Can I drink caffeine while I'm pregnant?

Can I drink caffeine while I'm pregnant?

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With respect to caffeine when you're pregnant, we usually recommend you decrease the amount. Of course, drinking a decaffeinated cup of coffee a day, or a Diet Coke or an iced tea, is okay in moderation, but we typically ask you to try and limit it to one to two caffeinated products a day. So a Diet Coke in the afternoon and a cup of coffee at night is more than enough, and if you can make it even less, that would be better. Nowadays, with the fusion of caffeine in everybody and every street corner, it's become much more prevalent, but we still encourage you to decrease it whilst pregnant.