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I drank coffee all through my pregnancy, but really only a large cup in the morning. In the summer, I generally lose my taste for coffee, which happened as well during pregnancy.

I was a major coffee addict before getting pregnant. I used to be a 5-6 cups per day girl. We were NTNP for three months and TTC for two before getting a BFP. I gave up all coffee before our second month TTC and that's the cycle that worked. I don't know that our BFP and my quitting coffee are related, but I'm still not back on the stuff.

I waited until I got a BFP - but to begin with I only drank about 2 cups a day (XL hot, if bought out). I was worried about withdrawal but I had ZERO desire to drink coffee during the first trimester..it made me ill every time.

Once I hit the second trimester, I was able to drink it again, but I limit myself based on caffeine intake. I know you can have up to 300 mg/day, my OB recommended <150 mg so if you accidentally go over, you're okay.

I have limited my caffeine somewhat, but I am a zombie without it in the mornings!

I was soooo surprised, coffee/caffeine in general did not sit well with me during pregnancy. I used to drink 1-2 cups a day, but then once I was pregnant it made me extremely jittery and squirmy. I also had diarrhea issues if I drank it. So it ended up being easy for me to give up.

I switched to tea

I actually quit drinking coffee cold turkey before we started TTC, on our vacation- I figured I could deal with withdrawal better while relaxing than while at work. It worked pretty well.

There have been a few days where I've gone for an afternoon coffee, but I have to say I actually feel better now. I miss the taste and the ritual of sitting and sipping my morning coffee, so I'm trying to drink herbal tea in the mornings instead. I wanted to not drink coffee during pregnancy because I just have this notion (non-science or doctor based) that I want to limit the general "stress" in my life, and I can't do much about my crazy job, but I can cut out caffeine (which is a kind of stress, in a way, you know?)

I drank probably 4-5 cups of coffee through the day before we started TTC. I slowly started to cut back until I was at 1-2 a day. I had MAYBE 1 cup of coffee the entire first trimester...the smell and taste made me sick (along with everything else, lol).

In the second and third trimesters I've probably had a cup a day (usually home brewed, in a mug). Sometimes I have a second, sometimes I don't even finish half of my first. I don't know that I even need it as much now...but I enjoy the ritual of brewing it and drinking it.

The first time around when we were thinking of TTC I cut down to two cups, then after BFP one cup and within a couple weeks down to none. I had the occasional decaf but that was it. This time around I cut to one cup and I've kept having it. I just can't seem to get rid of it with a toddler that needs my full attention, and it is one of the only things that doesn't make me nauseous..

i skipped caffeine during the first trim but after that i drank a small tea cup sized once a day.

I gave it up cold turkey in the first tri, then went back to a cup a day in the second tri. Towards the end I'd pour myself a second mug, but wouldn't finish it.

I was the biggest coffee addict, but cut it out cold turkey when i found out i was pregnant at 6 weeks. It was the hardest thing i had to do, but i didn't want to find any reason to blame myself if something happened (i had miscarried a few months earlier).

Funny enough, i had more energy to get me through the day without that daily coffee!