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I don't drink diet soda, only regular. I didn't give up the regular, but I only drink it 1-3 times a week anyways.
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I did. My doctor specifically told me that diet pop is safe while pregnant, but I haven't drank it anyhow.
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I did, because of the aspartame.
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I was CRAZY addicted to Coke Zero before getting pregnant but stopped drinking it when I finally got pregnant. I stopped because of the caffeine and artificial sweetener. I miss it so much.
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I gave it up pre-pregnancy because I wanted to drink lots of water while pregnant and had a serious Diet Coke addiction. I only had 1-2 the entire pregnancy, but have slipped back into having 1 a day since he arrived.
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I've had one since finding out but I didnt drink much before anyway because I dont do well on caffeine. If I was better with it I don't think I'd be aa strict.
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Yes, DH really questions the safety of artificial sweeteners (and the process of decaffeination, actually) so it was no diet soda and no decaf coffee for me! I had regular soda a handful of times total and caffeinated tea or coffee maybe twice a week.
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Yes, to avoid both. I drank a lot of ginger beer. Not sure I'll be so strict on the caffeine next time round!
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I voted no, but I'll have maybe 1 diet coke every other week.
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I had a diet coke every week or two, but that's how often I drink it not pregnant as well.
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@Mrs. Lion: Honestly, I only ever drank diet soda (or even reg. soda) with alcohol as a cocktail. Now that alcohol's off the table, so is the pop! And I know it has nothing good in it for either baby or I nutritionally anyway.
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I did for the aspartame. I think in general it isn't that great for us and I didn't want to expose my baby while in utero. I am trying to limit diet soda in general to more of a treat vs. an every day item. It's hard, but I'm doing OK thus far. It helps that my baby is a year old now and wants to share everything. I really can't have anything I can't give him!
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I gave up diet coke but I may have still had diet sprite or something without caffeine? Probably. I still voted yes because the only one I drank regularly was diet coke and I gave that up. Next time I don't think I'm going to though. I'll cut back but not give it up completely. Oh, and I've cut back a lot anyway since before getting pregnant with lo. I no longer buy them for home, just while we are out, and not all the time.
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I didn't vote because I can't remember the last time I drank a diet soda so I didn't specifically give it up for pregnancy. But I didn't cut coffee or an occasional regular coke.
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I think the Aspartame is worse than the caffeine, but when my midwife friend told me that babies take 7 times longer to get things like caffeine out of their tiny bodies, I avoided it for most of my pregnancy. I always say better safe than sorry!
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