Sense of Smell while Pregnant

**justme77** · 03-07-2007 21:39

ok. just a question.
does this heightened sense of smell go away? i cant remember?
im having huge stuggles with it at work, as i work in an office enviroment and theres always someone eating something.
this morning someone had porridge and it really grossed me out to the point i had to leave the room and go outside.
I just cant remember if it goes away or if it stays throughout the whole pregnancy?

Thanks

**JESH** · 03-07-2007 21:45

I didn't have that troublee at all but others have told me it goes away after the first trimester

**Sazeby** · 03-07-2007 21:46

Nope didn't go away for me, i had it all the way through my pregnancy..

Loved the smell of the isle at woolies with all the fabric softeners and cleaning products.

and absolutely hated the smell of cooking meat.. made me sick every time could smell it a mile away.

**Queen** · 03-07-2007 21:46

Mine didn't...it stayed pretty hightened through the whole thing, but I think it was worse in the first trimester, because its so "new", but by 35 weeks you are just so "over it" you couldn't care less...iykwim...

I still hate certain aftershave DP used to wear during my pregnancy.....and smoke, alcohol

Good luck!!!!

**Roxy** · 03-07-2007 21:49

It stayed with me during the whole pregnancy. Which was a real cow with #2 as I work on a street that is door to door restaurants!

Walking to the bank in the morning and having to pass both Subway and KFC nearly had me heaving on the street - I used to hold my breath and gt past them as fast as I could!

**justme77** · 03-07-2007 21:55

oh ok thanks.
not exactly what i wanted to hear, but i guess yeh ill get used to it.
its annoying because i can smell something so strongly and noone else can even smell it.
lol i cant go near the cleaning aisle at the supermarket, it makes me sick. i stand at the end of the aisle and get the boys to grab my stuff.
food is the main thing at the moment making me sick.
I wonder why this happens though. why do you need to smell better while pregnant. might just have to ask the doctor this...

**flib** · 03-07-2007 21:57

Yep, whole pregnancy for me too. I used to have to make sure our bedroom door was closed if I was cooking as the smell would get trapped there. (small house) When I went to bed it would really gross me out.

And I had a thing for the smell of wet dirt and potting mix (mmmm Bunnings!) as well as eucalyptus oil.

Good luck. It was worse in the first trimester when I had morning sickness. Once I stopped wanting to throw up all the time, I just found smells difficult and would sometimes need to leave certain places.

**ifoundmyglory** · 03-07-2007 22:01

My sense of smell has never left me, It started when i was pregnant, & has never gone away.

**Roxy** · 03-07-2007 22:03

I managed to offend a work collegue with #2 as well - he used to ride his pushie to work, and use the shower in the disabled toilet when he got to work.

I used the disabled toilet (cause there was more room!) and I had to ask him to not using that "filthy stinking soap" anymore because the smell made me want to hurl!

**squiglet** · 04-07-2007 06:57

I got a very hightend sence of smell as soon as I fell pregnant.
I could smell honey on flowers outside on the other side of the yard. The flowers normaly have no smell

For the whole pregnancy I couldn't handle having smells on my body or around me.
I used oderless deoderent. Body wash and moisteriser with no perfume.
My dh was baned from using scented products as it would rub off on me and I could smell it.
The list go's on...........

It is now 12 weeks after dd was born and it's sort of still haning around. I keep hiding dh's deoderent and colngne (sp?) so he can't use them as the smell is way to strong.
I sure hope it go's soon as I used to love wearing purfume.