I drink choclate breakfast drink every morning. Their is a lot of vitamins and minerals in it so I know that part is good for me, but I know your not supposed to have much choclate when pregnant because of the caffeine. Does anyone know if this is okay for me? or should I start going for the vanilla? My baby's heartbeat as been between 145-160 every check up Ive had.
2007-03-12 05:01:29 · 11 answers · asked by FutureMrsBeck 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I have a large HOT CHOCOLATE every morning and I'm 23 weeks pregnant! haven't had any side affects .. baby gets a little active in the mornings, but everything is perfect :)
Also, my OBGYN said that ONE 8oz. drink (with caffeine) per day is just fine with no side affects.
Also, I've read this before (but the question was about coffee .. and I don't drink coffee .. but the answer is very informative :)
I think that the reason there is so much conflicting information out there is that we just don't yet know precisely what impact caffeine may have. Studies are ongoing. Because we see heavy users of caffeine giving birth to presumably normal offspring, we know that the effects are subtle, and may be individual.
A 1996 published review on this issue reports that heavy caffeine use (300 mg. per day or more) during pregnancy is associated with small reductions in infant birth weight that may be especially detrimental to premature or low-birth-weight infants.
Some researchers also document an increased risk of miscarriage associated with caffeine consumption prior to and during pregnancy. However, overwhelming evidence indicates that caffeine does not cause birth defects, nor does it affect the incidence of preterm labor and delivery.
I, too, have heard about the implication of caffeine with SIDS, but I believe that other variables may come into play here also. Caffeine and smoking are two common co-variables. I understand that researchers said that the risk starts with four "cups" of coffee per day. It would be more helpful to give a dose risk rather than "cups" of unknown type of coffee.
So, the bottom line is that's it's probably safe to go ahead and enjoy your morning cup of coffee, but it's prudent to keep your caffeine intake to under 300 milligrams a day.
Next page: Learn how much caffeine is in your favoirte beverage
As you can see below, coffee varies in caffeine content. Even the size of the cup is variable, so it does no real good to say that pregnant women should limit their intake to a cup per day because interpretations of one cup vary.
One tablespoon of cocoa or one eight-ounce cup of chocolate milk contains approximately 10 to 17 milligrams (mg.) of caffeine, whereas a cup of coffee contains:
drip coffee:
percolated:
instant:
decaf: 137 to 153 mg.
97 to 125 mg.
61 to 70 mg.
0 to 4 mg.
coffee (5 oz.) 85 mg. for ground roasted coffee
60 mg. for instant
3 mg. for decaffeinated
tea (5 oz.): 30 mg. for leaf/bag
20 mg. for instant
colas: 18 mg./6 oz. serving
cocoa/hot chocolate: 4 mg./5 oz.
chocolate milk: 4 mg./6 oz.
chocolate candy: 1.5 to 6.0 mg./oz.
I would go ahead and continue to enjoy your one cup per day; perhaps you could mix it half-and-half with decaf or milk.
good luck! God bless!
2007-03-12 05:05:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's unlikely the caffeine content is high enough to be a concern unless you're drinking sick quantities of the stuff. The studies linking caffeine to miscarriage indicate a higher risk of miscarriage if daily caffeine consumption is 300mg or higher, so 2-3 "normal" cups of coffee would be okay (but because caffeine amounts in coffee varies so much you can't really put it in terms of cups). In any event, the caffeine levels in chocolate are significantly lower -- for example, hot cocoa typically contains between 3 and 30 mg per 8oz serving. So, take a look at your label, but assuming you're not ingesting gobs of it, and not getting lots of caffeine elsewhere in your diet to boot, I wouldn't be concerned with the caffeine at all.
Besides, studies in the past few years actually concluded that ingesting some chocolate every day in pregancy is good for the baby.
What I would possibly worry about, however, is the amount of sugar in those breakfast drinks. If nothing else, know that if you do test positive for gestational diabetes, those drinks will likely be at the top of the list of "things that must go." (I don't know which brand so I'm just talking generally. I had a lot of chocolate nutritional shakes, like boost and ensure for pregnant women, but they are soooo high in sugar, and despite the fact that I really did need the calories and the calcium they were the first thing to go when I ended up with GD.)
Anyway, point is, should be fine. But if something else -- ie sugar -- may be a concern I'd check with your OB on that front. T
2007-03-12 12:13:22 · answer #2 · answered by ljb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chocolate is fine even a little coffee like 2-3 small cups is fine just keep taking vitamins and try not to drink more than one glass a day and watch out for how much vitamin A there is in the drink vitamin A is the only vitamin that you can get too much of. Hope this helps and congradulations
2007-03-12 12:06:56 · answer #3 · answered by cuetee220 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That little bit of chocolate won't hurt your baby. I have an obsession with chocolate milk and cocoa puffs and have them every morning for breakfast and im 33 weeks pregnant and trust me..my baby kicks and such juuuust fine. haha. Hes progressed very well. So no-that little bit of chocolate wont hurt the baby. I had to drink those same type of drinks every morning in the earlier stages of pregnancy for protein becuase i wasn't gaining weight so---you are safe!!! Congrats and good luck!
2007-03-12 12:05:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's okay to have one or two caffeinated drinks per day when you are pregnant. This chocolate drink is actually a good choice! Keep on drinking it!
It's good for you and baby!
2007-03-12 12:05:32 · answer #5 · answered by E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't worry. I am a coffee addict. My doctir told me that if you are used to drink caffene and all of a sudden you stop then you are going to get a head-ache and have to take Tylenol. So you are better off just drink the coffee. Just in moderation
2007-03-12 12:08:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont see anything wrong with. I mean if you drink like alot of them then yes. But hey every once in awhile I'll have a caffenine drink. You can also ask your doctor if you are really concerned
2007-03-12 12:06:14 · answer #7 · answered by Courtney A 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes what ever you drink or eat the baby will do the same thing
2007-03-12 12:10:13 · answer #8 · answered by Timolin 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sure. Just make sure you take your prenatal vitamins and EAT EAT EAT.
2007-03-12 12:04:55 · answer #9 · answered by gg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why wouldn't it be?? geez lets get some perspective here, its not heroin or something, is it? Im sure its fine, moderation in most things is fine
2007-03-12 12:05:27 · answer #10 · answered by Serry's mum 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋