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I'm not really a coffee person, but I'm a huge diet coke/diet dr. pepper drinker. I mostly cut it out in the first trimester - I had the occasional can to try to relieve a headache without taking Tylenol, but probably no more than 5 during the entire first trimester. Now that I'm in the second trimester, I've been having a caffeinated diet soda a few times a week.

also, I totally agree with others - the smell of coffee was so disgusting to me during the first trimester!

On a rare occasion. It just didn't interest me.

No.

I drank coffee! I switched to half-decaf while pregnant, but continued to have soda and iced teas and other things that had caffeine. I just tried to stay under the 200mg limit, but sometimes I know I went over.

I didn't give it up. I can only really drink one a day, anyway, which is well within the safe level for pregnancy.

Plus, there are problems with most coffee substitutes. Green tea can interfere with folic acid absorption (and still has some caffeine) and most herbal teas have an ingredient that some authority will tell you to avoid.

I did not cut it out on purpose, but I had an aversion to hot beverages, so I did not have much. I did have a lot of ice cold soda, though, and resumed a daily cup of coffee when it appealed to me.

I kept my caffeine intake under 200mg a day, but no way was I going to cut it out.

I didn't during the first trim, but I did throughout the rest of pregnancy

I had a major aversion to hot drinks in my first trimester, so I stayed away. I still had lattes on occasion, though. I just watched my total caffeine intake.

I did not drink it but only because I had an aversion. I still don't like it at 22 weeks, which is shocking to me! I do like iced coffee though so I probably have one of those once a week or so.

I had a cup every day during my entire pregnancy pretty much. I'm more of an 'everything in moderation' person.