subject: The Purposes Of Quitting Coffee While Pregnant [print this page] With the news of pregnancy, most women start making little important changes in order to make sure that the little one remains safe and healthy. Cutting down the amount of caffeine from one's diet is one such important change, that most women readily make.
Most of the elder women in the family may inform you otherwise, saying that they did not make efforts of excluding caffeine from their daily diet, and their babies turned out just fine. However, any recent research report that you will come across will provide evidence for caffeine causing serious complications for pregnant women. For example, low weight of babies and pre-mature births.
To control its amount you need to know how much can be consumed. Pregnant women are asked to not exceed 300 milligrams of caffeine in their daily routine.
Pregnant women who take more than this cause a risk of serious complications for their babies, especially if they are doing so during the first trimester.
Pregnancy is one time during the life of every female, during which she becomes much more careful about her health as it affects that of the baby. This is a reason why they may avoid caffeine as it is not nutritious at all.
Secondly, caffeine causes an increase in the heart rate, and conditions such as insomnia (lack of sleep) and severe headaches. This again causes stress to the baby.
Thirdly, it also causes heartburn. Heartburns can be much of a trouble to bear, with caffeine increasing its intensity.
So you don't have to necessarily ban caffeine completely from your life while you are pregnant. But you should know how to control its levels. Decaf coffees also consist of some, and this should be considered while drinking it.
by: Rowena Simons
welcome to Insurances.net (https://www.insurances.net)
