresso and no more. So it’s ok to have say a coffee with milk once a day so long as it doesn’t contain more than one shot of espresso. That means it wouldn’t be ok to have a very large coffee unless it’s just milk or water topping it up and it wouldn’t be ok to have a coke or large quantities of chocolate the same day. I hope that helps x

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I didn't cut down at all during ttc. Once I got pregnant I switched to half caff and cut my daily intake in half.

Coffee, yes or no?

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