I removed all caffine when I was pregnant but that was my choice and I did not impose my rules for me on anyone else. That is just shamefully rude.

So out of line.

Some people completely over step boundaries

I’ll admit I had the occasional coffee while pregnant. At the end of the day it’s up to the mother of what they choose to eat and drink.

Wow… If it made a baby come right away then wouldn’t loads of overdue pregnant women drink coffee? If it was that bad it would be strictly warned against. Like alcohol.

I can’t believe it. I would certainly never go back there and would spread the word at the terrible behaviour.

Each to their own. I did not touch caffine or alcohol whilst pregnant.

That’s disrespectful behaviour. I would have taken my business elsewhere and complained to the manager about the staff member in question.

WOW! I can’t imagine a time or place where I think it would ever be appropriate to coffee shame someone. Oh, unless they were giving it to their young child. This employee should remember the customer is always right.

This Starbucks employee is way out of line ! His opinion wasn’t even asked, he just forced it upon this pregnant lady. Besides that I don’t believe that 1 cup of coffee daily is harmful during pregnancy.

Since she had asked her doctor about drinking coffee she has done all the right things. People should learn to keep their noses out of other people’s business unless asked otherwise. Don’t think that barista should be at the front of the shop

I don’t agree with the previous comment. Doctors are well versed in medical evidence about the effects of many things including caffeine and drugs on a developing baby so much so that there are grades of risks that are available and to which they quote on.

I know as a society we have come to accept that coffee drinking in pregnancy is fine. But it’s actually a huge no no, the caffeine does get through the placenta to the baby and we don’t know what effects that has on feral growth and development really. Doctors are always saying stuff is “fine” with out any actual evidence

I havent had any experience like that during my pregnancy but its so annoying and people should stop it because no one cares more than the baby other than her own mother.

I have never had something like this happen to me over a cup of coffee. I did feel unusually nauseated at one stage and went to the chemist to ask for a draught to alleviate my nausea which I had done with my earlier 3 pregnancies with no problem. However he refused to issue one because he thought I was in imminate danger of birth [I was 3 months pregnant at that time]. The nauseous feeling slowly left and I kept going into his chemist so he could see how wrong he was and baby was born 6 months later with no intervention required

I think the barista got a bit out of hand, having one a day will not harm the baby, there are worse things like stress!

Wow! Why do people feel the need to stick their nose into someone else’s business? I can understand if she was pregnant sticking a bloody heroin needle in her arm but one cup of coffee? I would have lost it!!

I went right off coffee went pregnant and never really got back into it. And no, I don’t remember anyone imposing themselves on me like this with pregnancy advice

I don’t like coffee so I don’t drink it but every Sunday my husband would cook breakfast and I would go and get the paper and his coffee. Sometimes people looked at me but no one ever said anything let alone tried to take it from me.

That is disgraceful behaviour from the busybody. The owner should have kicked her out.