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Conception and the Caffeine Connection
Is Your Daily Habit Hurting Your Chances of Conceiving?
By Marie-Helen Goyetche
When the couple went for their next appointment, the doctor analyzed their weekly records and found they were drinking 10 to 12 mugs of coffee a day. He asked that both cut out caffeine from their diets.
Because an average mug holds about 10 ounces, Josee and Claude were drinking 1,650 to 1,980 milligrams of caffeine every day. Switching to decaffeinated coffee, which contains less than 10 milligrams of caffeine a cup, would have reduced their intake to less than 200 milligrams a day.
"I have seen studies that relate caffeine to delayed conception and increased incidence of miscarriage in women who consume well over 300 milligrams caffeine per day," says Ogle. "They usually took closer to 600 to 900 milligrams."
Opinions are conflicted on the right amount of caffeine for women trying to conceive. Health and Welfare Canada's report "Caffeine and You" recommends that pregnant and lactating women limit their total caffeine amount to 400 to 450 milligrams a day. "I tend to be more conservative, however," says Ogle. "I recommend that my preconception, pregnant and breastfeeding moms limit caffeine consumption to less than 100 milligrams of caffeine per day."
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