Diet Coke In Pregnancy Mumsnet
I went off it for most of my pregnancy with ds just didn t fancy it not a deliberate decision.
Diet coke in pregnancy mumsnet. To be on the safe side you may want to limit the amount of soda you drink. Get updates on how your baby develops your body changes and what you can expect during each week of your pregnancy by signing up to the mumsnet pregnancy newsletters. Drinking it during pregnancy was linked to poorer fine motor visual spatial and visual motor abilities in early childhood around age 3.
The only caffeine i drank during pregnancy was diet coke pepsi max babycandy turned out fine. The recommended maximum per day in pregnancy is 200mg. Save money on clothes holidays days out pregnancy and baby gear homeware garden furniture and more with exclusive deals.
In my first pregnancy i ended up swapping from diet to full fat after years of detesting fat coke. By mid childhood age 7. But research has raised concerns about both diet soda and regular soft drinks during pregnancy.
Obv this is only my opinion but i think it s far less of a sin than coffee as the caff content is far less 60mg compared to approx 200mg and the health issues surrounding aspartame have been shown to be greatly exaggerated the fsa suggest acceptable daily intake of a maximum of 14 cans. To comment on this thread you need to create a mumsnet account. Diet soda wasn t much better.
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. As for aspartame some people believe its terrible stuff but if you are prepared to trust the fsa the acceptable daily intake for aspartame is 2 800 milligrams this is equivalent to about 14 cans of diet coke a day. It can t be any worse than the amount of haribos i used to eat.
If it is can i use diet coke. I drink a lot of diet coke. So for caffeine content it s not too bad.