Is Prime Energy drink safe during pregnancy

What does the evidence say about prime energy during pregnancy?

1. Most pregnancy guidance caps caffeine at 200 mg or less per day, and some reports suggest infants exposed to more than 500 mg a day in the third trimester were more likely to have faster heart rates, shaking, faster breathing, and more wakeful time in the days after birth. 1
2. A sports-nutrition position stand states that energy drinks and energy shots are not recommended for people who are pregnant, trying to become pregnant, or breastfeeding, and reports an average caffeine dose of about 174 mg per serving across the category. 2
3. Because energy drinks are sold as supplements rather than disclosed the way food products are, their exact caffeine content, especially for newer products, is often unknown or hard to determine, and a product survey found individual cans ranging from 80 to as much as 505 mg of caffeine. 3
4. Energy drinks typically carry 750 to 1,000 mg of taurine per serving against a typical dietary intake of only 40 to 400 mg a day, and that jump, layered on top of caffeine, has not been studied specifically in pregnancy. 3
5. Looking at concentration rather than can size, an analysis of energy drink formulations found caffeine typically ranges from 15 to 55 mg per 100 mL, with 32 mg per 100 mL the most common figure among the products studied. 4

Is prime energy safe in each trimester?

• First trimester. Caffeine crosses the placenta from very early on. Since Prime Energy's exact caffeine content isn't independently confirmed on a clinical source, and a single can can realistically use up the entire day's allowance, this is a good drink to skip, especially on a day that already includes coffee.
• Second trimester. The concern isn't only the caffeine line on the label. Energy drinks also carry taurine and other stimulant ingredients at levels well above a typical diet, and that combination hasn't been studied specifically in pregnancy.
• Third trimester. Caffeine clears more slowly as pregnancy goes on, so the same can lingers in your system longer in the third trimester than it would have earlier. That matters more, not less, as you get closer to delivery.