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how many cups of tea/coffee is 'safe'???

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blossom2 · 12/03/2005 12:33

I'm confused about this cafferine business and a little annoyed. I like my tea!!!

anyway, i drinking 1 cup of coffee and 2 cups of tea a day. Is that too much ???

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purpleturtle · 12/03/2005 12:39

I drank 4 or 5 coffees, plus a couple of cups of tea throughout both pregnancies. My kids seem okay to me.

Tinker · 12/03/2005 12:45

Haven't gone off coffee this time so still have 2 or 3 cups at work. And love tea so just drink, drink, drink it!

koonelly · 12/03/2005 13:46

blossom, think it only a problem if you at increased risk of m/c. Even so it still is about 4/5 cups of coffee a day. If u are worried about it then do change to decaff, i have as used to like my coffee strong. Also chocolate contains caffine but think you'd have to eat loads to worry about the levels.Don't think what you drinking is enough to worry about though.

Tipex · 12/03/2005 20:35

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skerriesmum · 12/03/2005 21:12

No, you're still OK, I thought I read that you shouldn't have more than 6 cups of coffee a day. I drank usually one coffee a day and the odd glass of wine and baby turned out fine!

bubbaloo · 12/03/2005 21:19

blossom,
i drink about 20 cups of tea a day but have switched to typhoo decaff which to me tastes the same as "normal" tea.ive tried tetley and pg tips decaff but they just dont taste the same.
still drinking the odd cup of coffee also.give decaff a whirl-you may be pleasantly surprised.

Arabica · 12/03/2005 21:36

I researched this when I was pregnant with DS (now nearly 4) because my normal intake of caffeine is 3 mugs of strong coffee a day. Have a look at this website which is pretty informative. Happy drinking.

berolina · 13/03/2005 10:54

On the Uni Sheffield, Centre for Pregnancy Nutrition site is a breakdown of the amounts of various caffeine-containing products (coffee, tea, chocolate, cola) that are considered safe to have in a day. (Can't find the address right now but you can use Google).

berolina · 13/03/2005 10:54

p.s. 1 cup of coffee and 2 of tea sounds fine.

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