Drinking coffee in the third trimester

Hi Vera,

A little coffee can't do much harm. Just stay away from espressos in restaurants because they can sometimes have a lot of caffeine.

Inge

Hi!

I'm not in my third trimester yet, but I think having a cup of coffee is fine as long as you keep an eye on the rest of your caffeine intake and limit it as much as possible. That's how I'm going to do it because a cup of coffee in the morning just tastes so good haha

Cheers, Mandy

Hey,
I also think it's harmless in moderation. Plenty of women go through their pregnancy with lots of cola, and that has quite a bit of caffeine too.
Everything in moderation ;-)

A cup (mug) of coffee has 4x as much caffeine as a glass of cola.

You hear that 300mg of caffeine is considered the safe limit. That's almost 2 mugs of coffee, 3 cups of coffee, or 7 glasses of cola.

Cola, on the other hand, isn't so good because of all the sugar and other stuff in it.

As with everything, coffee/caffeine comes with an increased risk. Theoretically, you could drink 10 cups of coffee without it affecting the baby, but it's a really bad idea because it increases your chance of complications increased.

So just keep it safe. If you use normal beans/grounds, you know how much caffeine is in it. It doesn't matter how strong the coffee is, but how many beans you've used.

I just read that research from 2010 showed that drinking 200-300 mg of coffee per day significantly increases the risk of uterine inertia.

I wouldn't say that :-)

I do drink a cup of coffee myself. Not every day anymore, and I also only drink juice in small amounts. I mainly drink a lot of water and Spa Marie-Henriette, and then something for the taste.

Why shouldn't you eat chocolate?
You're allowed to drink coffee.
I received a booklet from the Nutrition Center on healthy pregnancy from my sister.
It says the following:

Coffee and tea, but also cola and energy drinks, contain caffeine. In large amounts, caffeine is harmful to your baby. Therefore, the advice is to consume no more than 300 mg of caffeine daily. One cup of coffee contains about 80 mg of caffeine, one cup of tea or a glass of cola 40 mg.

Examples of 300 mg caffeine:
3 cups of coffee and 1 cup of tea
2 cups of coffee and 2 cups of tea and 1 glass of cola
2 cups of coffee and 3 cups of tea

Please!

Dark chocolate actually turns out to be good for you. Maybe she’s referring to the calories in it?

The coffee thing is actually a bit more nuanced than even the Nutrition Center states. They haven’t been able to find any effects under 300mg, but they also can’t rule them out. Above 300mg, there are indeed negative effects.

Plus, it’s hard to determine how much caffeine is in coffee. It can vary hugely.

On top of that, it was recently found that even 200mg in the last months can affect your contractions, possibly with consequences for your baby or at least the way the labor goes.

So I’d say it’s definitely wise to be a bit careful, but certainly don’t avoid coffee altogether. Just keep a safe margin and don’t believe everything they say is harmless. They used to say the same thing about smoking

If you really can't do without coffee, I'd recommend one cup a day - a small cup. But, who am I to say? Ha ha

I used to drink quite a bit of coffee at work before pregnancy, but now I can't stand the smell or taste anymore!