So can I have those peanuts or not?

By Victoria Farncombe on Jan 28, 08 02:43 PM

ANOTHER week, another piece of research to terrify expectant mums. The latest is that drinking coffee in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy doubles the risk of miscarriage.

Never mind that it's just one study, by one organisation, already the headlines are enough to ensure mums-to-be have supped their last Choca Mochas.

On the plus side, peanuts could now be back on the menu after another study showed cutting out the snack altogether may be responsible for an increase in allergies.

Keeping up with - and remembering - what's OK and what's not OK takes the dedication and memory of a Cambridge mathematics professor.

Weird thing is, have an actual miscarriage and the docs take pains to reassure you it wasn't your fault. Some babies just don't make it.

It's confusing. The doctors give one message, the media another.

And in the meantime, scores of women are left feeling guilty and anxious if they don't follow the diet of Gwyneth Paltrow.