CAFFEINE AND PREGNANCY: Is Caffeine Safe To Use When You Are Trying To Conceive Or Pregnant?
Dr. Natalie Crawford, MD, board certified OBGYN and REI, discusses caffeine and coffee use when trying to conceive or pregnant. Can you really drink coffee when TTC?
Questions answered:
Is caffeine bad for you?
Is it safe to drink coffee if you are pregnant?
Does caffeine cause miscarriage?
Is there a safe amount of caffeine or coffee you can drink?
How much caffeine is in coffee?
Does caffeine cause preterm birth or intrauterine growth restriction?
Does caffeine cause infertility?
Do you need to stop drinking coffee if you are trying to get pregnant?
*this is educational information only, not directed medical advice. Please ask any direct medical questions to your doctor.
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Resources:
ACOG Committee Opinion:
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Mills JL, Holmes LB, Aarons JH, Simpson JL, Brown ZA, Jovanovic-Peterson LG, et al. Moderate caffeine use and the risk of spontaneous abortion and intrauterine growth retardation. JAMA 1993;269:593-7.
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Dr. Natalie Crawford, MD is a double board certified OBGYN and REI, and co-founder of Fora Fertility, a boutique fertility practice in Austin, Texas.
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Watching this whilst drinking my coffee. Need to get my life together and my priorities straight
In middle east women have 4-10 kids each, they drink lot of tea daily as part of meal, with no issues.
Im just gonna say this…. I tried for several months to conceive (I’m 39 trying for my third) cut out coffee completely cold turkey it was rough, I love coffee, took prenatals & everything. Found out I was pregnant last Jan. Had a missed miscarriage and dnc in March. I promptly returned to drinking coffee (1 cup a day instead of the two or three I would have prior to ttc) I’m on my 9th cycle and still not pregnant. So I discovered the hard way that there is no difference and I wasn’t going to suffer from no coffee and no baby! And lastly after the miscarriage I stayed away from internet doctors because I found them to be full of it and clicked baiting, I’ve been binging her videos and have learned so much like I’m hearing everything for the first time, thank you!
So sorry about the miscarriage. Best wishes to you in having a third!
Love how you explained this in such a detailed way but also made it super easy to understand!
Thank you so much for taking the time to discuss this!
You're the best. I really love that you dig into the data for us and truly wish you could be my fertility doctor!
Love that you present peer reviewed journal articles to explain the
Thank You for the clarification on this I thankfully only drink a cup a day and since I am ttc I prefer being safe and being very concentrated on what I eat and drink.
Thank you for this video! I’m pregnant, I’ve been a bit worried about whether or not the latte I make at home in the morning was a problem. Your videos are great and so informative! I’ve watched you throughout my journey to getting pregnant, and your channel is full of beneficial information! Thanks!
Thank you, Dr. Crawford! Any insight on patients with prescription stimulant medications?
With my first I stopped caffeine while ttc , during my whole pregnancy and while breastfeeding ! This time I didn’t stop while ttc or while pregnant so far LOL but I make sure to stay under 200 mg for sure . 13 weeks and everything going well
same here :) so far so good
Great video and great explanation of the data.
Thank you! this confirmed what I already knew about this topic with an added bonus of cool graphs =)
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Thanks for the detail review! It definitely provided more insight. Just curious, if it's more a confirmed pregnancy (i.e., Period is late but I didn't do a blood test yet), during this time, is it still safe to drink coffee normally/regularly?
Thank you for this video! All of your videos are so comforting. So few KZhead dietitians and doctors take the time to explain these issues.
I'm so glad!
This was very helpful for me, thank you!
Aa a fellow scientist working in healthcare I fully appreciate your lay explanation while still including all important and relevant information.
Thank you!!
Thank you so much!!! It was very helpful...
That’s such a Detailed and clear explanation, thank you 😊
Thank you for explaining the studies. I’ve got some residual queries and apologies if I missed it from your video. What about caffeine passing to the foetus? Is there any study that’s suggesting it could affect the baby’s development in utero? Thank you very much.
As per usual, super helpful! xx
Could you do a video on secondary infertility and some reasons why it happens or what to do?
Hi Dr Crawford! My husband and I are TTC and I switched to decaf coffee a few months ago. Then I read chemicals are used to extract the caffeine so decaf can actually be worse for our bodies than regular coffee. I read that Swiss water decaf is a much safer option. Are you familiar with this and is this accurate info I am finding online?
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Thank you so much for this!! There is so much confusing information on this topic, and it's very overwhelming to someone who is TTC to try to sort through all of it!
So glad it was helpful!
Would you give a 1 year old coffee? If not then why are you giving caffeine to a fetus?
@@cryptobull2493 Great way to look at it!
This helped me so much. We are trying right now and I had so many questions about this exact topic. Thank you!
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Thank you so much for this! I am a nurse who is also ttc and I love it when I get see data explained like that. Very helpful, thank you! Now I just need to cut my down my caffeine (I definitely drink way over 200 mg, lol!) 😄
we have the same name...God bless you Natalie
Thank you, Dr! Very helpful video (along all the other videos you’ve posted). I had another concern - should I be worried if I had two glasses of wine before I knew I was pregnant at around 10-11 days after conceiving? I’ve been stressing out about it due to all the conflicting information out there. Thank you so much!
What was the outcome?
Thanks for the excellent overview! I have seen women with previous cases of adrenal fatigue or problems with high cortisol to have very evident fertility related sensitivity to minimum amounts of caffeine (
remember. adrenal fatigue is not an actual diagnosis and treatment with animal adrenal hormones can be very harmful or deadly (video coming soon)! but overall some people caffeine elicits a stress response and so anyone who has concerns for abnormal stress or high cortisol levels may benefit from stopping caffeine all together.
Does ACOG have any guidelines/guidance on methylphenidate and pregnant women? Yeah I think I just outed myself. :-) Also do you know of any peer reviewed journal articles on the subject of stimulant medication and pregnant women? Sorry I grew up with a surgeon for a grandpa so medical journal articles are what I know and read. :-)
Where does the research stand on green tea during pregnancy? I know it has catechins.. is 1-8oz cup a day safe?
With demonisation of caffeine, everyone forgets that old rule of everything (most) things are fine in moderation. I've limited my intake to either a cup of brewed coffee or two espresso shots in the morning (just like Italians do!), but my clinic insists to drop all coffee while we are in IVF cycle for both my partner and I. Thanks for breaking down research and data out there, and amounts of actual caffeine in types of drinks and foods!
Interesting. The problem with these studies is they don't reveal sleep habits and other dietary factors. Anyway, adrenalin is more of a stimulant than caffeine, so avoiding stress is probably way more important.
Stress elevates cortisol. You have to jump from the parachute to get your adrenaline up.
@@olgapolygalova5369 Excellent point! Thank you!
Hi Dr, you have a very informative knowledge and I enjoy your videos. I have one question if I may, Could you please talk a bit slower for those of us that aren't from english- speaking countries? sometimes I find the speech spead hard to follow... thanks a lot🙂
I'm a serious coffee drinker. I blame that on Washington state. Yep, coffee stations everywhere. This is going to be hard to cut back. I had my tubal reversal last week and I'm hoping to start trying on my next cycle next month. Great information on this video. I'm a new subbie.
You and me both on the coffee!! Welcome to the channel
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Thank you So much for this. However, I havent found answer for the question - Is consumption of caffein during pregnancy connected with how the baby Will sleep? I have Heard several opinion that if I drink coffee during pregnancy my baby Will not sleep well. Thanks!!!
Recently found your page, im from Dublin Ireland. Really love your videos! So informative and easy to understand 💖💖
Oh i love you. I’m trying to conceive but addicted to caffeine. I reduced my daily intake to 1 shot(75mg) when i’m really craving for it
Hi! Love your videos. Just came across them. Have you heard of zipfizz? I wondering if a pregnant woman can have it? It’s about 100 mg of caffeine if poured into a 16oz water bottle but usually I dilute and have it in a 32oz-40z of water. Your response would be really helpful ☺️
Regardless of how much water your dilute the 100mg in, you’re still consuming 100mg of caffeine. 200mg is the maximum recommended safe dosage of caffeine for pregnant women. Above 200mg studies show an increased risk of miscarriage. So you’re only having 1/2, you should be okay! Check with your Doctor too. 🩷🩷🩷
BTW, Turkish coffee is about 15 to 25 mg per fingan or small cup.
6 months watching this with a cup of coffee in my hand 😉
Doctor I noticed brown spotting after always drinking cofee. I don’t mind stopping. Is it ok to stop cold turkey on coffee? Please please answer. Its the weekend and I’m worried
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It will be very helpful if u add subtitles
I’ve heard that Matcha or Green Tea can deplete your folate. Is that true???
Can I drink organic decaf while trying to conceive?
I have been ttc for a year now, with no success. For the first 8 months, i was drinking coffee (150 mg a day, which was just one cup brewed coffee in the morning), and i had regular cycles, 28 days, ovulation at about cycle day 14-15. Then I thought maybe quitting coffee would increase my chances, so might as well give it a shot. And starting the very next month, without changing anything else, my cycles became longer, 31 days instead of 28, and ovulation at about cycle day 16, 17, even 18 once. And my period would start SOOOO slowly, with just spotting for two days before it actually started. So I am definitely second guessing quitting coffee. I honestly don't know what to do. Is it ok to have such long cycles? From what i've read, having long cycles decreases chances of conceiving. And it just feels like it didn't help, on the contrary. I felt "healthier"(with a higher chance of conceiving) when i had my 28 day cycles (maybe because i have had an ovarian cyst in the past that ruptured, and my obgyn told me to let her know if my cycles are ever longer than 32 days). I know this might be too long for you to read, but if you have an advice for me, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you!
This exact thing happened to me, but not when I stopped coffee but when I moved from the UK to France. My cycles moved from 28 to 31 day cycles and my periods now start so slow like the blood is blocked or something. I was wondering if it’s the slight change in sleep pattern that caused this (France is one hour ahead) or the stress of moving. Nevertheless no one seems to be able to tell me if this is normal or why this occurred!!
So we been trying to get pregnant since March of this year when I got married I'm a big coffee lover we remind it was better to conceive if you didn't drink coffee so I tried it and after 2 months it worked but i would drink ones a week but didn't let go of coke i love it i started getting very bad pain and my kidneys during this time kidney stones then found out I was pregnant I'm off of coffee right now and coke. no more pain
Did you get evaluated for PCOS? Or did he/she told you why they told you that?
Hello Doctor, I am 42 and planning for a baby through vitro. I love coffee. Should I stop drinking coffee in order to have healthy eggs?
You can have one cup per day!
I'm a coffee lover it's crazy pregnancy changed everything I couldn't stand a smell of coffee anymore..
That's good to know!! I'm planning on giving up caffeine during pregnancy but I've drank 2 cups of coffee every day for years. A month ago I switched to black tea!! I miss my coffee, but I think switching to no caffeine from tea will be much easier. I hope I don't like the smell of coffee!
That happened to my grandmother when she was pregnant with my mom! She LOVED her coffee but once my grandfather saw her say no to it he said he knew instantly even before she took a pregnancy test 🤣
Same here! It was easy to quit in the first trimester. No noticeable withdrawals because I was already sick. Nice that my body decided that for me 😅
I have been drinking coffee on a regular basis for most of my life. Got pregnant easily. Still drank coffee while pregnant though reduced the amount. I am currently 35 weeks pregnant with my 3rd child and I crave coffee grounds, not so much the coffee brewed. Pretty strange as I've never had this craving before.
Kinda sounds like pica
Were your kids healthy? I’m currently pregnant and I’m dying to drink little bit of coffee
@sofiabent9129 how did your kids turn out? We’re they healthy and no issues?
I took fatburnner 2 months ago for one week only and I stopped is it causes anything for my fertility
I used to drink coffee 3-4 cups a day when I was not yet pregnant. But now I drink coffee once on my 6mos pregnancy even put some mill on it but the palpitations are real and insomnia is killing me. I’m gonna say that will be my last caffeine intake until I give birth 😌 sad but as long as it’s for my baby and me. I can wait 😍
*put some milk
It’s funny, after 6yrs of trying, the month that I found out I was pregnant was the month I drank the most coffee. I had a grande latte tue-thur. After I found out I was pregnant, I stopped the lattes. However, I still had a miscarriage at 7wks….it was unrelated though.
There were 9 children in our family the first child was born in 1942 the youngest was born in 1962 we had coffee in our bottles my mom had 6 girls and 3 boys All 6 girls had children no miscarriages as children we drank coffee all day I never drank water .There was no air conditioning we played outside all day when we were thirsty we put a pot of coffee on the stove and drank at least 4 cups threw the day could of been more no one was ever over weight.But now I feel the coffee is different than what I grew up on there is way to many chemicals in them now the coffee makes you shake now it never did that before they add to many chemicals in all our foods now a days.Back in the day there were hardly no miscarriages people were not afraid to say they were pregnant .The minute someone found out they were pregnant they told everybody now there afraid to. I say it's all the garbage and chemicals and preservatives in our food now
Is caffeine safe when you’re freezing eggs?
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Why is it every time I consume caffeine I begin spotting ?
i had sex a few weeks ago and i have not started my period so a i waited for 4 more days and i took a pregnacy test and it was negative results witch is a good thing to me but my still a bit worryed im not ready to have a baby i dont wont to end up homeless i needs some tips on how to make my period start i cant even afford to go to the docoter
What about the study that said caffeine consumption during pregnancy causes your baby to become obese as a child and adult? Is this a flawed study?
Where tf did you hear that!? Obesity has nada to do if the pregnant women drank caffiene during her pregnancy or not. My mom drank moderate caffeine during her pregnancy with me and my sister, and we’re skinny af. My sister is actually underweight even though she eats everything, and I’m 20 years old and “low-end healthy BMI”… however we are both also super active, (my autism makes me pace 24/7 and my sister is a gymnast) is a so that might have something to do with it
Nobody ever does a tall ever
So true