Can Pregnant Mother Drink Coffee? According To Research, Can Control The Small One's Body High

Illustration of pregnant women drinking coffee is permissible (Freepik/senivpetro)

YOGYAKARTA Regarding the safety of drinking coffee, as long as pregnant women are healthy, it does not trigger problems if they drink limited coffee. A study published at the National Institutes of Health, found that pregnant women who drink coffee, although in small amounts, can affect the child's height. How can it cause this effect, let's check the following reviews below.

The study found that children born to women with low caffeine intake during pregnancy, including under a 200 milligrams recommendation, were slightly shorter than children born to pregnant women who did not drink coffee. The distance is about 2 centimeters high at the age of 4-8 years.

According to the lead researcher, target Grantz, MD., low caffeine intake in pregnant women has a long-term effect on child growth. Important to note, this study uses only a few samples, so the effect may vary.

"Pregnant women must discuss caffeine consumption with health care providers," said Grantz as quoted by Everyday Health, Tuesday, November 8.

During pregnancy, 200 milligrams of coffee per day is not recommended in a cup of coffee. In fact, drinking tea, light drinks, and chocolate which contain caffeine must also be limited even though the effects vary. This guideline was published by American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

The researchers assessed how maternal caffeine consumption can have an impact on height, weight, body mass index, and the risk of child obesity. The analysis was conducted by measuring concentrations of caffeine and its breakup product, paraxanthine, in blood samples from 2,410 pregnant women in two previous studies.

To better know the impact of caffeine, researchers control several other factors that can affect child growth. Including the mother's height, pre-gravity weight, and smoking status. Through his research, researchers have not found that the caffeine consumption of prospective mothers creates weight differences, BMI, or the risk of child obesity. Researchers found a connection with height.

A total of 788 children from the above study, they were born to women who consumed caffeine during pregnancy. The average height is 1.5 centimeters shorter than those whose mothers consume the least caffeine. On average, pregnant women in the study consumed less than 50 milligrams per day. Child growth is measured by ekali, at an average age of 7 years.

In other groups in the same study, a total of 1,622 mothers and children were measured periodically from birth to the age of 8. Mothers during pregnancy in this group drink an average of 200 milligrams of coffee per day. At the age of 4, the child's height from pregnant women who drink coffee and is not 0.68 centimeters apart. Meanwhile, at the age of 8, the difference increased to 2.2 centimeters.