Coffee OK to consume while pregnant?

by Brian White (Subscribe to Brian White's posts)
Jan 26th 2007 1:48PM

Categories: Diet & Weight Loss, Nutrition & Supplements

If you're pregnant, have yo changed you dietary habits to ensure the best possible nutrition is supporting that about-to-be-born baby? Many caring soon-to-be-mothers do just that -- they eat right, abstain from alcohol and smoking and even exercise.

But, how about coffee? In a recent and rather rigorous study on the effects of coffee on late-term pregnancies, it was found that there was no link between moderate caffeine consumption late in pregnancy and and either preterm delivery or low birth weight.

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Yayaja 1-26-2007 @ 1:59PM

My parent's have a friend who's child is a retard because she drank coffee during her pregnancy. At least thats the reasons the doctor's give. She was apparently warned many times to stop drinking it during her pregnancy by her doctors, but she worked a late shift somewhere where she needed it to stay up. A really sad story especially if you see the kid, who has no ability to function like a normal person. Now this certainly doesn't qualify as proof nor is it a medical study, but my take is why? s it really a big deal to give up coffee for 9 months, and for most women, a toal or 18 or 27 months over a course of their entire life? It doesn't seem worth it.