Pregnancy Forum

Posted: 21 January 2008 at 2:58pm | IP Logged

ive just seen a report that says that you should try and give up caffine or cut down big time when pregnant as it can increase your risk of miscarriage.

i was just wondering how many people did cut down, with my 1st i went from a big coffee drinker 8 cups at least a day to not being able to stand the taste of it and never really went back to it, i can cope with maybe 1 cup a day now.

i wonder if it was a natural thing my  ody was telling me to do.

Posted: 21 January 2008 at 3:37pm | IP Logged

The latest study is saying that there is actually very little risk of caffiene causing missarraige but that it should still be in moderation and that tea, coffee and coke dont count towards the 8 pints of fluids you should drink a day.

However like Hazy with brandon and now with this one I have TOTALLY gone off coffee...quite wierd seeing as it was all I used to drink LOL xx

Posted: 21 January 2008 at 4:05pm | IP Logged

This is the article that i read http://lifestyle.aol.co.uk/caffeine-increases-miscarriage-ri sk/article/20080121013609990005   

As with all health advice there always seems to be conflicting advice

Posted: 21 January 2008 at 7:00pm | IP Logged

The caffine news that broke today was astudy from 10 years ago.

I couldn't drink coffee whilst pg anyway as i had tachicardia(sp)

Posted: 21 January 2008 at 7:11pm | IP Logged

The research from the US today states that as little as 2 cups of coffee or tea a day can cause miscarriage.

The research that was bought out last month said that Caffeine consumption is a mask for miscarriage and not the cause.  Women that go on to have a healthy pregnancy get morning sickness and go off of tea and coffee, women that miscarry don't go off tea and coffee.  What they are saying is going off tea and coffee is a good sign of a healthy pregnancy and not going off of it is a bad sign.

With my 3 live children I went off of tea and coffee immediately, not that I just didn't fancy it but couldn't stand the taste or the smell.  With my mc's I didn't go off of it at all.  Personally I believe it's not the Caffiene that causes the mc but that your body knows what it needs to do to protect itself and a growing baby and if there is something wrong with that growing baby then your body doesn't put out the signals.