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New study finds caffeine doubles risk of miscarriage
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Anonymous
What are you hoping for? We are all healthy and thriving for the most part. What else is there to hope for? |
Anonymous
| We are not all heathy and thriving. Asmtha, allergies, ADHD, autism, obesity, hypertension, are all on the rise for our children and some are even referred to as epidemics. I recognize that reporting is up and I'm not saying these conditions are all attributable to prenatal exposure, but a blanket statement that we are all thriving and, thus, shouldn't concern ourselves with research indicating that exposure to toxins in utero is harmful, is negligent, in my opinion. |
Anonymous
| Honestly, all you can do is take care of yourself as best you can. Even women who are paranoid and avoid everything sometimes have children with asthma or other issues. Getting new carpet years before you conceive can cause issues based on studies linking all the toxic chemicals. Being exposed to construction at work can cause issues. What are you going to do - stay home? I think you know the basics of what I am saying. It is not being negligent to not stress about everything around you. Obviously you need to take care of yourself and not go out of your way to expose yourself to toxic chemicals or poisons but really - you cannot worry about everything you come in contact with and you are not negligent if you do not stress over everything. Even bottled water can be bad for you but drinking it does not make you negligent! |
Anonymous
| Women who can easily give up caffeine during their pregnancies should do so. Those who cannot give it up entirely, should try to limit their intake. There's no need for stress and anxiety and beating each other up on this subject -- just do your best to make healthful choices for yourself and fetus. |
Anonymous
| Amen. |
Anonymous
Except for those who are not fine - but they are not here to tell us. |
Anonymous
I was told no caffine in first trimester 6 yrs ago. I gave it up for the whole pregnancy. Why take a chance, it is just nine months. 
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Anonymous
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"We are all alive and doing well. Most of us are anyway... Our moms drank, smoked, ate tuna, had lead paint on their walls, and were exposed to God knows what and we probably didn't ride in car seats depending on how old we are. And we are..... ALL FINE!"
I fail to see the logic in this response. Seriously, times change, new information becomes available, and safety improves. My MIL is not allowed to drive the kids because she thinks carseats and seatbelts are silly. She also points out how her kids survived without them. Would any mom today buy this load of BS? No. Do we really believe seatbelts are not important because the majority of people survived? Come on. I also don't get the argument to disregard risks that we do have information about it because there are other things out there that can't hurt you as well. Keep in mind that different people react differently to different substances and you don't know if you are one of them or not! Too many women struggle with fertility, multiple miscarriages, and high risk pre-existing conditions to ignore the data. Having info on how to eliminate risks that you can control is very helpful. Your body is creating every cell of your future child. Very few substances do not cross the placental barriers. If you are exposed or ingest something, so does the baby. Wouldn't you want to do everything possible, for this short period of time, to protect your kid? |
Anonymous
Of course. But in my mind that doesn't include protecting my baby from every unsubstantiated risk. |
Anonymous
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I do, though I would prefer to be in a world that isn't so self-selective about it. How many people responding to this drive an SUV? Keep their house too warm in the winter/too cold in the summer? Use antibacterial soap? Vote for things that make the rich richer and the poor poorer? All things that endanger all of us, especially the welfare of our children once they actually leave said womb, far worse than a half cup of coffee ever will.
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Anonymous
| What's wrong with antibacterial soap? |
Anonymous
Well drink away then - no one's stopping you. You know what's best for you but not for anyone else. |
Anonymous
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Quoting a PP: " That study is about sushi. Raw fish. OF COURSE you should eat that in moderation."
The study is about mercury. Cooking fish has no effect on how much mercury is in fish. My point is about mercury. Studies are continuing to have contradictory findings about what is "safe" in pregnancy -- fish (because of mercury levels), caffeine, etc. |
Anonymous
| The soap thing: it kills 99% of germs--making the 1% that's left resistant to antibiotics, etc., hence the supergerms that are starting to pop up everywhere. |
Anonymous
| As for the fish, like last month a study came out showing that the risk of NOT eating fish was actually worse than the risk of ingesting mercury. I say just listen to your body and do what makes sense to you, because every study seems to be debunked within a few years anyway. |