would drink decaffeinated varieties. What about the needed and pleasurable
caffeine rush? What would possess anyone in his or her right state of mind to
give up on a good espresso for that dribble? Does this not take away the whole
reason for drinking a decent cup of delicious coffee? I was soon to learn why
this drudgery even existed. As I discovered pregnancy, I quickly developed a
new taste for it. In fact, strangely enough, I actually really started to like
it for the flavour alone. Weird, right? Hormonal reaction, maybe? That may
have been a possibility, but you should read the rest.Unfortunately, for
everyone else, I cannot resist the insatiable urge to learn absolutely
everything there is to know about pregnancy and how to avoid all known
complications, diseases and anything, even the bubonic plague. Science said to
avoid aspartame because how much of it was harmful was unknown. Luncheon meat
was out because of a possible infection from listeria. Caffeine was the biggest
fear – possible miscarriage. The fact is that you have to consume a
minimum of three portions of normal coffee each day to do this, but it
frightened me enough to settling for decaffeinated drinks and simple sodas.Then,
reaching my half-term point, I was horrified to discover through some television
coverage that some decaffeinated varieties from coffeehouses may not be as
caffeine free as they had claimed. Of course, it is obvious that there was some
fractional amount of caffeine left in my drinks. However, I never dreamt that I
was consuming close to that in the regular drinks. Then I discovered something
else. In almost 60% of cases, the caffeine concentration in decaf was no
different from the regular. As if that wasnt enough, scientists discovered that
the problem lay in a cross-brewing process or the very brewing machines that had
not been cleaned properly after the last batch. Normally that would not be a
problem. However, in my case that was out of the question.I understand now that
during pregnancy my instincts to protect my unborn child left me now mad enough
to eliminate any coffee types from my diet altogether, unless I made it myself.
My pregnancy was to go undisturbed with any hint of decaf and that it frankly
didnt help my moods during my last trimester.