Coke or no Coke

Aprilnewbee wrote: Did you cut all soda drinks out of your diet when pg, or did you continue to drink them? My doc says no coke at all, but I've heard others say one or two is okay but no more per day. I have cut back to one Pepsi a day, but I don't know if I could go cold turkey.

Just your thoughts on this would be welcome.

Thanks,
Beth

PrairieMom replied: I have cut out all caffine. I quit cold turkey 3 months before TTC. ( it was part of my pregnancy preperation) I have heard that you just have to cut back, but I decided it was better for me to just quit. It wasn't easy, and I had really bad headaches for a week, but I did it. I would still Kill for a Coke tho! I try not to think about the fact that I will be breast feeding when the PG is over, so who knows how long it will be before I can have another one!

ammommy replied: I say go with your doctor. S/he knows your history and can suggest accordingly. My OB told me to go back to drinking caffine because the withdrawl symptoms were so miserable and lasted so long that caffine was the lesser of 2 evils.

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: There was no way I was giving up my coke I did cut back to less than a 6 pack a day though

5littleladies replied: I always say I'm cutting out the caffine when I'm preggo and it always lasts a week or two at best. My kids have always turned out just fine. I'd say you are fine to drink it-in moderation of course.

Sarah&Mackenzie replied: I cut down on my caffine but didn't totally stop drinking pop. Mackenzie came out fine LOL

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: I was just going to ask the same thing!!! I have always cut out caffeine completely (both coffee and pop) while I was PG, but I just had my first coke about an hour ago at lunch! I was having a bad day and just needed it! So I caved in...I figure one is okay. My sister drank at least one or two Pepsis a day with one of her PGs and her DD is fine!

mckayleesmom replied: I didn't get the memo... ...I didn't really eat or drink anything that I wouldn't have if I were not pregnant.

kimberley replied: i did with my first two pg's then just cut back for the rest.

Hillbilly Housewife replied:

Talk to 10 people, get 10 different pieces of advice!!

Do what you want to do. Some drink it anyways, some don't.... I did, still am, my kids are fine!!

Aprilnewbee replied: Thanks for all the great thoughts. I think I will just continue to do as I am.
I am just getting baby excited, by best friend just had her baby shower for her second baby and is having hers in two weeks(scheduled C), then the week after that I have an ultrasound, and then Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and then before you know it April will be here and I will be having my baby.

Beth

sunshine girls replied: I drank coke when I was pregnant, my kids are fine.
Hopefully these next few months will fly by for you, I can tell your excited

My2Beauties replied: I drink 1-2 per day - I have an addiction, I need caffeine users anonymous No seriously, my DD is just fine and I did drink at least 1 per day - Mountain Dew at that

TsurugiButterfly replied: I didn't cut out soda altogether... I quit smoking, and had to watch my 21st birthday go by without being able to celebrate... I wasn't giving up all my vices, LOL! I DID make an effort to switch to decaf iced coffee (soda isn't my problem... but if I got cut I'd bleed coffee.). My doctor never really got on my case about caffeine, I cut back because I wanted to. Even when I saw the dietician for gestational diabetes, she didn't seem to have any problems with my drinking Diet Coke Now you might have other feelings about aspartame, but for me, it wasn't an issue.

Regina replied: I completely quit everything. I don't think having caffiene is harmful to the baby, but I quit smoking (yuck!), drinking and I figured, hey, might as well go all the way and quit caffiene as well. The caffiene was harder than the cigarettes! Good luck with whatever your choice is.

My3LilMonkeys replied: I didn't drink soda (but ate chocolate so still got the caffeine) with Brooke for the first 1/2 - then I craved it so badly I caved and started drinking it again and never stopped for Madison. Both of them are jsut fine but IMO your Dr. knows best.

gr33n3y3z replied:
same here also
All 4 of mine are fine