How much caffeine is really safe in pregnancy?I completely understand addiction to caffeine.
I am the girl who has GOT to have her coffee in the morning. I was a full 2 - 3 cup a day girl when I (finally) got pregnant with my first.
I managed to quit the coffee products cold turkey.
Oops! I forgot about caffeine withdrawal. Nothing like daily headaches to go with your morning sickness.
Note to self: wean yourself off caffeine before you get pregnant if you are going to go cold turkey. The headaches are normal and expected and will go away in time.
Caffeine has been studied extensively in pregnancy and its use is risky past a certain ingestion level.
How much is too much?
It seems that 100 mg/day is the breaking point.
Above that, the risks of growth restriction in your baby starts climbing.
Do you know how much caffeine is in the common products we consume? How much of your favorite beverage can you drink before you hit the magic number?
I was surprised to find out the following:
- Decaffeinated coffee 2 mg
- Espresso, 1 fluid oz. 64 mg
- Instant coffee 8 oz. 62 mg
- Plain, brewed, 8 oz. 95 mg
- Starbucks Latte, 16 oz. 150 mg
- Starbucks Grande, 16 oz. 330 mg
- Brewed Black Tea, 8 oz. 47 mg
- Starbucks Tazo, 12 oz 75 mg
- Most 12 oz. soda 45 mg
- AMP Tall Boy Energy 143 mg
- No Name, 8.4 oz 280 mg
- Rockstar, 16 oz 160 mg
- Excedrin Extra Strength 130 mg
- NoDoz Max Strength 200 mg
- Starbucks Coffee Ice Cream 60 mg
Once I got out of the first trimester - caffeine found its way into my diet once again.
I would have a "1/2 caff" brewed coffee once in a while if I was working long shifts and was exhausted.
I kept it well below the recommended ranges and was able to treat myself once in a while.
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