Thats just great Now I have a killer craving for a soda I drink caffeine-free sodas just to quench my carbonated drink cravings. I'm pretty sure those kind are okay. Caffeine can raise your blood pressure and heart rate and cause dehydration.

lol sorry but does the amount i drank seem ok? i usually drink the no caffine sodas, but this time i grabbed a coke.. im worried a bit now...i feel stupid for asking this question...i drink fruit juices, water or milk throughout the days though, i dont drink coke as often or nearly as much as i did before i was pregnant..

Coke doesn't have as much caffeine in it as coffee. You can have a cup or even two cups of coffee every day (which is the amount limit given by doctors). Don't worry about what you drank, that little can't hurt the baby. You could have one every week and it wouldn't hurt the baby......there's nothing wrong with having a little self-indulgence every once in a while. Just remember to be moderate.

The only thing that maybe you would want to be concerned about is that coke doesn't have any nutritional value and that you really need to have water instead. So do have a glass of water too. Coke also depletes your system of vitamins. So drinking it too much, like more than once a day, combined with the caffeine, high sugar, and empty calories, high sodium, probably isn't good for you. If you need to have one, you can also try drinking "diet right", which is a healthier option: no caffeine, sugar, or that wonderful bloating thing: salt.

Don't feel stupid either. It's normal to fret about things when you are pregnant. It just means that you want to do what is best for the baby

thanks for the help, i had a coffee this morning too...is it bad that i also had coke in the evening? I have water and milk in between them too, and had lots of fruits and stuff too, and i just had a glass of milk now.
I dont drink coke that often, i usually have a cup of tea but wanted a coffee today. Tomorrow im not having any caffine at all i had enough of it to last tomorrow too lol
would the coffee i had, and the amount of coke i had equal the 2 cups that doctors say is the limit to have?
Thanks for answering my question again.

Why are you all of a sudden so worried about having half of a can of coke? You stated that you don't drink coke that often, which means that you do drink some coke, so why worry all of a sudden?

Are you having any unusual symptoms that you think are being caused by the coke drinking?

Part of the reason caffiene drinking isn't good is because it can keep you from getting the necessary rest that you need. And you do need a lot when you are pregnant.

I do am wondering why the agitation about drinking that little.

I wonder if you have pregnancy-related anxiety disorder because you are so extremely worried about this after I just reassured you that you are ok....unless this has been forbidden you by doctors for some reason special to your pregnancy case.

I have had 6 kids and had coffee, wine, beer and coke when I was pregnant and all my children are fine. Stop worrying about it. If you are that worried every time you have something like coffee or coke, then just don't drink it at all.

what they say is that your not to consume more than two 8 oz of any caffeinated drink a day

actually, they say you can have up to *6* cans of coke a day. a little absurd that they consider 6 cans of coke to be "caffeine in moderation", but it's true. i believe 6 cans of coke is the equivalent to 3 cups of coffee.

i drank at least 3 cans of coke a day with my first and he's perfect.

Eww, imagine how much sugar and other chemicals are in 6 cans of coke! Blech.

The amount of coke u drank is perfectly fine!
OMG bridget realy? thats like alot of soda, even not pregnany i could never drink that much soda in one day! thats just crazy!

im just worrying myself, i know it is stupid, no i am not having weird symptoms, i was just wanting to be reassured that it was ok since i drank coffee, shared a can with my fiance and drank half myself.
thanks for replying.

yeah, i believe it's 150 mg of caffeine per day that you're allowed.

eww 6 cans is a lot lol thats much david drinks about a day

I don't think a little here and there is bad. I have heard that you can drink a few cans a day and be alright. When I got preggo, I stopped drinking pop completely for like the first 6 months. I now have been letting myself have a dr. pepper every friday, and if I go out on the weekends, I drink sprite or sometimes iced tea or something. You have to let yourself have a little reward every so often in my opinion.

As long as you don't go overboard. I read online that caffeine can speed up the baby's heart just a little too much if you drink it in excessively. I really don't like pop as much as I used to since I didn't have any for 6 months. It reallllly helps you keep your weight down if you cut it out of your diet too.

I used to drink about 6 cans of Coke Zero a day - but not while pregnant lol! Then I got a much deserved UTI and now I only have the odd can. It's addictive, seriously!

Krystine, don't worry, you won't have harmed your baby. When I was pregnant with my son I would often have a diet coke at lunch.

thanks guys, chrissy i usually do the same thing, i'll have a sprite or iced tea instead of coke or cream soda! i LOVE cream soda! lol
When im at school i grab a bottle of water instead of a coke like i used to, and on wednesday realized they sell cream soda! so i grabbed one too lol Its funny cus i never used to drink water as often as i do now.
Thanks for the help guys.

Hello..True story..I have a family member that drank soda through the whole pregnancy and the baby came out with bad nerves in his legs..His legs shook for 8 months when people held him n he screamed alot and he is 6yrs old now and you can't give him caffiene or he has nightmares but his legs are better so it seems..This is just my experience though..Or at least try to stick with caffiene free..too much of anything can be unhealthy feel me..Good luck ladies with your pregnancies and my prayers are with all of you..

That might not have been related to the mother drinking soda.. I doubt she could have drunk that much to affect her unborn child so severely. My doctor said up to 6 cans a day is fine.. like Bridget said. I don't think a doctor would advise pregnant women to drink too much caffeine if it was going to harm their baby.

i was going to say the same thing Zanny.
Im sure if any harm was being done, the doctor would advise the mother to stop drinking caffine drinks while pregnant.
That could have been from other things with the shaking of legs and now nightmares as you say. Many kids get nightmares from different things, doesnt exactaly have to be from coke..