Showing posts with label 26 weeks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 26 weeks. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 August 2011

How Much Caffiene is Too Much Caffiene?


The Food Standard Agency recommends that pregnant women not consume more than 200mg of caffiene per day. But what is 200mg?
Being a self confessed coke addict (sounds worse than it is) the thought of cutting down is very unsettling but at the same time I don't want to do anything that would harm my baby.
On top of my love for the fizzy drink the fatigue pregnant women suffer makes this the wirst time to cut out caffiene completely. Without my daily dose I'm quite sure I'd be asleep at my desk by mid-morning.
So just how dangerous are our everyday beverages?
Here's a caffiene content rundown..
Can of Sprite - 0mg
Can of Cocacola - 32mg
Can of Diet Coke - 42mg (interesting!)
Cup of Tea - 50mg
Energy Drink - 80mg
Mug of Instant Coffee - 100mg
Mug of Filter Coffee - 140mg
Given that I'm not big on the tea and coffee I am pretty pleased to see that I can safely guzzle a couple of cans of coke and maybe even a cheeky bar of chocolate (50mg) with no harm done to my baby boy. Also good to know the odd red bull wont kill me either!
Just goes to show that in the health conscious world we live in where everyone has an opinion and we can't BREATHE without fear of doing it wrong.. sometimes its worth doing your research and making your own informed decision about what's right for you!

Sunday, 21 August 2011

Week 26

How freaky is this.. If you shine a light on my stomach right now the baby would put his hands up to shield his eyes!!! It's like a real life baby in there!!! Also oddly it's size this week is likened to a Hothouse Cucumber.. Mmm!




What's a little scary is the rate in which he is growing now. It's taken this long to get to 1.75lbs but from now it adds 0.25lbs every week... Its going to be HUGE in no time! No wonder I feel so heavy lately.

 
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