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Avner Hershlag, chief of the Center For Human Reproduction at the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System in Manhasset, N.Y. However, during pregnancy, doctors recommend that those who've undergone fertility treatments drink hardly any coffee, and so women may want to consider weaning themselves from coffee before their IVF treatment begins, Hershlag said.

Caffeine and pregnancy

Some studies have found caffeine consumption in pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth, but few have examined the effect of caffeine on IVF success.

In the new study, Dr. Ulrik Schiøler Kesmodel, of Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, and colleagues analyzed information from nearly 4,000 women who underwent IVF at a large clinic. At the beginning of each IVF treatment cycle, women were asked how many cups of coffee they drank daily.

The link between drinking more than

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