https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:40:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1370975 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:16:13 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1370975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank alcohol and caffeine until I knew I was pregnant. If you cut back on everything, you'll drive yourself crazy with the waiting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1370959 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:12:20 +0000 mrsjyw 1370959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank coffee and alcohol while ttc. I actually had a happy hour a week before I got my BFP!</p> <p>I drank coffee throughout pregnancy/bfing as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1370952 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:10:16 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1370952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank alcohol and coffee while TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1369160 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:21:43 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1369160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still drinking coffee. Alcohol is very easy for me to cut out so I have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1369127 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 01:28:36 +0000 birdofafeather 1369127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I celebrated cinco de mayo with lots of margs and got my BFP the next day! It was drink til it's pink for me!</p> <p>And I never gave up my daily coffee: pregnant or BFing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1369104 Thu, 23 Jan 2014 00:54:04 +0000 SweetMamaM 1369104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cut out the caffeine while TTC on the advice of my chiropractor who said my adrenals were absolutely exhausted. I still drank though, even in the TWW when I got my positive. I've never been a binge drinker though, we're talking the cider with colleagues after work on Friday, glass of wine at a restaurant type scenario. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365801 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:34:50 +0000 Becksabee 1365801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not much a drinker, but I had been drinking a pot of coffee a day for the last year or so. I cut back to one cup a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365636 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:42:17 +0000 babycanuck 1365636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to cut it out 3/4 weeks of the month, but now I don't care. I'll drink until I see that BFP.</p> <p>eta I don't drink coffee. I've been enjoying my wine a lot lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365373 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:29:20 +0000 owlteach 1365373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah....my morning coffee has sort of become my favorite thing, and my second favorite thing is my lunch time Pepsi. Pepsi is my real vice because if I'm not careful I will accidentally start drinking 2+ a day. So, I have cut it back to just at lunch time, which is good for both the caffeine intake and the caloric intake.</p> <p>Honestly, I have drank more since my third month of TTC then I think I ever have. I wouldn't say that its my coping mechanism...hanging out with my bff is, and she drinks pretty regularly (just 1-2 a day) so I have increased my intake as well. If I get the 1 year mark, I will talk to my Dr. about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365355 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:19:36 +0000 Mrs Spoon 1365355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still consumed both caffeinie/coffee and alcohol, but I cut way back. I'm sure for some people it doesn't have an impact on their fertility, but I didn't want to take any chances. It also made cutting it out once I got my BFP way easier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365326 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:00:58 +0000 lemondrop 1365326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we first started TTC, I stopped everything, but after a few months I gave up and just lived life normally. Moderation in everything made me much happier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365173 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:48:36 +0000 Crystal 1365173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped drinking coffee when I got my BFP, and I haven't started drinking it regularly again. </p> <p>I don't want to go through caffeine withdrawals and be hormonal at the same time when I get my sticky baby. I will drink it sometimes, and probably always will, but I have stopped being a daily drinker. </p> <p>As for alcohol, drink til its pink! Not a huge drinker, regardless, but I won't turn it down either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365131 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:37:10 +0000 LuLu Mom 1365131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drink til pink, I feel like it helps you stay de-stressed and what not. No shared blood stream that early, so the baby is in no danger! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365108 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:28:07 +0000 LindsayInNY 1365108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Where is the "yes to both" option?! I will always drink coffee. I try to limit alcohol during the second week of the TWW. That's all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365081 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:14:21 +0000 deactivated_account 1365081@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Drink till pink! But I haven't gotten pregnant yet, so maybe I should stop. Although not this next cycle... super bowl and phoenix open! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365078 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:12:46 +0000 Tidybee 1365078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For 11 months I very cautiously drank during the TWW. During my 12th cycle, we were in Paris and I drank more coffee and wine in 4 days (that we conceived) than I had had in a long long time. A few days later, my sister came to visit, we went out with friends, and we all drank a ton. A few days later, DH and I split another bottle of wine for valentine's day. I got my BFP 3 days later and have a healthy healthy 1 yr old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365027 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:58:57 +0000 NorCalWayfarer 1365027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was drink til it's pink and even drank coffee the first couple weeks of pregnancy until symptoms really set it. Then coffee lost all appeal for the first trimester and I just started drinking it again about 16ish weeks. I had been a 2-4 cups a day kinda gal, now I'm at 2-3 times a week, if even that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1365005 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:51:57 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1365005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank until I got my BFP. Right up until the day or so before. Not a lot though.. just a glass of wine or two here and there. No coffee because I don't drink it anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364986 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:46:37 +0000 TheReelDeal 1364986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that if you have a "regular" cycle there's no need to cut back too much. Since I have PCOS the less extras I consume the better I think it is for my fertility. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364967 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:37:41 +0000 Snowdrop 1364967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PawPrints: haha there wasn't an option for my drinking habits! I just can't see how alcohol can effect a baby that isn't sharing your bloodstream yet? We find out so quickly these days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364953 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:32:42 +0000 blackbird 1364953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I limited my caffeine to 200 mg like my dr suggested and I drank until I knew I was pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364918 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:18:53 +0000 Smurfette 1364918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank the night before I got my BPF. I found out I was pregnant in the morning and that lunch I still had a Diet Coke. I cut back but I still had one a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364895 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:12:24 +0000 JoJoGirl 1364895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I drank the same night as my BFP (right beforehand, obviously) - what you consume doesn't affect the embryo until like week 6! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364890 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:11:08 +0000 mrs. bird 1364890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't drink coffee because I don't like it, but I do drink other caffeinated beverages. I don't drink at home, but I don't abstain from it when out socially. I am very firmly in the drink til it's pink camp, you aren't sharing blood by the time you get a BFP anyway, so I don't worry about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364880 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:08:08 +0000 HolisticMama 1364880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a huge fan of drinking wine until I see the line.<br /> However- I feel like my tummy is getting a bit fluffy and weight loss can help with TTC, as well. So yesterday was my last day of consistent drinking for awhile...</p> <p>I'e never been a coffee drinker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364869 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:05:33 +0000 mamimami 1364869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I lived my life as normal while TTC. I did try to cut down my caffeine to 2-3 drinks a day, not 1!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364864 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:04:37 +0000 PawPrints 1364864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Snowdrop: Yeah, this. I have coffee every day, and definitely more than 'the occasional drink.' </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364853 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:02:28 +0000 bushelandapeck 1364853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't consume as much caffeine anymore as I was pregnant and/or nursing for the last 2 years and am now TTC #2. I do have a glass of wine often though and will continue to until I see those two pink lines! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364838 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:58:48 +0000 Alivoo01 1364838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I continued my caffeine intake while pregnant, but watched my intake. I wasn't a big drinker so this wasn't a problem to stay away from, but if I was offered a glass of wine during my TWW, I did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/still-drinking-coffee-and-alcohol#post-1364826 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:53:07 +0000 lovehoneybee 1364826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had 1-2 cups of coffee a day and usually at least a glass of wine each night, regardless of where in my cycle I was. I didn't get plastered during the TWW, but I didn't abstain either. </p>