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    Caffeine and Pregnancy -How caffeine affects fertility, pregnancy, and why you should give it up if TTC- for female and male fertility!

    Reading time: 13 minutes · Updated: Aug 26, 2023 by Anna Rapp

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    This post has been medically reviewed for accuracy by Dr. Sarah Mathis, D.O

    One of the number one questions I get asked in my email is about caffeine and pregnancy- but how bad is caffeine, really? I can drink at least a cup of coffee a day, right?

    Well, I’m gonna give you the skinny on all things caffeine and coffee related to fertility, infertility, pregnancy success, miscarriage, and live birth rates in this post.

    Coffee, caffeine, and infertility. Why you should ditch the habit when trying to conceive to boost fertility and get pregnant faster!

    Here’s the bottom line up front– if you are 25, super healthy, and have just started to try to conceive, cut your caffeine intake down to under 200 mg a day – that’s about one Starbucks latte, or two regular drip coffees. But, if you are taking the long path to baby- whether it be from age, health issues, or infertility diagnoses- the best thing you can do is completely and 100% cut out joe and caffeine.  No safe level of caffeine has been proven for fertility or pregnancy. The same goes for your hubby.

    It’s up to you to decide where you are going to fall in between zero and 200mg of caffeine a day.  Let me try to convince you to go closer to zero.

    I chose to completely eliminate caffeine (and all coffees and soft drinks) among the other 78 lifestyle changes I made. And- I have a 6 year old and a 3 year old to convince me it was worth every second of not drinking a cup of joe! And, the truth is, I’ve never gone back to caffeine. The short energy burst isn’t worth how it makes me feel otherwise.

    Table of Contents

    • Caffeine & Infertility: The Link Between Coffee and Delayed Fertility
      • Did Quitting Coffee Help You Conceive?
    • Caffeine & Miscarriage: The Big Risk of Coffee Consumption while TTC or doing IUI or IVF
      • Avoiding Caffeine for Pregnancy Health
    • Coffee & Toxins: The Gross Truth
    • The Good News: You Feel GREAT After You Give up Caffeine!
      • Anna, I’m sorry, but I can’t give it up!
      • Okay! You’ve convinced me! I’m ready to give it up to get pregnant! What can I drink instead?
    • Male Fertility & Caffeine
    • Does Caffeine Affect Sperm?

    Caffeine & Infertility: The Link Between Coffee and Delayed Fertility

    While large amounts of caffeine (categorized as more than two cups of joe a day) are clearly linked to reduced fertility, especially in cases of tubal disease and endometriosis, as little as one cup of coffee a day is linked to increases in cycles until conception. In fact one study showed that those who consumed as little as one cup of joe a day were half as likely to become pregnant, per cycle, than those who drank less.

    So, if you are taking the long route to baby anyway, do you really want to risk making it even longer just because of your coffee habit?  Remember- you don’t have to give it up forever!! You can do anything for a short period of time.  After your procreative years are over, you can go back to drinking it as normal!

    Did Quitting Coffee Help You Conceive?

    I chose to completely eliminate caffeine (and all coffees and soft drinks) among the other 78 lifestyle changes I made. And- I have a 6 year old child and a 3 year old child to convince me it was worth every second of not drinking that cup of joe! And, the truth is, I’ve never gone back to caffeine. The short energy burst isn’t worth how it makes me feel otherwise.

    As little as one cup of coffee a day is linked to longer time to conceive, and more reasons to give up caffeine when trying to get pregnant!

    Caffeine & Miscarriage: The Big Risk of Coffee Consumption while TTC or doing IUI or IVF

    Maybe you aren’t ready to give up your daily cup of joe to get pregnant sooner.  Well, wait til you see this! The real scary thing about caffeine intake on your health is the link to increased miscarriage (“spontaneous abortion” is the heartless technical term). The information is pretty clear that during pregnancy caffeine intake of 200 mg or more is associated with an almost doubling of the chance of miscarriage and death of your child. Further, the same research says that “an increasing dose of daily caffeine intake during pregnancy was associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, compared with no caffeine intake.”  

    This is a very large, well-respected clinical study of patients, and this is where the recommendation for keeping caffeine intake under 200 mg during gestational pregnancy came from. Basically, they advised that consuming a small amount of caffeine daily will not harm their baby.

    However, when you review the clinical study carefully, you see that they DIDN’T TEST at lower levels of caffeine consumption.  They only tested for zero mg caffeine, 0-200 mg caffeine, and 200+ mg caffeine.  

    What they saw was that both caffeine consuming categories were at an elevated risk for miscarriage of the child, but the 200mg+ per day cohort had a LARGE and statistically significant DOUBLING of miscarriage risk.  So that is what they report in the study.  This health study does NOT prove that lower levels of caffeine consumption are safe, and I chose to avoid caffeine completely once pregnant. 

    Now, this research is on caffeine consumption DURING pregnancy, but we actually have a really cool study with even more frightening risks for caffeine consumption BEFORE pregnancy. 

    Avoiding Caffeine for Pregnancy Health

    This study was smaller and was run on couples going through assisted medicine, reproductive technology (mostly IVF).  It was done by asking women about their regular caffeine consumption before IVF, and the amount they had consumed the week they had their first visit with the Reproductive Endocrinologist (i.e., “RE” or “IVF Doctor”).  All the women in the study who got pregnant stopped caffeine consumption completely as soon as they had a positive test.  

    The striking results showed that just 50 mg of regular caffeine (about half a cup of joe or one cup of tea) consumption BEFORE transfer led to THREE TIMES fewer live births.  THREE TIMES!  What they are doing in the results is lumping together the odds of conceiving WITH the miscarriage risk, and the results should be enough to make anyone decide to avoid caffeine consumption.  Let me provide you with a little more detail to try to convince you:

    • For women who reported a consumption “regular caffeine intake” of 0-2mg per day, there was a 43% live birth rate. 
    • For women who reported a consumption”regular caffeine intake” of 2-50 mg per day, there was a 22% live birth rate.
    • For women who reported a consumption “regular caffeine intake” of greater than 50 mg per day, there was a 14% live birth rate.

    If those numbers don’t convince you to kick the habit, I don’t know what will.

    Now, after I saw this health study, I put in a call to my dad who is a brilliant sociologist and statistician and I asked him if I was understanding these results clearly, and if so, why they hadn’t been more widely reported. He confirmed I was understanding the numbers clearly, but made a very good point. Although the researchers control for many variables such as smoking, alcohol use, age, and education, they DO NOT control for health things like diet, acupuncture, yoga, etc.  

    SO, there is a chance that the high success rate of women with 0-2 mg of regular caffeine intake per day is because these are the women who are already doing ALL THE THINGS.  He also pointed out that this is a standalone smaller study, and that the medical university community likes to have dozens of health studies confirming the same results before they recommend anything.  But here’s my thought- if you are struggling with infertility and you see data like this, how can you possibly keep drinking that cup of joe week in and week out?

    Coffee and caffeine and their affects on fertility and pregnancy, and why you might consider giving caffeine up altogether

    I know what you are thinking- you’re thinking you can have a cup of decaf, right? It only has like 2 mg of caffeine?  Okay, let’s move on to:

    Coffee & Toxins: The Gross Truth

    I am sorry to be the one to tell you this, but it turns out that your morning cup is also your morning cup of fertility-harming pesticide. Gross!  It has some of the most heavily- pesticided foods, and pesticide has been shown to be linked to delays in conceiving, harm to embryos, and spontaneous miscarriage.  Ick!  If you are going to drink coffee, make it organic for sure.

    Unfortunately, I have bad info about decaf as well.  Most decaf coffees go through a process with chemical solvents to remove the caffeine- these solvents are not good for your health.  Further, when the coffee is stripped of caffeine, the process also strips any antioxidents in it as well. Making the drink even less healthy than a fully caffeinated cup.

    So what’s was my final conclusion? Just ditch it. Ditch it all.  My baby was more important. I avoided everything, even decaf. 

    BUT I have new information since trying to conceive. . . there are now readily available special Swiss Water Process Organic Decaf options from many, many brands. This way you get the 2mg or less of caffeine AND no pesticides AND no toxins from the chemical decaffeination process.  I see no reason for you not to use one of these decaf, and in fact, I now drink this one at home. Below I’ll recommend how to brew it up in a non-toxic way.

    *This post contains affiliate links which at no cost to you provide me with some small change to help keep this blog running. If you decide to buy something I recommend, please consider clicking through one of my links to help support this blog and my family!  Thank you!

    Is it really safe to have some caffeine when struggling with infertility or doing IVF?

    The Good News: You Feel GREAT After You Give up Caffeine!

    Okay– Honestly, you feel great about a MONTH after you give up caffeine completely. Before that, you’re pretty much dragging and miserable as your poor body detoxes. When I started trying to conceive I was a 3 latte a day kind of girl.  In between lattes, I would fall asleep at my desk when the caffeine would wear out. I had one brutal month of detoxing from caffeine and have felt incredible ever since.

    That was EIGHT years ago. Since then I’ve gotten pregnant with two miracle babies (see all the other things I did to beat infertility and get pregnant here), night-nursed them both for TWO years, worked a regular job, AND blogged, and you know what- I’m never exhausted! Do I get tired? Sure, whenever I’ve had less than 4 hours of sleep I feel tired and ill the next day.  But otherwise, I pretty much have energy throughout the day. And I NEVER have the “crash” in between where I can’t function without a caffeine hit.

    The thing is that caffeine taxes your adrenals. It gives you ups and downs, highs and then crashes, and it just tires your body out. You become dependent on it. It is, literally, addictive. When you completely kick the addiction your body remembers how to be in balance on its own! Which, is exactly what you are seeking anyway for fertility!

    Alternatives to caffeine when pregnant or trying to conceive

    Anna, I’m sorry, but I can’t give it up!

    So, if you can honestly say, “Yeah, I’ve seen all this, but I just can’t give up my one cup of joe a day.”  It’s your life and your choice. Maybe you aren’t facing the awful odds I was so you aren’t yet ready to do EVERYTHING you can to get pregnant.  But, please, please, drink organic, consider decaf, and buy the Swiss Water Process type of Decaf for your health! 

    What to drink instead of coffee when trying to conceive

    Okay! You’ve convinced me! I’m ready to give it up to get pregnant! What can I drink instead?

    Great question, dear reader!  The great scoop is that there are plenty of options.

    The first, and in my opinion, most coffee-like, is an organic, decaf, swiss-processed beverage.

    Also, use a glass drip setup that eliminates the hot water touching any plastic which could leach fertility harming BPA or phthalates into your drink.  You also need to filter your brew through paper to eliminate the cholesterol-raising compound that it has.  The set up below is what my husband uses and loves when we aren’t actively trying to conceive (at which point he gives up caffeine as well).

    Let’s go over that again:

    1- A non-toxic NO plastic drip setup like this (with a paper filter):

    or a full non toxic non-plastic pourpover like the Chemex:

    2 – And Organic, Decaf, Swiss Process brews like these:

    Don’t drink like 10 cups a day, okay?

    Some women like to drink this fertility herbal infusion hot in the morning, but I prefer it cooler and in the afternoon. You might want to drink an alternate fertility-friendly hot tea like rooibus.

    During my first pregnancy, those kinds of decaf coffees didn’t exist, so I drank Dandy Blend, which is a delightful beverage made from water-soluble extracts of roasted roots of dandelion, chicory, and beets, and the extracts of barley and rye grains.  It is caffeine-free and theoretically gluten-free.  They even have an organic option. It is actually considered a healthy fertility BOOSTER in many circles.  Do not overdo this drink. Excess amounts of chicory are not good for pregnancy. Stick to the on-label amounts, and only drink one or two cups per day. Also, in recent years I’ve heard reports that spot tests of Dandy Blend have come up positive for gluten.

    There is also this absolutely amazing chocolate beverage that you brew in a French press called Crio Bru. It has less caffeine than decaf, its organic, has zero sugar, and when I drink it my whole body relaxes. I love it. It comes in different roasts- light, medium, and dark, with cacao beans from other countries. Although there is some university and government research suggesting that raw cacao is helpful for implantation and pregnancy, and of course we know that dark chocolate has lots of natural helpful minerals in it (like magnesium), be aware that there is still some caffeine. Don’t drink like 10 cups a day, okay?

    Here are my favorites:

    Male Fertility & Caffeine

    Caffeine, coffee, infertility and miscarriage. What the research says about why you should avoid caffeine while trying to conceive to boost fertility and get pregnant faster.

    I’m very guilty on this blog of focusing on female fertility- that’s because that is what I had/have to do in real life.  But, after reading the research, I finally got my husband to give up coffee too!

    Does Caffeine Affect Sperm?

    Here’s a quick review of the evidence:  While most health studies evaluating sperm quality show that it takes 3 cups of coffee a day to tank those little swimmers, health studies on IVF and medicine show that the lower the male intake the higher the chances of success.

    For example, drinking less than one cup of coffee a day more than doubles the rate of IVF success compared to men who drink 2 or more cups per day.  Why risk it? Ditch it while you are trying, and he can celebrate your positive pregnancy tests with a delicious cup of joe!

    If you visit my Instagram account you can definitely find pictures of His and Hers Dandy Blends :-).

    Are you ready to ditch the caffeine?? DO it!!  Woohoo!! Email me, I’d love to know!

    Here’s a link to a helpful chart with amounts of caffeine in different foods and drinks, in case you wanted to know!

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    Anna Rapp is a fertility journalist and non-toxic living expert. When Anna Rapp was struggling with infertility and recurrent early miscarriage, she was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve, High FSH, low AMH, low follicle count, endometriosis, and an MTHFR mutation. Despite being told donor eggs were her only solution, Anna used her graduate training in research methods and analysis to read everything she could find on fertility and egg health. Ultimately, she lowered her FSH and got pregnant naturally (twice). She blogs about how she did it and encourages her readers to take charge of their fertility journey and get happy, healthy, and pregnant!

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    About Anna Rapp

    Anna Rapp is a fertility journalist and non-toxic living expert. When Anna Rapp was struggling with infertility and recurrent early miscarriage, she was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve, High FSH, low AMH, low follicle count, endometriosis, and an MTHFR mutation. Despite being told donor eggs were her only solution, Anna used her graduate training in research methods and analysis to read everything she could find on fertility and egg health. Ultimately, she lowered her FSH and got pregnant naturally (twice). She blogs about how she did it and encourages her readers to take charge of their fertility journey and get happy, healthy, and pregnant!

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    Comments

    1. Joy

      September 17, 2017 at 9:58 pm

      Thanks for this Anna. How about Chinese herbs and organic hot cacao drinks?

      Reply
      • Anna

        September 19, 2017 at 12:06 pm

        Joy,

        I don’t know of any chinese herbs that have caffeine in them, but I am not a practicing acupuncturist or herbalist! I would think you would be fine with whatever your acupuncturist prescribes for you. Organic hot cocoa only has about 5mg of caffeine in it, but I would personally avoid that much except for a special occasion. Even then, the bigger problem with hot cocao is that you are going to want to sweeten it with something and the sugars could tank your egg health. Try the dandy blend and see if you like it!

        Anna

        Reply
    2. Karen

      September 18, 2017 at 3:52 am

      Hi Anna, thank you so much for enlightening us!
      It will tough but I’m giving up coffee, starting now!
      How about tea? Is that allowed? Black tea, green tea, etc.

      Thanks in advance
      Karen (from Paris – France)

      Reply
      • Anna

        September 19, 2017 at 12:07 pm

        Karen,

        Unfortunately all the black, green and even white teas have caffeine in them. I avoid them all completely when TTC and stick to herbal teas. But, its all a matter of your risk tolerance! If you love your tea, see if you can do a decaf black tea as a treat instead of a regular beverage!

        Anna

        Reply
        • Karen

          September 19, 2017 at 1:06 pm

          Thanks for your answer Anna!
          I guess I’ll have to stick to South African teas…
          Rooibos, Honeybush tea, Buchu, Hoodia: none of them have caffein it seems (thanks God!) 🙂

          Reply
    3. Anna

      September 19, 2017 at 12:07 pm

      Karen,

      Unfortunately all the black, green and even white teas have caffeine in them. I avoid them all completely when TTC and stick to herbal teas. But, its all a matter of your risk tolerance! If you love your tea, see if you can do a decaf black tea as a treat instead of a regular beverage!

      Anna

      Reply
    4. Jessica

      September 23, 2017 at 1:14 pm

      Can you provide a link to the study? Thanks.

      Reply
      • Anna

        September 23, 2017 at 4:34 pm

        Jessica,

        The links to all the studies are hyperlinked on the text in the blog. Just look for the underlined sentences and click on the link. If you’re talking about the one on live births and IVF here is the link: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/17/7/1746/576921/A-prospective-study-of-the-effects-of-female-and

        Be well!

        Anna

        Reply
        • CP

          September 18, 2022 at 7:47 am

          This is all wildly inaccurate and contradicts ACOG’s recommendations…
          “Research suggests that moderate caffeine consumption (less than 200 milligrams per day) does not cause miscarriage or preterm birth.”
          https://www.acog.org/womens-health/experts-and-stories/ask-acog/how-much-coffee-can-i-drink-while-pregnant

          Reply
          • Anna

            April 16, 2023 at 3:42 pm

            Hi! Thanks for commenting!! Did you dive into those studies I posted? Those are the one’s ACOG is basing their statement on. Based on the study’s results, I am taking a more conservative approach than ACOG due to infertility and repeated miscarriage. There is no known health benefit for women of child bearing age of caffeine, and no risk in eliminating it.

            Reply
    5. Kelsey | Precious & Petite

      February 09, 2018 at 10:08 pm

      Thanks for this helpful info! I’ve been (almost) caffeine free since last April! However, I have been drinking some decaf too so it looks like I still have progress to make. I’ll definitely keep trying! My husband and I are trying to be as healthy as possible so we can hopefully conceive soon. I’ve decided to start a blog to help keep me accountable to clean eating and also as a way to release my thoughts around trying to conceive because it has definitely been stressful!

      Reply
      • Anna

        February 11, 2018 at 3:34 pm

        Glad you are enjoying the blog!! Love that you have started a blog- and it is so pretty! I love the idea of using it to keep yourself accountable :-). Best of luck with the blog and baby dust!!

        Reply
    6. Brianna

      July 13, 2018 at 11:17 pm

      Hey Anna!
      There’s a question I’ve been wondering about regarding caffeine. Do you also give up all chocolate due to the caffeine? We’ve been avoiding it for this reason, but I noticed that Adora Dark Chocolate Calcium Supplements were on your list, so I wondered if those were okay? Thanks for any insight about chocolate (my husband thanks you also 😉 )

      Reply
      • Anna

        July 17, 2018 at 9:49 pm

        Ohhh Chocolate is my weakness. I would have a small piece of very dark chocolate as a treat now and then, and the Adora. So yes, a tiny bit of caffeine in those. But very small servings per day. Just don’t go making fat bombs with coconut oil, almond butter, and a ton of cocoa– I did that once and calculated the caffeine and it was crazy high!!! 🙂

        Reply
        • Brianna

          July 18, 2018 at 10:47 am

          Sooo helpful! Thanks so much!!

          Reply
    7. Marlizette

      August 30, 2018 at 5:07 am

      Hubby and I have started cutting out caffeine completely and we only drink rooibos tea now. I’ve also bought some raspberry leaves which I will start drinking as well. 🙂

      Reply
      • Anna

        August 30, 2018 at 10:35 pm

        Yay!!! Hope you are feeling fantastic!!

        Reply
    8. Nicky

      July 30, 2019 at 10:52 pm

      Hi Anna,

      Firstly I’d like to say thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. It’s opened my eyes, I thought my home was almost toxic free until I was introduced to your blog and FB page. Thank you!

      I’ve skimmed this article as I’m currently going through every product in our house and feeling a bit overwhelmed. Is tea ok? I’ve been caffeine free for a month but after the stress of today I REALLY wanted a tea and had one. Is it ok to have the odd one or should I cut it out totally?

      Nicky 😊

      Reply
      • Anna Rapp

        July 31, 2019 at 10:08 pm

        Hi Nicky! I’m sure your doc would tell you its fine :-). Personally I avoid all caffeinated teas, and only have organic herbal- and even then its tricky, you have to watch what kinds! In general chamomile and the mints are fine. Probably not what you are looking for :-). Order yourself some Dandy Blend and some Crui Bru and don’t look back!!! 🙂

        Reply
    9. May

      August 28, 2019 at 1:32 pm

      Hi Anna,

      If I want to give up coffee I can still drink Dandy Blend as an alternative?

      Reply
      • Anna

        August 29, 2019 at 11:26 am

        Yes you can!!!

        Reply
    10. Tonia Troutwine

      September 18, 2019 at 8:34 am

      Thank you for the information and recommended alternatives it is hard to explain to your other half why coffee can hurt fertility. I will try both remedies. God Bless you!

      Reply
      • Anna

        October 08, 2019 at 2:03 pm

        Baby dust my dear! You are welcome!

        Reply
    11. Alissa

      October 09, 2019 at 1:32 pm

      Hi. Thank you for this wonderful information. Do you think it is okay to drink decaf coffee everyday if it is organic and water swiss pressed?

      Reply
      • Anna

        October 28, 2019 at 2:54 pm

        Alissa,

        Excellent question. If it is organic & swiss processed, and you are only drinking one cup a day I don’t see any reason why it would be a problem. The caffeine amount would be so low! After being off coffee so long, when the swiss process became available and I tried it, I decided I preffered Dandy Blend/Crio Bru alternatives more!

        Reply
    12. Alyssa Leland

      December 01, 2019 at 3:16 am

      Hi, I love your blog! Did you drink dandy blend while pregnant? Its hard to find information on whether it is safe or not

      Reply
      • Anna

        December 16, 2019 at 10:19 am

        Hi Alyssa!! Yes, I did! They drink this stuff as a pregnancy tonic in Japan, I wasn’t going to let a little bit of chicory stop me from enjoying this nutritious and delicious beverage! If you’re nervous, you could do the Crio Bru which is delicious!!

        Reply
    13. Peggy

      December 11, 2019 at 10:53 am

      Hey Anna,

      I have brought Mount Hagen organic instant coffee. Its an organic brand & takes out caffeine through swiss water carbon dioxide method. Contains 6/9 gms caffeine in 2/3 gms. Do you think its okay to drink that during tww? Thanks!

      Reply
      • Anna

        December 16, 2019 at 9:55 am

        Hi Peggy! If you are going to drink decaf, sounds like its a great option! Where do you buy it (I’m curious). I choose to avoid caffeine completely, but its up to you!

        Reply
        • Sophie

          August 05, 2020 at 12:12 pm

          Hi Anna, Mount Hagen is the only organic brand of decaf instant carried by Whole Foods. Here’s their stance on decaffeination: https://www.mounthagen.de/en/a-z/decaffeinate
          Also available on Amazon, for example: https://www.amazon.com/Mount-Hagen-Organic-Decaffeinated-3-53-Ounce/dp/B000ESJR2A

          Reply
    14. Megan

      August 10, 2020 at 4:43 pm

      I tried to sign up earlier today but still have not received an email. I’ve checked inbox and spam box multiple times. Thank you!

      Reply
    15. Kristy

      December 12, 2020 at 3:42 pm

      I like Kaffree Roma coffee substitute (I mean, it’s no substitute for coffee, but…it’s the closest I’ve found 🙂 but recently got scared about chicory. I can’t find any good sources online about chicory – how much is “too much,” etc. I see you drink Dandy Blend which has chicory – how did you determine the amount of chicory wasn’t going to be a problem when TTC or pregnant?

      Reply
    16. Christina

      January 13, 2021 at 12:43 pm

      I bought two bags of Dandy Blend based on this recommendation and have really been enjoying it for the past month, that is until I did further research and found out that Dandelion Root contains phystoestrogens. Is there something I’m missing? Are the levels in Dandy Blend too low to be of concern maybe?

      Reply
    17. S

      February 17, 2021 at 10:29 am

      I purchased the Dandy Blend and made a cup and it was DELICIOUS! But, then I was disappointed to realize it does not boast gluten free anywhere. I presume due to barley and rye… Is this actually gluten free or no? Thanks!

      Reply
    18. EBP

      May 01, 2022 at 5:59 pm

      Hi, thanks for all this information! Does organic decaf tea go through a similar process to decaf coffee? Thanks so much!

      Reply
    19. Deeps

      May 11, 2022 at 3:43 pm

      Just ordered Dandy blend.. Anna really really thank you for the detailed posts . I am following everything mentioned here religiously and hoping it will turn out be good 😊

      Reply
    20. Cara

      October 23, 2022 at 4:18 pm

      What about tea? Is anything decaf and organic ok?

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      • Anna

        April 16, 2023 at 3:39 pm

        I would say some things decaf and organic are okay! Google the ingredients for what you like to make sure its not contraindicated in pregnancy– then avoid those during the two week wait!

        Reply
    21. Monica Mtz

      May 01, 2024 at 8:24 am

      Hi Anna! Thanks for your post.

      Is ceremonial matcha ok to drink?

      Reply

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