Diet Coke Everyday While Pregnant
Anyone drinking diet soda during pregnancy.
Diet coke everyday while pregnant. In the beginning i decided to limit it to one diet coke a day. From the standpoint of caffeine intake a pregnant woman can safely drink two or even three cans of diet coke each day. To be on the safe side you may want to limit the amount of soda you drink.
According to stanford health care obesity puts you at greater risk for type 2 diabetes heart disease high blood pressure arthritis sleep apnea some types of cancer and stroke sadly drinking diet coke throughout pregnancy equals a strong chance the baby will develop obesity during infancy and childhood. Or if you drank diet coke and had a baby with birth defects autism tumors cancer or any of these other things i have heard about. I am about 37 weeks pregnant and for a period of about 2 months i drank caffiene free diet coke 2 3 cans per day every day and now i am very worried about the effects that the aspartame could have on my baby.
But if you re concerned about the overall effects of artificial sweeteners. One large study of more than 60 000 pregnant women found that those who drank more than one artificially sweetened or sugar sweetened beverage a day had an increased risk of preterm delivery. I need it to get through my day.
Diet coke contains caffeine which is best avoided when you re pregnant. By rachel neifeld rd cdn to drink or not to drink diet soda. The researchers did not find a link between sugary beverage s during pregnancy and babies bmi which is a.
The aspartame is what i was originally worried about but it doesn t cross the placenta. Drinking caffeine can lead to an increased chance of miscarriage low birth weight or pre term birth according to the american pregnancy association. I drink it everyday almost but i also love coffee.
The caffeine is only about 40 mg per can. However most doctors suggest that it s ok to consume 150 to 300 mg of caffeine every day. Many women whose pre pregnancy drink of choice was a calorie free thirst quenching diet coke or diet pepsi may have a difficult time giving up their sweet sugar free beverage fix.