Are you still drinking coffee and alcohol while TTC?
I can't seem to kick my morning coffee habit. I love both the taste and the little buzz. I also have the occasional glass of wine or beer.
Should I cut all of this out?
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I drank wine while TTC, but I usually avoided it during the TWW (I did have the occasional glass of wine even during that though).
The cycle I got my BFP, I wasn't charting and didn't even think I was halfway through a cycle, so I actually had quite a few alcoholic drinks over what would have been the TWW (I was visiting family over the holidays). Oops...
I don't drink coffee anyway, so I can't comment on that!
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I avoided alcohol during TWW but then I'm not a big drinker so it's not a big deal for me ot avoid most of the time.
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Drink til it's pink!
I voted no coffee, only because I don't drink coffee... but I would drink/imbibe/enjoy per usual until I got that BFP.
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I didn't vote because I have literally not changed my caffeine/alcohol habits at all since TTC. Although I rarely have caffeine anyway, it makes me feel funny.
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I wasn't a big drinker of either but didn't actively avoid anything. As long as you're not binge drinking it's probably not going to be a problem.
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Another drink til it's pink-er here! I got really drunk during the TWW (and honestly the whole month) the cycle I conceived.
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I drink coffee occasionally (like a Starbucks treat once a month) and I have a drink occasionally (I had 2 cocktails and 2 glasses of champagne at my friend's birthday dinner this weekend...but I'll go weeks without a drink)
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I did not change my coffee or alcohol habits while ttc at all. I had wine with meals up until my bfp, and still drink some coffee/tea following my dr's recommendations now (she says 1 cup/caffeine per day, which is more cautious than some recommendations, which are up to 200 mg/day)
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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.
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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.
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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!
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@Snowdrop: Yeah, this. I have coffee every day, and definitely more than 'the occasional drink.'
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I lived my life as normal while TTC. I did try to cut down my caffeine to 2-3 drinks a day, not 1!!!!
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I'm a huge fan of drinking wine until I see the line.
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...I'e never been a coffee drinker.
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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.
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I drank the same night as my BFP (right beforehand, obviously) - what you consume doesn't affect the embryo until like week 6!
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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.
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I limited my caffeine to 200 mg like my dr suggested and I drank until I knew I was pregnant.
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@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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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I stopped drinking coffee when I got my BFP, and I haven't started drinking it regularly again.
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.
As for alcohol, drink til its pink! Not a huge drinker, regardless, but I won't turn it down either.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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.
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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.
eta I don't drink coffee. I've been enjoying my wine a lot lately.
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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.
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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.
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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!
And I never gave up my daily coffee: pregnant or BFing.
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I'm still drinking coffee. Alcohol is very easy for me to cut out so I have.
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I drank alcohol and coffee while TTC.
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I drank coffee and alcohol while ttc. I actually had a happy hour a week before I got my BFP!
I drank coffee throughout pregnancy/bfing as well.
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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.
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