Has anyone heard of these new studies indicating that totally eliminated caffien from your diet helps achieve pregnancy/conception?

I just can't give up tea and the occasional coffee on the weekend. I mean, I can, but I live in Boston for the year and I'm sort of a southerner. It's really hard for me to deal with the cold weather w/o it. I am just hanging on to this minor comfort. It probably saves me from anti-derpressants!

I did hear wind of such a new study, though, and it's making me nervous. TTC....obviously.

But I LIVE on tea! I'm a southerner, we grow up on iced tea. I got preggo with my first two drinking a LEAST a gallon of soda a day.... although I did give up the caffien once I found I was preg....

Do you have any links to this study?? I don't want to give up my tea without reading it... it will take alot to convince me.:wink

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22718279/

Here's a report from CNN.com. It was disconcerting to me because I don't even drink caffeine. So eliminating that won't help me. ;)

Before I heard about this I've gone back and forth on the whether to drink coffee during pregnancy. When I was pregnant I went completely cold turkey, no morning coffee or afternoon ice tea. Which makes me wonder if all that caffeine before I realized I was pregnant had anything to do with my m/c. Then when we began TTC I cut out all coffee again. Since it's been 2 months and still no :+ I've brought back my morning java. I make 2 cups of decaf but usually only drink one. I think decaf is okay, but nothing talks about drinking decaf while pregnant, so I'm just making an educated decision. And really I get sick of drinking only water, water, and more water!

Yeah, I heard about it, and that it's most hazardous during your 2nd 8 weeks of pregnancy (which I am just entering). It may be just a coincidence, but with my 10 week miscarriage I started cramping (like labour-strength cramps) right after having probably more coffee than I should have. I went to the doc afterwards and had an u/s, baby was ok, but then 5 days later I went in for a follow up and the baby was gone.

I'm so sorry, frontierpsych :Hug

It really depends. :) I gave up caffeine for a year of trying. :) And it didn't help me at all. Other people have better results. It depends on what is up. I think it certainly can't hurt to not have it, but I also think that the occasional cup of coffee isn't likely to harm anything either.

If you have a pot a day habit, it would be good to get rid of the coffee, likewise if you drink a lot of soda.

It does constrict blood vessels. It does cause you to shed water. there is a physiological impact. And that impact is different for everyone.

Bottom line, if you feel like it would be a good idea, or if you feel like you drink too much, then cut it out of your diet. :)

Remember all studies can show different things depending on who is interpreting them. :)