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Caffeine has always been a questionable subject for expecting moms. I was told to only have 1 cup of coffee per day or an amount of caffeine that equals 100mgs.

A Danish study is now saying that women who drink moderate amounts of coffee while pregnant should be reassured they are not increasing risks to their baby.

Earlier work found high caffeine intake could increase the risk of premature birth and having a small baby.

But the British Medical Journal research found no difference between women who drank moderate amounts of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee.

UK pregnant women are advised to drink no more than 300mg of coffee per day.

This equates to three cups of instant coffee per day, six cups of tea or eight 40mg cans of cola or eight 40 mg bars of chocolate.

The Food Standards Agency advises having a bar of plain chocolate, drinking three cups of tea, a can of cola and a cup of instant coffee in a day would meet the 300mg limit.

The researchers from the University of Aarhus monitored 1,207 healthy pregnant women who had what was classed as a high caffeine intake of more than three cups of coffee a day.

All were less than 20 weeks pregnant when they joined the study.

Half the women were given normal coffee and half decaffeinated coffee so researchers could evaluate who was most at risk of giving birth early or of having a small baby.

Neither the women, nor the researchers who gave out the coffee knew which sort was being given.

Each woman was also interviewed to check if they were drinking other drinks containing caffeine, such as tea and cola.

The length of pregnancies and the baby’s birthweight was also recorded.

Age, pre-pregnancy weight and smoking habits were also taken into consideration.

It was found that there was no real difference in either the length of pregnancy or birth weight between the two groups.

Women who had the decaffeinated coffee had a caffeine intake which was 182g lower than those who drank the caffeinated form.

Among women who drank the caffeinated coffee, 4.2% of babies were born prematurely and 4.5% were small for their gestational age.

In the group drinking decaffeinated coffee, 5.2% of babies were born prematurely and 4.7% were underweight.

There was virtually no difference between the average birthweights in each group.

The researchers said decreasing caffeine intake during the later stages of pregnancy has no overall effect on birth weight and length of pregnancy.

However, they said any effect in the first half of pregnancy would not have been detected by their study.

Here is an example of how much caffeine is in your favourite beverages:

SOURCE:BBC, WILSTAR

Congratulations to Emma Bunton and boyfriend Jade Jones on the upcoming arrival of their first child.

“I guess I will be handing over the ‘Baby’ tag now to a deserving little new owner,” the 31-year-old known as Baby Spice said in a statement.

Bunton and boyfriend Jade Jones, 27, a former member of the British boy band Damage, have been together for eight years. They moved in together to a five-bedroom home in north London in 2005.

“We are so happy, it’s unbelievable news,” the couple said in a statement. “What a great start to the New Year.” The baby’s due date or sex was not revealed.

In 2000, Bunton had to have pre-cancerous cells removed from her cervix. Last year, she revealed she’d been diagnosed with endometriosis, a painful condition in which the lining of the uterus begins growing in other areas of the body, making it difficult to conceive.

In December, she told the U.K.’s The Mirror that she hoped to have a baby of her own, but feared she might not be able. “Obviously I’d like to try for my own first,” she said. “But I would be open to adoption.”

Bunton’s new baby will join the rest of the growing Spice Girl brood: Geri Halliwell gave birth to her first child, Bluebell Madonna, eight months ago and Victoria Beckham has three children: Brooklyn, 7, Romeo, 4, and Cruz, who turns 2 on Feb. 20.

SOURCE:PEOPLE