Any types of tea allowed while pregnant?

[DJBebe]

Hi all. What types of tea are allowed during pregnancy? I used to drink earl grey but stopped having it due to caffeine.

I drank Yorkshire tea all the way through my pregnancy. 2 or 3 cups a day. I dont drink cola or energy drinks and I switched my coffee to decaf, I figured that was a good compromise. I think it's fine as long as you're not necking filter coffees.

Twinings do a decaf Earl Grey...

I drink decaf regular tea and herbal/fruit teas that are naturally caffeine free. At 32 weeks I choose between decaf tea, moringa and bamboo, blueberry rooibos and raspberry leaf. Moringa and bamboo is my favourite but unfortunately whittard of Chelsea discontinued it 🙄

Sainsburys do a nice decaf earl grey (no chance of pregnancy!! just an insomniac) its cheaper than the Twinings earl grey decaf - £2-50 compared to £4 I think- best of the decafs

I have drink a couple of cups of normal tea a day through all my pregnancies, it's about the same as a can of coke. The decaf stuff tastes just the same to me and many brands to decaf versions these days. Don't drink liquorice tea, it can give you migraines!!

I swapped from coffee to tea in pregnancy to reduce caffeine intake - I have never read anything saying no caffeine.

I had decaf where possible but the odd regular cup too.

I’ve switched to decaf tea so that I can drink Coca Cola when we go to the pub with friends and not sit there doing calculations about whether 2 pints of Diet Coke and half a chocolate bar is going to send me over. Yorkshire decaf tastes fine to me. As others say though I wouldn’t worry too much, you can go over the limit occasionally without any worries. Just so long as you’re not mainlining filter coffee all day.

I always drank normal tea during my pregnancies.

If I remember right, there is a variety of tea that's meant to bring on labour. I vaguely remember people on pregnancy threads talking about drinking gallons of this tea.

Some herbal varieties should be avoided. Too much licorice has a laxitive effect which is probably why people say to avoid it!

If I remember correctly, the recommended caffeine limit in pregnancy is equivalent to two cans of red bull. So higher than people probably think. I used to have two caffeine drinks a day.

I find that no type of tea is appealing to me at all at the moment (11 weeks). The only thing I enjoy drinking is some fresh fruit juice with sparkling water. I do miss that first cup of tea in the morning, just couldn't face it right now.

I always went off tea and coffee in early pregnancy but then at around 14 weeks drank tea as normal and had one coffee a day.

I got addicted to Redbush/ Roiboos tea when pregnant which is very healthy and has no caffeine. That was 18 years ago and I have not drink normal tea since

Once morning sickness abated I had 2 cups of tea a day and an ice cold diet coke in the evenings in summer. It was fine!

Ordinarily I drink a lot of tea, but as soon as found out pregnant I switched to decaf.

I treat myself to one cup of normal tea with breakfast then stick to tetley decaf the rest of the day. I have tried a few decaf teas and this is one I can live with for now.

I was drinking decaf Yorkshire tea, I don’t think you can taste the difference

I too drank decaf earl grey. I still drink it now.

I would still have 1 regular tea or coffee a day.

I drink lots of berry flavoured herbal tea and lemon ginger when poorly (and couldn’t have lemsip due to pregnancy and breastfeeding).

In third trimester when I wanted to get things moving I got Holland and Barrett’s raspberry leaf tea and went into natural labour around my due date both times.

I'm exactly the same wolfgirrl, I've switched to decaffe coffee but 2 or 3 cups of Yorkshire tea keeps me going

I drank three cups of full fat tea a day and then switched to decaf in the afternoon.

My fav decaf is Twinings

It's news to me that there was any restriction on tea. Unless you drink loads of it, you should be fine. Most people just have one or two cups in a day.

I literally can’t taste a difference between regular and decaf tea ☕️ 😝

I wouldn’t sorry too much about caffeine though . Honestly , as long as you being mindful and you are not a huge coffee drinker. The Uk has a 200mg limit which is actually more than you think . In Canada( where I was born) the limit is 300mg 🤷‍♀️

If you drink Nespresso coffee it’s:

The caffeine range is 55-65 mg for Espresso and 77-89 mg for Lungo. The Kazaar blend has approximately 125 mg of caffeine per capsule.

Earl Grey has about 40mg per cup .

There’s caffeine in coke and chocolate too so it definitely does add up . Just be mindful of what you consume . I drank one Nespresso capsule every day , a decaf tea in the afternoon ( sometimes a regular one of I was extra tired ) and rarely coke but definitely a bit of chocolate !

Really, look up Expecting Better

The correlation between reduced caffeine consumption and lower risk of miscarriage may well be explained by the fact that there is also a lower risk of miscarriage with nausea symptoms and one of the things many women who experience nausea go off is coffee/tea. The indication is that you would need to be drinking quite a large number of very strong coffees every day, which isn’t a good idea even if you aren’t pregnant. I was fortunate that my regular caffeine consumption fell within the guidelines for pregnant women anyway, because I didn’t go off coffee, but the book is great for outlining the background research to the recommendations and helping you come to your own conclusions about what is best for you