| Being an avid drinker of coffee, I never could | | | | go wrong during a pregnancy and tried to avoid |
| figure out the reason following decaffeinated | | | | those possible causes like anything. For instance, I |
| coffee. People usually drink coffee or espresso | | | | avoided aspartame only because they were |
| for the caffeine fix, so I always wondered as to | | | | unsure of the effects it might have on the baby |
| why anyone would drink decaffeinated coffee. | | | | and I stayed away from lunchmeat because it |
| Would it not just defeat the purpose of drinking | | | | had a minute possibility of a listeria infection. |
| coffee? However, I finally saw the light and | | | | Hence, when I got to know that caffeine had the |
| managed to figure out why decaffeinated coffee | | | | possibility to cause miscarriages, I tried to avoid |
| existed. This helped me immensely to sustain | | | | regular coffee. Now, to reach the parameters |
| some sort of extravagance during my pregnancy | | | | that were measured in the studies for |
| and I also found out that I was not drinking | | | | miscarriages to happen, a person would have to |
| coffee just for the caffeine fix and that I quite | | | | drink at least three cups of coffee daily. However, |
| rather liked the taste of different coffee types. | | | | after reading that I was scared enough to confine |
| During my pregnancy I was one of those | | | | myself to drinking decaffeinated sodas and |
| nutcases who had read up everything that could | | | | coffees. |