Caffeine

I think its recommended that you limit caffeine intake to less than 200 mg per day. Dont for get that thats all caffeine so including chocolate too

I have my usual morning coffee and if I feel like it another one when I get to work. Sometimes I will have coke if I have nausea thats bothering me.

Yep it is best to try limit or cut out caffeine.

Also i would like to add that it would be best to try limit your dietcoke/zero consumption not so much to reduce your caffeine intake but to reduce your intake of the scary aspartame!!!!! <--- so not good for fertility or general health.

Im kinda lucky in a way coz Im allergic to artifical sweetners so they arent in my diet to begin with so super easy to cut out for fertility reasons. Plus I cant drink coffee either since it turns me into what i can only describe as a toddler on a week long sugar and p high! sooo not pretty lol

I was advised by my naturopath to cut down my coffee consumption to one cup a day plus if I was going to have a cup to make it a decent one, ie no instant stuff.

What caffeine level does a regular cup of tea have compared to coffee? I usually have a coffee in the morning and one or two teas during the day. I don't drink coke and have chocolate maybe 3 times a month and just a small piece at that. I might look at cutting down my coffee/tea intake since it sounds like it will help.

I have around two cups of tea and a cup of coffee daily. I've read conflicting things about caffeine and fertility so I just keep it to a minimum (for me anyway) rather than cut it out altogether.

As jem says I wouldn't be going anywhere near aspartame but more for health reasons than fertility ones.

I dont know how much caffine Tea has ? I think its similar to a cup of instant coffee but not sure???
Oh yeah I stay clear of aspartame, over all it cant be good for ya

To be honest I dont think anything in moderation is bad for you. Stopping coffee certinily didn't help with my miscarriage problem. When we first started trying I fell pregnant on our 2nd try and had been drinking at least 2 cups of coffee up until then so clearly didn't affect my fertility. But I feel healthier for not drinking coffee. However, giving up wine is another story! Back to my non drinking self again this month. Sob. I miss wine!

Right through TTC I have had one cup of coffee, and maybe 2 cups of tea a day + a couple of cups of coke once or twice a week. Now that Im finally pg, Im going to try cut them down as much as possible but not sure what hot drinks Im going to have instead as I don't want to have too much hot choco cos of all the sugar and not a huge fan of herbal teas

TTC is a really hard journey, I believe you can't take all the enjoyment out of life so go what feels right to you!

Ok I might shock some of you here with my bad habits.

Before we concieved DS I was drinking 1-2 bottles of v a day, when I found out I was preg I stopped it completely and drunk other fizz instead, mainly coke zero bad I know. Im not a coffee drinker but hae a milo / hot chocolate most days.

Now that we have been trying to conceive number two for so long I am wondering if I should cut down on my almost daily redbull (switched from v)I go through fazes of drinking lots and then not much so maybe its time to stop altogether.



Edited by curlysue

The fertility clinics reccomend you cut all cafine out! Its breaking my heart