Aversion to husband's scent

Itsjustlaur

I just reached 11 weeks today, and I have had a heck of a time with morning sickness and aversion to smells. The most frustrating aversion to me is that I can't stand the smell of my husband. It's not his breath or his body odor...it's more complicated than that. He can brush his teeth, use mouthwash, floss, etc. but when I smell his air, it makes me soooo sick.

 He doesn't have bad breath to me normally, just since I was about 6.5 weeks. It feels like a cruel trick of mother nature to get pregnant, vomit all the time, and then not even be able to stand the smell of your husband . 

 

Anybody else out there experiencing this? He is such a great sport about it all, but I would love to WANT to be near him again. 

 

MangomamaFL

That stinks. Poor husband and poor you. I hope this pass soon. 

 Hugs. 

eponine7682

I don't have quite the same experience but I do know this can happen to women sometime. For me I think it's my low sex drive that is impacting this too, but I have not wanted anything to do with my poor hubby for a few weeks now. And his breath really gets to me too in the morning. I mean, no one has great morning breath, but not i am super sensitive to it so I can't let him near me until he brushes.

hmontty

Someone else posted about this maybe 4 or 5 weeks ago. Hopefully it will pass in a few weeks.

 

Khrysty289

It has something to do with pheromones.  I read an article a while back that said that non-pregnant women are attracted to men who give off "virile" or "fertile" pheromones, but when they're pregnant they're sometimes repulsed by the same smells/sense and more attracted to men who have pheromones that give off a more "nurturing" and "familial" air.  After the baby they get back to normal.  Was a really cool study.

FWIW, I still love FI's scent.  I hope that doesn't change.  I'm a clingy person and would hate to not be around him lol

orgnlmama

Lurker hopping in... my pregnancy with DD, I had an aversion to kissing DH the entire time.

Itsjustlaur

Thanks for lurking! I have just felt so alone in this, because no one else that I know has experienced anything like this. 

 With all of the m/s, all I want is to have a good snuggle when I finally go to bed for the night, but it is just not happening unless he puts a blanket over his mouth .  

allisonty11

Another lurker... sorry   I had the same exact thing happen when I was preggo with DD.  I even made him switch body washes a couple times- nothing worked.  Sad to say, it lasted throughout the entire pregnancy and I was finally able to tolerate being around him when she was about 2 weeks old.

I also had an aversion to kissing.  Any sort of physical touch, actually.  Mother nature is cruel, but he was a good sport about it all. 

 

choppinbroccoli22

My poor husband took a while to get his act together with being totally un-smelly before coming to bed... he didn't even realize that coming up to me to kiss me during the day was unpleasant to me for a long time. I finally had to tell him what our little problem was at the risk of hurting his feelings, because he was thinking it was something else. He has tried really hard to be more sensitive since then, even wearing MY rock crystal unscented deoderant, which he disdains.

nk1220

Thank you OP for posting this.  I seriously just had this conversation with my unwed and unpregnant friend.  She thinks I'm nuts.  This is me to the T.  It's such an odd thing to go through.