I'm having trouble staying hydrated this week. What are some of your favorite drinks?
So far today I've had ice cold water, a cup of hot decaf tea, and some lingonberry syrup from IKEA mixed in water.
Nothing sounds good to me right now. 
It's like pregnancy food aversions have now extended to drinks as well.
persimmon / 1286 posts
a splash of pineapple juice (trader joe's) or cranberry; fresh lime juice (or the bottled key lime), and seltzer. with a straw!
pear / 1852 posts
I tend to stick to water and milk. But I allow myself one coke a day (I have never liked coffee and RARELY drink tea, so this is my caffeine fix).
I'm only one month in, but with DD I used to mix crystal light into my glasses of to keep me going.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
Gatorade. Much gatorade. Especially the red Gatorade and blue Powerade from the gas station fountains with crushed ice. Mmmm.
nectarine / 2243 posts
I like the mio and Powerade squirt mini bottles of concentrate to liven things up
If I plan ahead...I really like fresh mint and some lime slices left in a cold jug of water in the fridge. It's like a light mojito.
pear / 1521 posts
@gingerbebe: yea, I also drank a lot of Gatorade in the first trimester when plain water was gross!
pomegranate / 3127 posts
Cold soda (I did try to go for the decaf stuff) and very weak coffee. I couldn't drink plain water because if there was any tiny little odor, I'd pick up on it. The coffee masked it very nicely.
coconut / 8079 posts
@gingerbebe: I will have to try some Gatorade over ice
@Littlebit7: I like those little squirt bottles too. I should check those out again
@Mama Bird: I miss coffee! I have the worst reflux ever right now and I just can’t handle coffee 
@Mrs. D: crystal light is a good idea too!
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
Oh, I also really liked Mango, Strawberry Lemonade, and Grape Powerade.
pomelo / 5573 posts
My go-to was 1/3 cranberry juice, 2/3 sparking water, with some lime.
nectarine / 2262 posts
@jhd I am 11 weeks pregnant and having the same problem, I have been so dehydrated because I'm having major aversion to most drinks, including water 
Pre-pregnancy I drank a ton of water all the time so this sucks. And I already have really bad constipation and not being able to drink a lot makes it sooo much worse.
I find I can tolerate certain things in spurts. For a while, it was cold diluted apple juice, but now I can't really drink it. Right now I am sipping strongly flavored seltzer water, or seltzer with a bit of OJ. I was also drinking dilute lemonade for a while, I can't do that. I am also drinking some Constant Comment (orange) tea in the morning. I can't drink sodas, plain water, or Gatorade right now.
I haven't found a great solution. I feel your pain.
coconut / 8079 posts
@MrsADS: sorry you are struggling too. we did a whole30 back in the spring and had basically been drinking water only and some coffee. i can't handle coffee or carbonation just now. i'm still drinking water but i need some other options to change things up. i may just have to browse the juice aisle at the grocery store tomorrow and grab whatever sounds good in the moment. i guess another good option would be fruits & veggies with high water content. i did some juice based smoothies about a month ago when we were traveling but that sounds gross now lol
coconut / 8079 posts
@gingerbebe: i haven't seen the mango flavor. i will check for that.
@erinbaderin: i love cranberry juice maybe that will work in some regular water.
olive / 71 posts
My fave drink is cold water. Carbonated water (+/- flavors) can also be tasty.
grapefruit / 4466 posts
Miso soup is my magic bullet for nausea. It really helped on the occasions I could't keep liquids down, and was helpful for settling my stomach in general. I just buy miso paste and mix a bit with hot water.
grapefruit / 4321 posts
Lemonade mixed with water was the only thing I could consistently get down when I had morning sickness.
kiwi / 617 posts
Gatorade was my go to during pregnancy and during the fourth trimester! I prefer the powdered versions, and then I could make a jug or a glass as needed.
I also figured out that what I drank out of mattered. I used to always carry around a Nalgene bottle, but since I switched to a camelbak w/ straw, I drink 5x as much! For some reason I drink more through a straw. I have 4 bottles, two for work and two for home. Each of these are designated for plain water and the other for juice/Gatorade/etc.
Good luck!
watermelon / 14467 posts
The only thing that helped my morning sickness was a 22 oz fountain coke from Speedway (it HAD to be Speedway). Unfortunately, I had to quit that when I got GD, so then it was ice cold water with lemon in it.
pomelo / 5129 posts
@jhd: Have you tried the new cranberry pineapple juice from ocean spray? Sounds odd, but it's really good!
I gave up soda and coffee in the first tri, so I figured adding in some juice wasn't going to hurt too much (sugar wise). Plus I had some issues with constipation and was told juice could help that a little. I couldn't stomach prune, but would have apple or cranberry (usually half juice, half water)
honeydew / 7463 posts
@jhd: First tri I had aversions to everything including water. I went through a phase though where ice cold lemonade was good. And I also liked iced tea and tried to do ginger when I could (ginger beer, not ginger ale, and ginger iced tea). My OB said that anything is better than nothing.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
@jhd: FWIW, I literally always had Gatorade in my fridge from pregnancy through weaning because it helped my supply for some reason (even though I was drinking 1-2 gallons of water a day, I saw a marked increase of milk on days I drank Gatorade/Powerade).
coconut / 8079 posts
@gingerbebe: that’s interesting that the Gatorade helped your supply. I will have to keep that in mind. I haven’t had Gatorade in a while and we usually get G2 because I find it less sweet.
@SweetiePie: my mom gave me some ginger tea and I couldn’t get past the color of it 
@MaryM: I will check out the ocean spray flavors. They always have good combinations.
nectarine / 2262 posts
@jhd cranberry sounds like something I might be able to stomach, I will have to try some cranberry juice.
coconut / 8079 posts
@MrsADS: I think I'm going to try some too. I also always want things to be ice cold. DH got me a Yeti this summer and it's been a lifesaver. Today I"m sipping on a VitaminWater XXX flavor and ice water. I need to shop for some juice tomorrow.
coconut / 8079 posts
@cake2017: i'm glad to hear it worked for you too. sounds like i need to find some fave gatorade flavors over the next half of my pregnancy! worth a try!
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