The cup of fragrant coffee or sweet tea perfectly invigorates in the mornings. These drinks are an integral part of any breakfast. When the woman learns about the interesting situation, questions of advantage and harm of any given products begin to concern her therefore the question of is natural whether pregnant women can have coffee and tea.
The caffeine which is contained in coffee in small amounts cannot do harm to the pregnant woman's organism. And here at frequent consumption of coffee there is a danger of emergence of violations in development of a fruit. Results of some researches speak about adverse effect of caffeine on nervous system of the child developing in a womb of mother, emphasize interrelation of the consumption of drink with abortions and premature birth.
To answer a question whether pregnant women can have coffee, it is necessary to consider influence of its active agents on mother's organism. So, caffeine excites nervous system, strengthens blood circulation, increases pressure in vessels. If the woman during incubation of the child is tormented by the headaches arising because of low arterial blood pressure, then the use of a small amount of rather weak coffee can be even useful, and here during a gestosis it is necessary to refuse it completely.
Coffee has diuretic effect therefore in the late stages of pregnancy can bring to the woman the discomfort connected with already speeded up urination. Instant coffee can cause heartburn because of the increased acidity. Better for the period of pregnancy instead of coffee to use drinks substitutes which do not contain caffeine. And if after all there is a strong wish to enjoy favourite taste and aroma, then coffee should be diluted with milk or cream surely. If women in situation are not recommended to have coffee whether then the pregnant woman can have tea? With this drink you should not be overzealous also because and it contains a caffeine analog. Its concentration in green tea is especially big. Therefore doctors recommend to pregnant women to pass to grass gathering and broths of dried fruits.