Coffee during the TWW?

[Pinkbutterfly16]

Do you carry on drinking coffee during the TWW? I drink Americano's so have my coffee pretty strong.
Is this safe? I wondered could it interfere with implantation or anything like that?


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[Throwaway_panther]

It's safe in moderate amounts. Multiple studies and official recommendations found up to 200-300 mg of caffeine is fine in pregnancy.

That said, me suddenly having an aversion to coffee during the TWW was my first sign something was up, so I haven't had coffee in... 38 weeks :giggle:

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[Pinkbutterfly16]

Thanks Throwawaypanther, it's more the implantation part I'm concerned about, didn't know if it could shake up that process or if I'm overthinking lol x


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[Beau82]

Following bc I'm wondering this myself. I'm drinking a lot of coffee each day so I'm wondering if I should stop or at least cut back if I suspect a successful attempt.

[DRV]

I drink a ton of coffee and didn't cut back at all during my 2ww and got a positive on a digi at 7 dpo! Still have my cup every morning just not 3 a day lol

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks Throwawaypanther, it's more the implantation part I'm concerned about, didn't know if it could shake up that process or if I'm overthinking lol x


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If coffee could prevent implantation the human race would have died out long ago. It is fine.

[atomic sagebrush]

I drink a ton of coffee and didn't cut back at all during my 2ww and got a positive on a digi at 7 dpo! Still have my cup every morning just not 3 a day lol

:agree: I drank coffee or tea during all my pregnancies.

[Pinkbutterfly16]

Does the same go for alcohol during possible implantation atomic? I assume so :)


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[atomic sagebrush]

If anything alcohol may even help implantation by thinning blood. But that having been said, of course alcohol at any point during pregnancy is highly controversial - while I believe and the data seems to support that mod. alcohol intake is ok in very early pregnancy because baby is not even implanted yet, and birth defects do not seem to occur till later on than that even, it is still a chance that many people would not be willing to take. So please folow your gut and heart on that.

[Throwaway_panther]

Yup, echoing atomic on both coffee and alcohol! You might have some people who poo poo coffee even as early as the 2WW, but the science doesn't support this.

Similarly, the science (despite some more scaremongering articles lately) says alcohol during the implantation period also doesn't affect it. SEVERE amounts of alcohol (like being blitzed out drunk) can potentially affect implantation by either a.) preventing it or b.) damaging the egg, but moderate amounts has no impact whatsoever. And this has been echoed to me by doctors and midwives as well.

[DRV]

:agree: I drank coffee or tea during all my pregnancies.

Everyone did when our parents were young! They did much worse too lol and fertility has only gotten worse! I'm not too worried 😁

[atomic sagebrush]

Everyone did when our parents were young! They did much worse too lol and fertility has only gotten worse! I'm not too worried ��

:agree: that's a fact! My mom smoked like a chimney when she was pregnant with me (and for my whole entire childhood.) It's a miracle we survived LOL

[atomic sagebrush]

Yup, echoing atomic on both coffee and alcohol! You might have some people who poo poo coffee even as early as the 2WW, but the science doesn't support this.

Similarly, the science (despite some more scaremongering articles lately) says alcohol during the implantation period also doesn't affect it. SEVERE amounts of alcohol (like being blitzed out drunk) can potentially affect implantation by either a.) preventing it or b.) damaging the egg, but moderate amounts has no impact whatsoever. And this has been echoed to me by doctors and midwives as well.

:agree: my doctor said (after I inadvertently took a huge dose of vitex when I was first pregnant with DS 4 because I had a period and wrongly assumed that I was not pregnant when I actually was) that early on, it's either sink or swim anyway. If the baby is harmed, it doesn't make it any further. If it was THAT bad that it could affect a baby, the pregnancy would just stop. The real risks of birth defects happen when pregnancy is well underway because the baby is sharing your blood supply at that point and is "stuck", the pregnancy is def. progressing. That is of course no reason to rest on our laurels with harmful things in the 2ww of course but it's not likely that a small amount of coffee or alcohol can even do anything. :)

[Pinkbutterfly16]

:agree: my doctor said (after I inadvertently took a huge dose of vitex when I was first pregnant with DS 4 because I had a period and wrongly assumed that I was not pregnant when I actually was) that early on, it's either sink or swim anyway. If the baby is harmed, it doesn't make it any further. If it was THAT bad that it could affect a baby, the pregnancy would just stop. The real risks of birth defects happen when pregnancy is well underway because the baby is sharing your blood supply at that point and is "stuck", the pregnancy is def. progressing. That is of course no reason to rest on our laurels with harmful things in the 2ww of course but it's not likely that a small amount of coffee or alcohol can even do anything. :)

You thought you wernt pregnant because you had what you thought was a period? I've had a light bleed that has led to nowhere today... Thought it was my first AF after my miscarriage 5 weeks ago. Maybe it's just my hormones settling or something... But hmm...


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[atomic sagebrush]

You thought you wernt pregnant because you had what you thought was a period? I've had a light bleed that has led to nowhere today... Thought it was my first AF after my miscarriage 5 weeks ago. Maybe it's just my hormones settling or something... But hmm...


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Yes, I had what appeared to be a full 5 day period and started the vitex. What really happened, we later found out, was that I was pg with twins and one went due to placenta previa, and one stayed, so I took 1200 mg vitex for 2 weeks when I was first pregnant with my 4th son. :( That is why I'm so insistent on you guys taking a pregnancy test even when you think you are not pregnant, even when you have a period, because you can have heavy bleeding and still be pregnant the whole time.