Too late for me as I drank a cup of tea a day during all 3 of my pregnancies.

It has caffeine so common sense tells you to limit its intake. I was pretty sick at the start of my pregnancies, so not much of anything passed my lips successfully

Another thing pregnant women can’t have,,, boo

I would have naturally assumed drinks containing caffeine wouldn’t be good during pregnancy. But I didn’t realise the affects could be this drastic

Wow, did not know this. I think to so,e degree it’s safer for the mother to stick to her usual routine

Reading that it restricts blood flow to the placenta worries me. Not due to believe it or not but speaking from experience, it didn’t affect my kids birth weight they were over average

Not only that Tea and Coffee deplete iron from your blood, as does some dairy products.
Not pregnant, I had very low iron levels and ended up in hospital after fainting. My levels were less than 1/2 normal lower limit. 3 bags of blood. then 2 iron infusions via Outpatients a week apart.

Not so sure about this study! Kind of skeptical here.

Not too sure about this study….
I drank a lot of coffee with my second pregnancy and he was the biggest

I dont believe that figure is correct that half a cup of coffee has ~100mg.
100mg is more like 1 strong cup of coffee.

Interesting that they’re targeting tea. So many other drinks out there with higher caffeine content and in all honesty I’m over this scare mongering of pregnant women. Let their GP make these kinds of recommendations.

Not sure about this one. I was too sick to drink coffee with the first too but did with the third and she was the biggest.

I drank tea and I had really big babies. Everyone is different.

I don’t drink coffee. I used to drink some tea while pregnant (now just herbal teas) but no more than twice a day.

I didn’t have much coffee throughout my pregnancy, a tea now and then.

I’m glad I’ve had my children. Being pregnant these days is so stressful with all there studies telling you what you shouldn’t have !

Not really sure about this study, I think they need to test further. I drank 2 cups of coffee a day when I was pregnant and did not have any issues with my baby, and even drank coffee while breastfeeding (usually after I finished the feeding though). But I did not drink instant coffee, I drank filtered black with no sugar or milk. If you keep your liver healthy by not drinking alcohol, then it might not be a problem, eating healthy is more important with lots of fresh veg and fruit.

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  • • Ellen replied
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  No, me neither

I switched to decaf coffee for my first two pregnancies as I found I was going to the toilet like I was in my 3rd trimester with the caffeine! My third I couldn’t drink any hot drinks (or eat anything) until after noon I was so sick for the first 20 weeks, and even once the morning sickness was gone I couldn’t drink coffee.
My babies were all in the 6lb range, caffeine didn’t contribute to their weights!

Couldn’t stand the smell of coffee or tea when I was pregnant along with many other smells. Guess that’s why I had three normal healthy babies – 4th one was problematical due to my having to have a Rubella injection when I was 3 months pregnant.

I cut my caffeine intake but still had 1 or 2 drinks (tea or coffee) a day as everyone told me this amount was fine. Bub weighed a healthy 3.5kg and 5 days early.