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My understanding is that the biggest issue is caffeine. The current recommendation is 200mg or less daily.

I know some herbal teas are considered potentially less safe during pregnancy but they seem to be few and far between. I would Google them and have a conversation with your care provider but my guess is you will get the thumbs up.

Good luck!

Yep, caffeine content is what's important. I have a cup of tea every morning and frequently have iced tea at lunch.

@Cole: Any herbal tea which has hibiscus in it isn't great while you're pregnant. And a LOT of herbal teas have it. My two favorite teas - Peet's Lemon Rose and Celestial Seasonings Lemon Zinger both have it.

I have tea everyday. I just limit myself to one cup

I drink tea each day. I chose a relatively low caffeine type. I'd have to drink 8 cups to meet the limit, which I never get close to. I brew a 3-cup pot each morning with just one bag (so each cup should be even lower in caffeine). I drink one cup hot in the morning then make the other two into ice tea later in the day. Works for me.

If I get tea at a restaurant, I try to be cautious with the amount since I don't know the caffeine level. But really, there's not much chance of going over the 200 mg limit with a couple of cups.

I am not entirely sure I could function with no tea ( okay I am being dramatic but I grew up in a very English house and tea is a constant thing! ) I limit myself to one a day and avoid the herbal kinds for a simple breakfast or earl grey. My doctor said it is fine and she would rather see me having a tea per day then taking all kinds of Tylenol for the horrible headaches I get without it ( yes caffeine addiction right here ha ha!)

I drank black tea, including chai, during pregnancy. I'd usually have one large-ish cup a day but I would make it a little weaker and add lots of milk.

I think I read somewhere that green tea can inhibit absorption of folic acid and that hibiscus can trigger labor, so I avoided those.

You have to drink a lot of tea to go over the caffeine limit! I think I had at least two cups a day st work, because water from the coffee machine didn't taste so good by itself. It was fine, the tea didn't do any harm.

Caffiene is important, but there are also a lot of herbs to avoid while pregnant. Once I was into my 2nd trimester, I started drinking a pregnancy tea that I made myself. I went to an herb store (or you can find organic herbs online), and bought a 1/2 ounce each of: Red raspberry leaf, Oatstraw, Alfalfa, Nettles, and Dandelion Leaf. I mixed them all together, and bought a reusable tea strainer. I would just put a heaping tablespoon in to steep. It was soooo good.

So tea has like..50% the caffeine in a cup of coffee. It takes approximately 4 cups to equal 2 cups of coffee. So i have my coffee and comfortably have one or two cups of tea when I feel up to it. I usually only want the one.

I definitely don't feel bad about drinking tea (Earl Grey) in the morning. Sometimes it's one cup, sometimes none. I know it's nowhere near the 200 mg of caffeine limit. I also never drink soft drinks, whether I'm pregnant or not. Please remember those when calculating your caffeine intake, including chocolate, and energy drinks.

@SeptMomma12: one other thing to consider. I've read that tea can inhibit good iron absorption. Many pregnant women suffer from anemia so tea could be bad in that case.