How much coffee can you eat during your pregnancy?
Coffee. Many people start their day with it. The caffeine gives you a nice kickstart and it's a moment for yourself. But just like so many things change when you're pregnant, your coffee habits may also need to be re-examined.
Let's get straight to the point: coffee, or rather caffeine, is harmful to unborn babies if you Lake than 200 milligrams of caffeine per day. That's about 2.5 cups. See more about this below. Do you drink more in a day? Then the risk of miscarriage is greater. And that the baby is not growing well.
Are you breastfeeding and do you drink more than 200 milligrams of caffeine in a day? This increases the chance that the baby will become restless and have sleeping problems. In large amounts, caffeine can also cause an accelerated heartbeat of the baby.
| How many milligrams of caffeine does 1 cup of coffee contain?
A 125 milliliter cup of coffee contains between 40 and 150 milligrams of caffeine. The average number of milligrams per cup of coffee is about 80. For coffee, the advice is to take no more than 2 cups or 1 cup in a day, just to be safe. A cup = 125 milliliters and 1 cup = 250 milliliters. With strong coffee you can already get 200 milligrams of caffeine. |
The solution: decaffeinated coffee?
If there are risks associated with drinking caffeine, you might think you'd be better off drinking decaffeinated coffee. That's true, but there is also a warning attached to this. A cup of decaf coffee, also known as decaf, is not completely decaffeinated. It still contains 2 to 4 milligrams of caffeine.
One study found that pregnant women who drank 3 or more cups of decaffeinated coffee per day had a higher risk of miscarriage. That is why it is recommended that as a pregnant woman you also adhere to the rule with regard to decaffeinated coffee: no more than 2 cups of decaffeinated coffee per day. Source: nutritioncentre.nl.
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