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[Monkey Keeper]

Since we're talking about coffee substitutes, anyone have a pgcy tea they recommend?  I was going through lbs of RRL by the end of my last go 'round. Literally--I was drinking 2qt infusions daily for the last 3 weeks! I love it and can't wait for it to get warm like someone said upthread. But what good pgcy teas are out there?

[MamanFrancaise]

I looooove coffee. My fetus does not. I haven't had a drop of coffee in a few weeks because now it tastes and smells like burnt hair.

If it didn't make me sick, I would continue to have my morning cup.

 

[lilblueberry]

I was a dedicated 1 large cup in the morning coffee drinker, but since finding out I'm pregnant, I cut it all out.  I actually don't want it either...I'm addicted to ice water right now...and where I live it's snowing...but it's the only thing that momentarily satisfies my unending thirst!  Juice makes me feel bad, so it's literally been just water.

[jodieanneanton]

I tried the whole warming milk on the stove with a little bit of vanilla and I added nutmeg (and also a little honey!)  It was soooo utterly delicious! :)

[Bbean]

You can also try pumpkin pie spice!

Or any of those flavored stevia's, to mix it up! (Wisdom Naturals liquid stevia. Cheaper online)

[Bbean]

In tea bags, there is Traditional Medicinals Organic Pregnancy Tea or Yogi Tea's Mother To Be tea - or you can buy oatstraw, RRL and nettles in bulk to make your own~ with lemon verbena, spearmint, etc. for flavor. 
 

Originally Posted by PinkBunch 

Since we're talking about coffee substitutes, anyone have a pgcy tea they recommend?  I was going through lbs of RRL by the end of my last go 'round. Literally--I was drinking 2qt infusions daily for the last 3 weeks! I love it and can't wait for it to get warm like someone said upthread. But what good pgcy teas are out there?

[Monkey Keeper]

Thanks Bbean!!  I drank Yogi Lemon Ginger in the first tri last time to help with the nausea. I'll check out the two you recommended!

[MacKinnon]

Coffee I am a big, big coffee drinker! I often have close to a full pot in the morning, minus DH's big travel mug. I am doing what I normally do and bought decaf to start adding, I have to wean myself down or I get bad headaches. I'll drop back to 25/75 caff/decaff for the first trimester, and then usually go back up to 50/50, sometimes regular, by the mid-second trimester or so. I WOH and have three kids. Coffee is not an option, it's a requirement.

I don't have a hard time quitting pop, and while I do miss myself a nice glass of wine in the evening, it's not a big deal. But my coffee... don't take it away!

[MindlessChrissy]

I drink 1 cup of coffee in the morning and just stick with water or unsweet tea. If I want soda I'll grab a coke zero. Last 2 days I've been bad and had 2 cups of coffee in the morning.