Drinking Coffee During Pregnancy: Women need to take special care of their health during pregnancy. Because their every activity affects their child. What you are eating, what you are drinking and what you are doing, all these things affect your child. A recent survey has found that your favourite 'coffee' can harm your child's health. If you are pregnant and are fond of drinking coffee, then you need to know about the disadvantages associated with it. According to a Mirror report, the survey found that 80 per cent of pregnant women who drink coffee do not pay attention to their caffeine intake. They drink coffee in excess, that too despite knowing that they should not consume more than 200 mg of caffeine daily during pregnancy. If you do not pay attention to your caffeine intake, then it may have a very bad effect on your child.
How much coffee is right to drink?
However, it is not that you should completely stop consuming coffee during pregnancy. But if you consume more than 200 mg of caffeine daily then you need to reduce it. Drinking more than 200 mg of coffee during pregnancy will make you as well as your child a victim of many health problems. Experts recommend that if you are pregnant and cannot live without coffee, then drink only two cups of instant coffee and one mug of filtered coffee a day. Because drinking more than this is dangerous for pregnancy.
These days, caffeine is used a lot in most coffee shops, which is not at all good for the health of pregnant women. The survey found that a medium-sized glass of cappuccino from high street chain Costa contained up to 325mg of caffeine, which is more than one and a half times the recommended limit for pregnant and lactating women. While a medium-sized Starbucks Cappuccino contains about 66mg of caffeine.
What happens if you drink too much coffee?
According to the survey, taking more caffeine during pregnancy can cause your baby to be born prematurely or die soon after birth. Not only this, but there is also a possibility that the child may be born dead. Experts say that women who consume more than 500 mg of caffeine a day in the early days of pregnancy are more likely to have rapid heart rate, increased breathing rate and sleeplessness.
