During my first pregnancy, I went cold turkey and cut out all caffeine as soon as I got a BFP. After the first trimester, I started having one small cup a day.
I'm a total, total caffeine junkie and the thought of having to cut it out when I get pregnant again is making me 
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
No, but only because the smell/taste made me sick. I had about a cup a day starting in the second trimester, though.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
I couldn't stomach it! but I would have if I could have.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
@lovehoneybee: @sorrycharlie: I really hope I develop an aversion to it! Otherwise I know cutting it out is gonna be soooo painful.
persimmon / 1339 posts
I had a long black (like an americano) every day of my pregnancy! Some days it was the ONLY thing I could stomach!
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
@pinkcupcake: I'm hoping I don't have an aversion with #2, lol! It may be the only way I can stay awake with my daughter!
persimmon / 1096 posts
No, I didn't cut it out completely. I had some pretty yucky nausea for a good majority of the first trimester, so I didn't have much anyway - but I had a few cups here and there, and the occasional Coke as well. Second and third tri, I probably averaged one small cup a day.
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
I did but I switched to decaf (i know it still has some caffeine) so I didn't feel like my morning was missing something.
pear / 1599 posts
Yes, I cut back to one big cup a day. But I ended up not drinking it much cause it just didn't taste good while I was pregnant.
pomegranate / 3658 posts
I'm drinking one cup every morning. Just like the guidelines say.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
No way. You have to give up so many other things and a cup of coffee a day is safe.
eggplant / 11287 posts
No. I love me some coffee.
Especially during my second pregnancy. No way I could parent a toddler and WOH without any coffee.
pomegranate / 3580 posts
Nope, just like you I cute it out as soon as we found out I was preggo. I did have a few sodas throughout my pregnancy though.
apricot / 441 posts
I cut it out completely unintentionally. Coffee made me sick until week 15! Now I'm back to my one cup a day.
grapefruit / 4988 posts
I drank about a half cup of coffee every morning during my pregnancy. DH makes ours very mild so I doubt there was much caffeine in it. I tried to stay mostly caffeine free the rest of the day.
pear / 1693 posts
I had it a few times, but I had really bad morning sickness and it made me ill most of the time.
pomelo / 5720 posts
I switched to decaf the firs time but have been drinking half caff during this pregnancy. I'm definitely more laid back this time.
papaya / 10343 posts
Yes. I asked my doc when I found out I was pregnant and she said 1-3 cups/day is safe throughout pregnancy. I decided I was comfortable with 1 cup/day to be extra safe. There was a period of time (maybe 8-16weeks, ish?) where coffee made me sick so I didn't drink it then. But otherwise I've had a cup every morning of my pregnancy. And two on Christmas because Merry Christmas to me 
nectarine / 2521 posts
I'm a 3 cup a morning kind of girl! I cut it back to 1 cup during the first trimester and then afterward did 2 cups and no problems. I used to joke he was going to come out shaking 
bananas / 9118 posts
Omg, I could not have survived/functioned that first trimester without coffee, especially with a toddler to chase! I tried to keep it down to two cups a day, but to me it was a necessity.
nectarine / 2054 posts
I only drank decaf during my whole pregnancy... after the crappy day of caffeine withdrawal, I didn't want to risk getting the levels wrong and having a caffeine withdrawal headache without being able to really treat it! I'm a total caffeine junkie. I was most excited about my first large cup of real coffee after giving birth.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
@pinkcupcake: Yep. I tried to go without and drank green tea or something for a few weeks, but I got constipation so bad that coffee was the only thing that remotely helped me go on a semi-regular basis. I also just really wanted diet coke at times. So I pretty much had a cup of coffee in the morning and a diet coke in the afternoon if I craved it just about every day. I'm 19 weeks now and baby seems just fine.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Hahah oops my answer is no way did I cut it. Can't edit my response any more.
pomegranate / 3411 posts
i cut it out after my BFP because i only knew other people that had done the same. Once I did some research and reading, i started calculating my caffeine intake so I didn't go over 200mg per day which was usually 1 cup of coffee, a green tea and a glass of coke, and some chocolate.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
I did until the taste/smell of it made me sick at around 8 weeks or so.
eggplant / 11408 posts
In theory, I wouldn't have cut it out, but it made me nauseous. The second it didn't make me sick, I drank it again, though!
honeydew / 7444 posts
For my pregnancy with LO, i cut out coffee as soon as i got my BFP. With this pregnancy, i haven't been as good. I'll allow myself one coffee if i have a lot of meetings/presentations, otherwise it's tea for me.
pineapple / 12053 posts
yep. i drank it throughout my pregnancy after reading the thresholds that they recommended. i didn't drink more than a cup or two a day as it was!
persimmon / 1367 posts
Well, I hate coffee all the time so I didn't drink that, but I did have caffeine in other forms - my doc ok'd up to 300mg per day but I tried to keep it under 100mg daily - the only way I could possibly function a few times.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
No I cut it out after getting a BFP! I'll probably start drinking a little bit again after 1st trimester... It'd be nice to enjoy a small iced coffee during the summer!
honeydew / 7091 posts
I cut it out for the first trimester (read it *can* cause miscarriage and I was super paranoid about that, having suffered a couple). After that I started drinking coffee again.
I'm a crazy coffee junkie too, and I didn't want to moderate my caffeine. I'm now drinking decaf through the rest of the pregnancy. Not the same, but better than nothing I suppose! And this way I don't feel guilty about having 3 cups
pomegranate / 3601 posts
I had coffee all through out pregnancy and LO turned out fine. I stuck with one cup a day and only decaf for all others.
persimmon / 1286 posts
not really, because it (and most everything) made me feel sick. i did manage about 1 iced coffee a week in the 1st tri, and now in 2nd, have it about 3-4x a week.
nectarine / 2053 posts
I'm not a huge coffee drinker so cutting it after my BFP wasn't a big deal!
nectarine / 2358 posts
I haven't drank any coffee during this pregnancy, which is really rough because I'm an overnight nurse and we LIVE off caffeine. It's just not worth the possible increased risk of miscarriage. The verdict is out on it, but just not worth it to me!
pomegranate / 3350 posts
No but only because I couldn't stand the smell or taste of it. I couldn't even talk to people with coffee breath and normally it doesn't bother me.
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