These responses...uhhh... You should not be drinking caffeine or alcohol during TTC. Especially alcohol. Any OBGYN worth anything will tell you that. Anecdotally do people get pregnant regardless? Yes duh. People also get pregnant while not trying. It doesn’t mean you will. Alcohol, even one glass, is scientifically shown to have positive associations with early miscarriage rates. And if you need alcohol for your mental health you should be in a different sort of treatment first.

One cup of coffee every morning during entire IVF process and throughout pregnancy. I had a glass of wine a few times during stims and then a half glass of white wine maybe twice during the last month of pregnancy. No problems with me or child.

Yes and yes it worked.

Anonymous wrote:My doctor at shady grove suggested making the switch to decaf coffee a long time ago, when we were just at timed intercourse. Just stayed off ever since (including even when not cycling and through multiple pregnancies).

Same

Zero alcohol, but 1 can of diet coke a day. I don't drink coffee or tea, so that was my only caffeine, and I loved it.

I don't drink alcohol, but I cut caffeine since January. I'll have an occasional cup of coffee but nothing else.

Everything in moderation, and your mental health trumps whatever benefits abstaining has. That being said, I don’t know how much alcohol / coffee you have, and I am not saying using in excess to alleviate your stress, which would be a lot.

I did three cycles total over the course of a five year period and in general, I restricted myself to one cup of coffee a day (small cup, with lots of cream) and no alcohol. That said, I'm not much of a drinker anyway, but if I were, I probably would have had a drink here and there during stims and not worried about it. I recall my RE telling me something along those lines anyway (that a couple of drinks during that 10 day period wouldn't do any harm).

I stopped drinking and cut out caffeine a month before starting stims. Prepping for FET now and will cut out drinking when I start PIO, will probably drink up to one cup of coffee a day.

My doctor at shady grove suggested making the switch to decaf coffee a long time ago, when we were just at timed intercourse. Just stayed off ever since (including even when not cycling and through multiple pregnancies).

I drank alcohol up until I started the PIO.

I drank one cup of coffee a day (my usual) throughout. However I stopped drinking with the exception of a small glass of one once for a celebration. I felt so tired and that there was enough going on with the hormones I didn’t want to add it into the mix. For me it lowered my anxiety and any mental space on potential impacts which was worthwhile. Overall, I also found hydration really important so would keep that in mind and found myself incredibly thirsty (not sure if that was just me).

I drank coffee and alcohol for both of my two cycles. I felt stress was more detrimental to the eggs than anything I consumed. Also, you probably have to stop drinking this stuff way before you start stimming to actually see a positive effect. I did two retrievals and probably drank less alcohol during the second cycle than I did the first(first cycle I was on a beach vacation and it was hard to say no to a cocktail!). My second retrieval resulted in one less egg than my first and the same number of PGT normal embryos. Also, if you enjoy caffeine and alcohol and are planning to go straight to an embryo transfer, remember that you will be giving it up once that happens. So you could look at it as enjoy the beverages now while you can or start practicing for abstinence in a few months!

No alcohol. Minimal caffeine (up to 50mg).

Drank coffee daily and had 2 drinks during stim cycle

What has been your approach?