A cup of coffee a day, and decaf tea, orange juice, coconut water, and lots of regular water. I still occasionally drink diet sodas (smaller size ones so I don't go over 200 mg of caffeine a day though) and use Splenda though.

Anonymous wrote:The same thing I drink when I'm not pregnant: 1-2 cups of coffee and lots of water, every day. I love food and have no desire to waste calories on beverages. Occasionally I will have a coke or ginger ale if my blood sugar is low, or juice if I'm really craving it, but it doesn't happen very often.

I usually drink my water room temp, but like others I have to have ice when I'm pregnant.

+1 except I didn't drink alcohol while pregnant. But I still had my regular 1 cup of coffee per day and other than that mostly water, occasionally milk, occasionally orange juice, occasionally ginger ale if I felt queasy. Nothing special.

The same thing I drink when I'm not pregnant: 1-2 cups of coffee and lots of water, every day. I love food and have no desire to waste calories on beverages. Occasionally I will have a coke or ginger ale if my blood sugar is low, or juice if I'm really craving it, but it doesn't happen very often.

I usually drink my water room temp, but like others I have to have ice when I'm pregnant.

Another vote for seltzer - all day every day.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You can have 200 mg of caffeine a day...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.

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.

Anonymous wrote: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.

You can have 200 mg of caffeine a day...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.

So I guess, OP, are you avoiding caffeine because it's making you feel ill, or are you avoiding caffeine because you think it's bad?

Other than water (I mean, isn't that obvious?) coffee and tea. Not decaf. Also ice tea, lemonade, the occasional soda, and the occasional glass of wine.

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Yes. I usually hate seltzer water, but I loved this stuff while pregnant.

Add a splash of juice to any seltzer and it feels different.

Mostly water. But caffeine free coke was a great sometimes treat....and Seagrams Ginger ale

I found water flavors that have natural sweetener. One of them is Skinny Girl brand. (I know, but there weren't many options!)

Club soda with a lime. If I wanted to take it up a notch, I added a splash of cranberry juice.

I started making red raspberry leaf iced tea in my 3rd trimester, in the heat of summer, and it was DELICIOUS! Other than that, mostly water, one coffee a day. An occasional lemonade (only brands with sugar as the sweetener) but I would water it down to 50/50 lemonade and water just to cut down on the sugar content. Sometimes I'd put a dash of orange blossom water in it.

La croix sparkly waters, water, and tea

water, whole milk, organic decaf coffee, red raspberry leaf tea, and the occasional juice