Okay. I am scared because, I am addicted
to caffiene, not kidding. The doctor has
limited me because I drank so much it had
eaten the first layer of my stomach out
(eye popping amazment, I know) recently, I
have been having even more and more and
more..And I am pregnant, and im scared it
will effect the baby big time, it has been
having about 2-3 sodas a day..And im just
so scared it will do something. What
should I do? I know this isnt good health
for this baby..
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swimmer7709
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 11
:( Posted: 01-04-06 02:30am
I myself was addicted to caffeine....But
the moment I found out I was pregnant I
stopped. It was hard but I did it...Side
effects it can have for your baby is you
can miscarry (thats the only one I know
of). Im not sure but I think sprite and
barq's root beer have no caffeine in
them...But I heard you should drink
absolutely no soda at all. So you just
have to try...For you babys sake anyways.
not to pry but they say people who have
alcoholics in their family have a harder
time cutting down on caffeine too.
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AlliE_18
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 2129 Location: uk
Posted: 01-04-06 10:33am
Decaffeinated cola is what I drink if I
fancy a soda, it tastes the same as
regular to me.
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Ta-ra
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 97 Location: uk
Posted: 01-04-06 18:37pm
Yea but your 2litre pops are smaller than
ours :p
its not jsut caffine tho its the sugar and
otehr things in pop.
U should cut down tho as there tons and
tons of caffine in pop. 3times coffee and
tea . Cant rememebr what the programme
said now but I know there loads of caffine
in pops.
I drink decaffinated anyway and drink
loads of flavoured water but I not preg
now.
If u can get off it the better. Your baby
will be so hyper when it pops out also and
be addicted to caffine.
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teach486
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 276 Location: US
Posted: 01-04-06 18:55pm
It is said that the caffeine can make
your's and the baby's heart race. When
you are pregnant your blood volume
increases as much as 30%, and this makes
your heart have to work harder. With the
already increased work load on your heart,
and the rest of your system, caffeine only
adds to it.
I, myself, am an avid mt. Dew drinker.
When I got pregnant I limited myself to no
more than 20 oz. A day. I usually have
this first thing in the morning to help
keep me going. I tried cutting it out
ocmpletely, but I got horrible headaches.
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designerGAL
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 213 Location: U.S.
Mommy980 Posted: 01-04-06 19:23pm
I had the same concern as you. My doctor
told me that 2 a days is safe. Hope that
helps....
