Really bad and STUPID question

Soon2bBivens · January 2010

PLEASE DONT FLAME ME! I'm just weird...

Does anyone else wonder if they baby is going to smell when it comes out? We were told the water smells really bad when it breaks so I just wonder when they plop the baby on you, will he/she smell?

I doubt I will care in that moment, but just one of those random thoughts that crossed my mind.

taprehoda · January 2010

Now you've made me wonder!!!

prego760 · January 2010

I dont know I never thought about what the baby will smell like. I know whats it's cleaned up it has that new baby smell.

Sept_Bride'07 · January 2010

i've never heard amnio smells bad, i've always heard it smells sweet.

saraheg77 · January 2010

I don't recall a smell either when my water broke or when my DD first came out... but maybe I was just distracted both times

willsmumma · January 2010

I don't remember DS smelling bad!! I think that is a myth!!

rlscheck · January 2010

prego760:
I dont know I never thought about what the baby will smell like. I know whats it's cleaned up it has that new baby smell.

Sounds weird, but I am so excited to smell my new little baby, I love that sweet little smell!

VampyAuthor · January 2010

Sept_Bride'07:
i've never heard amnio smells bad, i've always heard it smells sweet.

This is exactly what I've heard.

mrsfrank · January 2010

When they broke my water with DS I will be honest I didn't smell a thing! I sat there for a long time with it leaking out, and never smelled anything weird. I had a c section and really don't recall any smells

Soon2bBivens · January 2010

Well thats good to know! The nurse in one of our classes said it smelled and you'll know it!

Plus I see the babys with all the white stuff on them and I worry that whatever is in me is comin out and I just cant imagine my insides smelling good! ha ha!

Wilwarin · January 2010

Well, a percentage of amniotic fluid is the baby's urine, so I suppose it is not all that weird to think it might have an unpleasant odor.

jessicaskyy · January 2010

I delivered 2 babies last semester. I didn't notice any weird smells. Then again....I wasn't really focused on smells at the time.

araevg · January 2010

Now you've got me thinking . . .

acaudill042106 · January 2010

Ummm..I think amnio smells kind of sweet...but nothing like a bad odor? and I dont recall either of my children smelling bad? Or having a smell at all?

vegandy · January 2010

The first thing my best friend asked when she delivered her son Oliver was "does he smell?" lol

palmeram · January 2010

I wasn't really thinking of the smell before this, but I was thinking about all the goo on the baby. Then I started thinking...it's gotta be a lot better than getting poo on you, which is very possible when you have kids.

thomas&lynn · January 2010

I could smell nothing both when my water broke at home (and continued to leak for 5hrs before getting to the hospital) and when DD was born. I held her right away, too.

MrsAmyB · January 2010

Everywhere I've ever read says its either sweet or odorless.

I do find it weird when visitors came in and wanted to kiss my DD's head. Do they realize where she just came from?

sarabella816 · January 2010

I was in the delivery room with my sister when both nieces are born.

Birth definitely has a smell, but I wouldn't characterize it as a bad/stinky smell. To me it was strong, somewhat sour/sweet.

PMJacobsen · January 2010

ok. my water broke at home. a HUGE gush, all at once. it was all over my bed, my floor, and me. it had a faint, sweet odor, but nothing gross or even obvious at all. i had to sniff it at least a dozen times bc i didn't believe it, lol.

so, no, no bad smell in the fluid. however, i ended up with a CS under general anesthesia, so i don't have any clue what he smelled like when he came out.

teelaman · January 2010

Hmm...I think as long as you don't poo while the kids on the way out, it shouldn't be a grodie smell at all. I was in the room when my nephew was born, and I don't remember a smell. I'm just a little paranoid about the poo thing. I'm sure when I'm in the moment, I won't care, but seriously....right now when I'm not pushing....what an embarrassing thought.

kayteatrudeau · January 2010

I have been at the birth of one child and as she was placed on her mommy's tummy she did not have a strange scent. I have a pretty strong nose.

KelleyA · January 2010

Nope, they wipe the baby off and you honestly don't notice it with everything else going on. DH did tell me that the only thing that caught him by surprise was the smell of the fluid, he just never expected it to smell. I didn't notice.

JessMil10 · January 2010

Amniotic fluid is supposed to smell sweet, but I didn't think it smelled like anything. And yes I smelled it, lol, I was 36 weeks and in denial that it broke! I don't remember smelling anything either. So much personal stuff is happening down there and you suddenly pop out a baby, it all goes so fast! She was on my chest one minute and off to a bath the next!

hockeybride113 · January 2010

My mom said when I was born I smelled like a new puppy. We love that new puppy smell

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steph805 · January 2010

I don't remember smelling anything when they put my last 2 boys on my chest after birth. I really think that you are so involved in the moment that you aren't thinking of anything else but holding your beautiful baby.

Soon2bBivens · January 2010

teelaman:
Hmm...I think as long as you don't poo while the kids on the way out, it shouldn't be a grodie smell at all. I was in the room when my nephew was born, and I don't remember a smell. I'm just a little paranoid about the poo thing. I'm sure when I'm in the moment, I won't care, but seriously....right now when I'm not pushing....what an embarrassing thought.

Yes pooing is the other worry!

BTW, Where did you get your May baby tag, its beautiful??

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