choklatemunky
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Ummm, I can across this on the web today.... it was a headline in the news section of my homepage = I wasnt looking for it.
Anyway, I know there has been some discussion about whether people treat the 2ww as if they are PG until they know otherwise so I thought I would post it on here - apologies to anyone who is upset by it but I guess I just thought that forewarned is forearmed and that at least if you have the info you can make a choice.......
Drinking coffee doubles risk of miscarriage
Drinking coffee can double the chance of a pregnant woman miscarrying her baby, US experts have warned.
The study - published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - was conducted by Dr De-Kun Li and involved 1,063 women who had become pregnant in the last month or two.
They showed that consuming 200mg of caffeine a day doubled the risk of miscarriage.
The women were asked to provide a diary about their caffeine intake up to the 20th week of pregnancy.
On comparing the details it was found that 172 women had miscarried by 20 weeks.
Compared with those who did not drink caffeine, women who consumed up to 200mg a day had an increased risk of miscarriage.
Dr Li said: "This strengthens the association between caffeine and miscarriage risk because it removes speculation that the association was due to reduced caffeine intake by healthy pregnant women.
"The main message for pregnant women from these findings is that they probably should consider stopping caffeine consumption during pregnancy."
Pat O'Brien, a consultant obstetrician at University College Hospital, said: "This is the best evidence we now have on the subject and I will advise patients to avoid caffeine completely, at least for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy."
To turn that into understandable levels, from what I understand;
A cup of coffee generally contains 100-150mg of caffeine,
An average chocolate bar contains about 30mg of caffeine (milk chocolate contains less than dark chocolate and white chocolate doesnt contain any),
a cup of tea contains about 50mg,
cans of coke etc contain about 40mg
hot chocolate is somewhere around 15mg
Anyway, I know there has been some discussion about whether people treat the 2ww as if they are PG until they know otherwise so I thought I would post it on here - apologies to anyone who is upset by it but I guess I just thought that forewarned is forearmed and that at least if you have the info you can make a choice.......
Drinking coffee doubles risk of miscarriage
Drinking coffee can double the chance of a pregnant woman miscarrying her baby, US experts have warned.
The study - published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - was conducted by Dr De-Kun Li and involved 1,063 women who had become pregnant in the last month or two.
They showed that consuming 200mg of caffeine a day doubled the risk of miscarriage.
The women were asked to provide a diary about their caffeine intake up to the 20th week of pregnancy.
On comparing the details it was found that 172 women had miscarried by 20 weeks.
Compared with those who did not drink caffeine, women who consumed up to 200mg a day had an increased risk of miscarriage.
Dr Li said: "This strengthens the association between caffeine and miscarriage risk because it removes speculation that the association was due to reduced caffeine intake by healthy pregnant women.
"The main message for pregnant women from these findings is that they probably should consider stopping caffeine consumption during pregnancy."
Pat O'Brien, a consultant obstetrician at University College Hospital, said: "This is the best evidence we now have on the subject and I will advise patients to avoid caffeine completely, at least for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy."
To turn that into understandable levels, from what I understand;
A cup of coffee generally contains 100-150mg of caffeine,
An average chocolate bar contains about 30mg of caffeine (milk chocolate contains less than dark chocolate and white chocolate doesnt contain any),
a cup of tea contains about 50mg,
cans of coke etc contain about 40mg
hot chocolate is somewhere around 15mg
Typical!
