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Women, drinking 8 and more cups of coffee per day during pregnancy, run high risks, as Danish scientists affirm. Drinking such quantity of coffee per day increases risk of miscarriage and death of fetus twice. As researchers from Aarhus Universitet consider, habitual coffee-addicted women should quit this habit during pregnancy, as even in case of drinking from 4 to 7 cups of coffee per day, risk of fetus death is 33%

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Women,
drinking 8 and more cups of coffee per day during pregnancy, run high
risks, as Danish scientists affirm. Drinking such quantity of coffee
per day increases risk of miscarriage and death of fetus twice. As
researchers from Aarhus Universitet consider, habitual coffee-addicted
women should quit this habit during pregnancy, as even in case of
drinking from 4 to 7 cups of coffee per day, risk of fetus death is
33%.

Reuters reports that 88482 pregnant women, registered in Danish
National Birth Cohort, took part in the research. They were offered to
fill in a special inquirer about quantity of coffee, alcohol and
nicotine used, and also other potentially harmful factors for pregnancy
in their life during first 16 weeks and more. During this research 1102
deaths of fetuses were registered.

Following data were received as a result of this work: 55,4% of women
noted that they didn`t use coffee during pregnancy at all, 31,4% who
drank from 1,5 to 3 cups of coffee every day ran a 3% risk of
miscarriage, 13% of women who drank more than 3 cups of coffee (from 4
to 7) ran a 33% risk, and those, who drank 8 and more cups per day
(3,4%) risk of miscarriage reached 59%. This dependence became apparent
especially strictly on terms of pregnancy from 20 weeks and more.

“On the basis of the research we carried out, and also according to
results of previous works, we have every reason to recommend pregnant
women strongly to avoid usage of more than 3 cups of coffee per day”. -
Dr. Bodil Hammer Bech and his colleagues conclude.

At the same time researchers didn`t find any connection between usage
of tea or Cola and danger for pregnant women. “In the context of this
research caffeine may be not a main culprit of miscarriages - coffee
consists of big number of chemical components and in following
researches we will try to make clear this vagueness”, - scientists say.

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