TMI: changed general body odour

[bumpbear]

This is going to sound really gross, but has the way you smell changed?

I dont mean down there as I guess thats to be expected, just underarms and stuff. Either my nose is super sensitive at the mo, or I have become a stinker. I shower twice a day and scrub myself almost raw, but still cant stand the smell of myself. I'm not sweating more or anything, I just think the way i smell has changed... for the worse.

Also, my boobs are leaking colostrum and I am sick of that disgusting mouldy sweet smell. Nothing I can do about that though I guess. Just Horrid.

All of this makes me really self conscious.

Is anyone else experiencing the same, or is this a non-pregnancy related issue that just seems to have coincided with my pregnancy? Any advice/ thoughts appreciated!

 

[Hels_Bells]

I have to take clorophyll tablets twice a day to boost my hemoglobin and they have changed my odor, I think. Super TMI, but my butt stinks horribly (can smell it when I change or go potty) and there's nothing I can do about it. DH pointed it out the last time we had sex - two weeks ago now! I was so mortified I haven't let him touch me since

 

[youngmommy2]

Yeah I pretty much stink.. I have a bath and a shower daily and it doesn't seem to make much of a dent.. oh well

 

[Jaylynne]

I noticed my underarms stink if I don't put on deodorant everyday and I never did before really unless working out for days. And my poop smells like garlic? Weird.

 

[mommylam]

This is going to sound really gross, but has the way you smell changed?

I dont mean down there as I guess thats to be expected, just underarms and stuff. Either my nose is super sensitive at the mo, or I have become a stinker. I shower twice a day and scrub myself almost raw, but still cant stand the smell of myself. I'm not sweating more or anything, I just think the way i smell has changed... for the worse.

Also, my boobs are leaking colostrum and I am sick of that disgusting mouldy sweet smell. Nothing I can do about that though I guess. Just Horrid.

All of this makes me really self conscious.

Is anyone else experiencing the same, or is this a non-pregnancy related issue that just seems to have coincided with my pregnancy? Any advice/ thoughts appreciated!

I felt that way about myself a few weeks ago.....in early pregnancy but it didn't last long and I'm not having any issues with it now. I just felt like I had horrid BO no matter how much I cleaned up!!!!

 

[Jtiki]

My underarms stink greatly now ... at least to me they do. But lots of stuff now smells bad to me, so maybe my sense of smell is just stronger now. I know during the 1st trimester lots of smells I used to like would make me nauseous.

 

[kat2504]

I feel smellier too despite having a bath or shower every day. I don't know if you sweat more when pregnant. I haven't really felt wetter under the arms though, just smellier. Good to know that this is a common pregnancy thing and not just me though!

 

[xloulabellex]

Do you know what, I noticed it more yesterday that my underarms suddenly smell more! I sweat more? I don't know.. but I never used to smell or wear deoderant.. i'd bath, spritz on some purfume and job done.. now it's like.. deoderant, purfume... more perfume... another bath.. more perfume and deoderant...

Gah!