Thoughts on this article about caffeine in pregnancy?

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In summary this article basically shows studies of women who had caffeine in their pregnancy had smaller babies bc it restricts blood vessels and flow to placenta causing restricted growth.. it says the consequences of this is rapid weight gain in baby after birth and higher risk of obesity and heart disease.. 
I just want to know your opinions and thoughts on this 
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/moderate-daily-caffeine-intake-during-pregnancy-may-lead-smaller-birth-size

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🤷🏻‍♀️ my first pregnancy I drank barely any caffeine. 6 pound baby.
Second pregnant drank a decent amount of caffeine, 6 pound baby
Third pregnancy drank caffeine daily, almost 8 pound baby.

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Compared to infants born with no or minimal blood levels, these babies were:
about 3 ounces lighter
.44cm shorter
.28 smaller head circumference
They “believe” caffeine could increase risk for rapid weight gain, but that was not examined in this study.
I’m not worried about it.

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My sister loves her coffee….she has had multiple babies that have reached 10lbs 😅
Mine were over 8lbs

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I drank a coke everyday with my daughter… born 37 weeks and she was 7 pounds. I don’t think that’s a s baby. She was smaller then full time but still considered a full term size baby.

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I drink caffeine all the time and my son was 7 lbs 14 oz and would have probably been bigger had I waited past 39 weeks to be induced

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When I was pregnant with my daughter i couldn't stomach coffee in the beginning because I was so sick. After the first trimester I had a small cup. Of coffee in the morning. Around 30 weeks they noticed her heart skipping a beat and we found out it was the caffeine. So I had to cut caffeine completely and do weekly non-stress tests. Her heart ended up being just fine. She was born 8 pounds. I'm sure caffeine can cause issues which is why it's recommended to not have more than 200mg per day

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Had almost zero caffeine with my first and she was only 6 lb 2 oz. I drank way more caffeine than I should have with my second. She was 8 lb 11 oz. Really don’t think it has any correlation.

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I have caffeine daily, within safe limits, and have for every one of my kids.  They’ve all been between 8 and 9 pounds and that was a week early for all of them.  This ones measuring just as big.  Maybe if you’re taking in more than the recommended daily amount?

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I didn’t really drink it with my daughter because I was a ftm and scared of all the things that were said. But did drink it towards the end. She was healthy and came out 9lbs. This pregnancy I didn’t stop drinking caffeine or iced coffee. I still drink water like I’m supposed to but didn’t cut anything out. And baby boy has been measuring 3-4 weeks ahead. It may happen to some people but didn’t happen to me

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The link won’t open for me but the studies I have seen published are all based on injecting mice with insane high levels of caffeine, not on actual pregnant women , drinking a few cups of coffee. Keep it under 200mg and you should be good. ✨✨

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