I completely removed caffeine and all soda/coffee from my diet per my dr. I didn't drink a lot of stuff with it before, but boy do I miss my weekend cup of coffee. I am not completely sure if there is a connection, but I do feel a lot better.

Giving up caffeine has helped to reduce anxiety but I haven't found any other benefits.

Can't do it! Too many little kids in my class telling me stories at 7am....have to be awake. :-)
Totally gave up alcohol though. Sure miss red wine.

Totally don't blame you there SharynMarie, but don't the rest of you think that our RE know nothing about diet and how it may effect our fertility chances. Especially if you have cysts, fibroids and endometriosis I would love a doctor to recommend a diet that doesn't involve them saying .."no drugs and alcohol". I mean really?!? Is that the best you can give me? A million dollar doctoral degree and they all tend to give you the obvious answer.

Unfortunately, I can't give up coffee and red wine completely. I read one place that one cup of coffee per day can't hurt you, of course, if you don't have any extra caffeine from something else.

For awhile I gave up caffeine, coffee, tea, sweets and all alcohol...it didn't do anything...it didn't help us get pregnant and my doctor said it wasn't hurting our attempts because I never really consumed a lot of that stuff anyway...

I think from a diet standpoint, if you're trying to make a lifestyle change, then go for it...otherwise everything is probably ok in moderation. :)

sharynmarie, I worked with a woman last year whose doctor told her to continue drinking red wine (1 - 1.5 glasses per night) because her blood pressure was soooo high. I couldn't belive her doctor would tell her that, but her baby was born completely healthy and her blood pressure stayed down. I guess her blood pressure was such a problem that if it got too high it would be a severe risk for her and the baby??? I don't know, but I had never heard of that before. Weird, huh?

I've read that caffeine can be a trigger food for endo but I have no idea if there is any medical basis for. I drank zero caffeine for over a year. I found no benefit to it. I still don't drink it in high amounts but I haven't sworn it of 100% either.

I never drank coffee so I didn't have to give it up. I am a tea drinker though, and have switched to primarily herbal or decaf. Sometimes I have tea with caffeine in it though, but it's rare.

I cut down on drinking wine a few months ago, but then I started taking Metformin for my PCOS and can't drink at all on it. It sucked at first but now I'm used to it.

And all this to say I'm still not pregnant. :(

"And all this to say I'm still not pregnant. :( "

That's my point - we give up so much and get back so little. ;( hate this. However, I am ready to give up all these and more if i knew for sure that I will have a baby. At this point, I am so tired from giving up on life.

so glad i found this post. i have been going through the same thing. i went to see a homeopath and he said 'no coffee' you can have caffeine, but there's something in coffee that's a 'no no' - this has been very difficult.

so i did some research and i found that whatever coffee does to the brain, is the same thing that stress does to the brain-it releases the chemical of that 'fight or flight' that we have that stops our hormones from producing what it needs to conceive b/c it thinks we're under 'extreme stress'

however..and this is a big HOWEVER..the studies that were done were shown to be EXTREME amounts of caffeine..not just a cup in the morning to get you through the day..more like 3-5 cups..so i think those drinking a cup a day will be fine.

also, i found this site: http://fertility.amuchbetterway.com/does-coffee-impair-fertility/

pretty much says the same thing. i think organic, free-trade coffee is the way to go.

as for red wine-my RE said to me 'a glass of red wine at night will relax you, and increase your chances of conceiving' - of course, until you get that BFP!

best of luck..xoxo-S

I was just venting to my acupuncturist today about how all these women who are crack addicts and alcoholics and they get pregnant...and then someone like me has to give up this and that and start doing t his and that.....shhhesssh! My acupuncturist gave me a leaflet today about avoiding chlorine....I mean REALLY!!?? Now I can't even take a dip in the freakin pool. No fair!!!

I gave up coffee and soda which was very hard for me. I still drink tea but I miss my Starbucks! Ugh!

You're so right Monikat... it really doesn't even matter. All these things we do to "boost" fertility or make ourselves "healthier" All the druggies and people who have bad eating habits and have a horrible health still get knocked up, have healthy pregnancies AND healthy babies. I admit, I did cut back on caffeine because it has been linked to miscarriages (I read in an article somewhere, plus too much caff is not good anyways in general) but I'm not going to stop living my life. I'm tired of trying to get my "body baby ready" when it doesn't make a difference. Bottom line... still not pregnant aftter all this time. When it's going to happen on his time, is when it's going to happen regardless if I'm caffeine or alcholic free. Til then, I will have my glass of wine and occasional iced coffee =)

Sheesh...I completely gave up caffeine for the 6 mos. of Clomid Dh and I did, and no pregnancy. I freakin' LOVE coffee...the smell...the taste...the buzz...ALL of it, and man, that was a rough 6 mos. When we took a break from treatments this summer, I said 'eff it and went back to my morning cup, which has now become 2 - 3 cups in the morning (I know, YIKES!) We're meeting with our RE for our IVF consultation on Wed. If he tells me I need to cut it back (or completely out) I will, but I'm hoping I can still have decaf...at least until we get preggo...*fingers crossed*

I know what you're feeling. Although I just like the 1 cup in the morning and maybe a 1/2 cup in the afternoon, but I just think there is something that they're not telling us/me about coffee and fibroids/cysts/endometriosis. I have found Tassimo organic "coffee" its actually pretty good. Best of luck to everyone.