I have a high pressure job and need lots of caffeine to keep me going. Ordinarily, I drink between eight and ten cups of coffee a day. I have just found out that I am pregnant. I don’t know if I will be able to cut down on drinking coffee. Will this hurt my baby?
Eight to ten cups of coffee per day is definitely too much for a growing fetus. It will cause the baby’s heart to race and is generally unhealthy for the pregnancy. The March of Dimes recommends that women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant consume no more than 200 milligrams (mg) of caffeine per day (equal to about one 12-ounce cup of coffee a day). A new study has found that women who consume 200 mg of caffeine or more a day are twice as likely as women who consume no caffeine to have a miscarriage. The amount of coffee per day that you are consuming far exceeds recommendations and you should make every effort to cut back.
Caffeine fiend - do I have to cut back?
