https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:36:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-200227 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:02:38 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 200227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>what i usually do when trying to calculate stuff like this is overestimate so i can be sure not to go over. like if you don't know the restaurant iced tea content, i am sure you can find approx what range it is in and then assume the higher end when calculating your total for the day. to be on the safe side.</p> <p>i usually have one coffee on about 4 or 5 days in a week. i gave up diet coke and replaced it with diet ginger ale so i don't have to worry about that on a daily basis. i will only get a diet coke when i go out for dinner in a restaurant with DH which is rare and we share it. i also eat chocolate several times a week. but all my calculations told me i am fine. when i don't have coffee, i will have a green tea or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199748 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:51:42 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 199748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it is too much. I worked at a coffee shop and the black tea we served there had 30 to 40 mg of caffeine in it, and black tea has the most caffeine than any of the teas. And if your instant coffee is only around 60 mg, then you're in the clear!</p> <p>Edit: but this is coming from a girl who ate deli meat throughout her pregnancy.... :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199744 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:49:45 +0000 regberadaisy 199744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok i need to look for this next time in back in NYC! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199734 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:38:28 +0000 banana 199734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My OB said not to worry too much about caffeine and that 1-2 cups of coffee a day is totally fine. I still cut back a lot but I didn't feel guilty about having the occassional (or more than occassional) cup of coffee or diet coke or chocolate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199730 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:32:02 +0000 chopsuey 199730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: HAha. I don't know how much caffeine each pack has, but I doubt it has much. They're so tiny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199725 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:27:43 +0000 SugarplumsMom 199725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those little Maxim packages shouldn't have too much caffeine, it's more sugar and cream if anything else. I remember people drinking them in one of those tiny disposable cups, I would have to use 2 when I'd use my normal size mug. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199709 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:10:26 +0000 PrincessBaby 199709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: OMG Maxim Mocha Gold Mild- YES! It changed my life! DH got some as part of a gift basket when he worked on an oil rig off the coast of Korea. I took them over and when they ran out, I started ordering 100 packs on Amazon...They make me happy to wake up!! Plus I thought the "Mild" might mean less caffeine bc I see ones on Amazon that don't have the "Mild." Do you have any idea how much caffeine is in them?</p> <p>Thanks everyone for weighing in...I guess I need to watch it. Totally not giving up my instant coffee though:) Maybe I'll just try to keep it to 1 packet of that and then 1 glass of iced tea a day....</p> <p>@MsMini: Thank you! I was hoping you would weigh in! I'm probably borderline so I'm going to watch it a little more, but like your dr said, not stress myself out about it:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199693 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:56:39 +0000 cyneswith 199693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A 12 oz can of Coke has 34mg of caffeine. 93 mg is average for 8 oz of instant coffee. 12 oz of iced tea contains 70 mg caffeine. So with your morning coffee (assuming you do 8 oz and no more) and 2 12 oz iced teas, you've got 233 mg right there. If your morning coffee is more than 8 oz, then you're dangerously close to the 300 mark. A second coffee would put you well over. Anything over 200 mg of caffeinated liquid would make me avoid chocolate as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199683 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:52:26 +0000 chopsuey 199683@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you drink Maxim in the am? Haha we have those little coffee packs from korea that include sugar and cream too.<br /> Hurmm.. As long as youre not drinking iced tea and lots of coffee daily I say you're ok.. Just make sure the majority of your fluid intake is water! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199674 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:44:06 +0000 MsMini 199674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think you are probably ok! </p> <p>My OB told me that after the first trimester not to worry about how much caffeine I was taking in, as long as I wasn't drinking pots of coffee in one sitting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199669 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:36:17 +0000 MamaMoose 199669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: Just FYI your doctor is wrong on the soda thing. I 20oz coke has 58mg and a 20oz diet coke has 78mg. A regular brewed cup of coffee can have anywhere from 100 to 200 so soda is actually less than coffee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199665 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:31:42 +0000 Periwinkle 199665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also worry about caffeine consumption and try to keep it as low as possible. My OB recommends as little as possible, but still allowing myself one caffeinated beverage a day. I tend to do a small Starbucks iced coffee about 3-4 times a week and it's always with milk. I've calculated that to be anywhere from 75-100mg and I'm comfy with that.</p> <p>Anything beyond one drink to me makes me nervous... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199661 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:28:13 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 199661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly think that's a bit much (*sorry*)<br /> I asked my OB awhile ago and she said 2 cups of coffee a day or equivalent and she said a 20oz Coke=2 cups coffee....4 cups of tea.<br /> And she framed her answer with "if you must---don't do this every single day".<br /> So, I try to do no more than 12oz of anything a day.</p> <p>Pus their cups are friggn huge at restaurants usually </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199648 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:12:04 +0000 MamaMoose 199648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That would be more than I'm comfortable with. One glass of iced tea usually has about 50mg in it (depending in how strongly it's brewed). I only allow myself one caffeinated drink a day (iced tea, or diet coke) and I don't do refills so I don't go over 50 in a day. If you having two teas and two mochas in a day I would think you are getting quite close to that 200mg limit if not going over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-much-caffeine-is-too-much-hard-to-calculateam-i-drinking-too-much#post-199644 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:07:22 +0000 PrincessBaby 199644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know that I'm supposed to stay in a reasonable range of caffeine, like under 200-300mg a day. But how do you know for sure when it comes to things like restaurant iced tea?</p> <p>Every morning, I drink this instant mocha coffee that does not give the caffeine amount. It's an Asian instant coffee that DH brought back from being overseas and I got so addicted to it that I order it on Amazon. I can't find the caffeine online, and everything on the bag is written in an Asian language:) But I read a list that estimates that instant coffee only has like 60mg of caffeine.</p> <p>Then I typically have an iced tea at lunch every day. I'm in sales, and I typically eat out with an account at a restaurant on most days. I have no idea how to estimate the caffeine in restaurant iced tea, and also they refill it and I lose track of it. I just try to only have no more than 2 glasses of restaurant tea.</p> <p>Sometimes, on day like today where it's dreary and I'm tired but don't want to nap because I have too much crap to do, I want to have one of my precious Asian instant coffees in the late afternoon. Which may be another 60mg. </p> <p>Am I drinking too much caffeine? I'm 16w today, if that makes any difference at all... I never drink soft drinks, it's just my instant coffee and 2-3 glasses of iced tea every day.</p> <p>Any thoughts? </p>