There's a great article about caffeine in the January 2005 issue of National Geographic. I just finished reading it this morning.
My wife is pregnant right now and has not had regular coffee since conception to protect the baby. So I was a bit surprised when I read this:
Even for pregnant women, a population the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advises to avoid caffeine if possible, risks appear to be small, as long as daily intake is kept to moderate levels. Michael Bracken, a perinatal epidemiologist at the Yale School of Public Health, has tracked the habits of thousands of expectant mothers over the past two decades. "Based on current evidence, we can safely say to a pregnant woman, if you're under 300 milligrams of caffeine per day—that's about one to two cups of coffee—you're not doing anything harmful to the child."
I don't know. I'm still not convinced. Seems like the caffeine has got to be affecting the baby somehow. My personal choice would still be to cut the caffeine in spite of this finding.
Here's a link to the National Geographic that talks briefly about caffeine and pregnancy. You might try to pick up a copy at a bookstore so you can read the article.
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Posted by: Healthy living | 07 February 2011 at 03:22 AM