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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am having trouble coming up with beverages (other than water) that are caffeine free, preservative free, and artificial sweetener free. Basically something natural/organic but without caffeine I guess. Just wondering what you drank while pregnant?  As a diet coke, soda, and coffee drinker, I am finding this difficult.[/quote]

[b]You can have 200 mg of caffeine a day[/b]...I drank milk, lots of decaf coffee and tea (and paid attention to how much caffeine was in the decaf stuff because it's not 100% caffeine-free), ginger ale when I felt nauseous, homemade lemonade, tonic water w/ lime, lemon Pellegrino, (but those last 4 only on occasion because they all have a lot of sugar, even the organic/"natural" kinds)

Mostly I just drank water.[/quote]

Yes, OP, you' don't have to avoid caffeine completely! My OB (and a lot of literature/research I found on it) said it's perfectly fine to have caffeine while pregnant just limit the amount to no more than 200 mg a day. My SIL who lives in Sweden said they don't even recommend against caffeine at all there so I think the research is pretty inconclusive because Sweden typically is really health conscious and if they don't tell pregnant women to worry about caffeine consumption there, I think it must not be that bad.

Also, I love that lemon Pellegrino! The lime one too.[/quote]

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