i gave it up completely. but i have been told that one soda a day won't hurt. but i figured why take the chance. i was use to coffee and/or energy drinks everday single day. i haven't had one since and i'm doing just fine. i would ask your doctor for an exact amount you're allowed to have though.

recent studies have shown that coffee in specific has lead to some low birth weight in babies and in worse cases early loss of pregnancy. This was all on the news just in the last four months so I dont know any real details.

I drank the same amount of coffee with both pregnancies as well as this one so far, even espresso and never lost a child and my first born was anything but low birthweight, induced 1 month early and was still almost 9 lbs. So I don;t think the connection holds water.

I have a little bit during a week. I get my coffee decaf and drink sprite if I have a soda. My caffeine comes from chocolate and tea. The amount in soda (12oz) is usually 35-45mg. Coffee is around 300mg (8oz) and that is the most you should have in a day.

If you drank lots before this is a great chance to wean yourself of those extra calories and loads of sugar!

I still drink one cup of coffee and I drink sprite or water or something else with no caffeine.But sometimes,like earlier,I was craving a Coke.I know some women stop completely ,others dont change a thing.I was just wondering what everyones thoughts were.

I actually slightly increased early on. I used to drink 1 diet coke a day. Then sipping regular coke was one thing that settled my stomach so I drank two at most a day to keep the nausea at bay. Soda has a lot less caffeine than coffee too though.

I cut it out 100% in my first trimester. My cravings started in my second and the main one has been Dr. Pepper. I was having 1-2 day until about 2 weeks ago. I just stopped for no real reason. I think that its a personal choice, although the main reason I avoided it in my 1st tri. is that I had 2 m/c in the past year. I'm now 20w along with a healthy baby girl. Best wishes to you.

I usually drink caffeine free diet coke but a lot of restaurants don't have caffeine free, except in clear sodas and I don't like them... so I have some caffeine about once a week, not counting, what is in chocolate... although I really don't eat too much of that either.

my first pregnancy had absolutely none. then the dr , with this one five years later, said a little was okay. so i keep to that. some days/weeks idont have any and then other days i totally just have to have one. i have always been one that used rootbeer as a stress reliever not wine...lol. so when i have had a bad day all i want is a sonic rootbeer. lol.

For the first 11 weeks I couldn't stomach anything caffeinated, but once I started feeling better my desire for coffee returned. I have one mug a day in the morning (with lots of milk) and if I'm really craving more later on, or I'm out with friends or whatever, I'll get a decaffeinated latte or something.

i was never a big caffeine person, but i have a cup of coffee with lots of milk in it with my granny once in awhile since she makes weak coffee anyways. and a visit to granny's house doesn't feel the same without a cup of coffee lol.
i told her about the low birthweight thing and she said 'ha! if that was true, my kids would have weighed a pound each! i drink 3 pots a day!' so honestly i don't think it's that big of a deal. and in prenatal classes they said you're allowed to have 3 cups of (stong caffeinated) coffee a day.

I don't drink coffee as is, and I would never in a million years touch an energy drink, but I drink tea and hot chocolate and the VERY ocassional pop.

Low birth weight is pretty much the LAST concern for me right now. HUGE birth weight is more of a concern.

Over 2 years ago, I cut out caffine completely due to having Gastric Bypass surgery. But since getting pregnant, I've been craving Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper's from Sonic. Sometimes, I'll have my husband go to Sonic before he leaves for work in the morning to get me a Route 44 Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper and I'll still be drinking on it when he gets home from work at night. But I don't make this a regular practice. I'm 21wks 3days pregnant right now and I've only done this maybe 3-4 times. I did have a children's size one earlier today though just to get the craving satisfied. So far though, my pregnancy has gone wonderfully. My high risk OB actually used the word "perfect" to describe my son and the way my pregnancy is progressing. So, I don't think having a little caffine every now and then will hurt anything. Just don't get too excessive, ya know?

for the love of god, no energy drinks!!!!

I was told that you have to cut down but not cut out caffeine. I still drink tea and the occasional coffee but i have massively cut down from what i was drinking before i was pregnant. Apparantly the limit for caffeine is 300mg a day. Check this link out for more info xxx
http://www.babyandpregnancy.co.uk/CaffeineAlcoholPregnancy.html