Nausea and things that smell...

Re: Nausea and things that smell...

• gdizzle

  August 2011

  I can totally relate.  From weeks 5-10, I was nauseous all day long.  I have not throw up yet, but the all-day nausea was just awful!  We also rent in an old musty house and have cats (that we clean up after all the time!), but the smell of the house as a whole has been getting to me.  When I get home, I open up the windows and stick fans in them to circulate air throughout the house.  That seems to help a little.  Is it cooling down at all where you are?

  One of my friends suggested putting containers of baking soda around the house (hidden of course) to soak up some of the odor.  We also do not throw food out in the indoor trash can any longer because that was stinking up the kitchen.  We have those Glade Plug-Ins in every other room and that seems to work a bit too.

  
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• paulinaramirez member

  August 2011

  lhenderson109:

  I think that I have had it pretty easy compared to some others out there. I haven't actually thrown up at all, just a generally nauseous feeling almost all the time. It seems to help if I eat frequently, except for yesterday. I was on the couch all day and nothing helped! I drank ginger ale and ate chicken noodle soup to no avail. and I had the worst headache. Now I am scared that it will come back. The worst part, we are renting in a very old house and it smells! Of course I didn't notice it before, but now everything smells bad in here and I can't escape it! Especially when its too hot for the windows to be open. Any suggestions? Know of any good air fresheners?

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  I feel your pain it was like this for me during first pregnancy in our old apartment. It smelled of dog urine and was just awful. We did febreeZe pretty often, but overall just had to get through it . hope it gets better !

  

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• tardiswho10 member

  August 2011

  I've been pretty much the same with not throwing up, and just consistently eating to keep the nausea at bay.  And I'm definitely starting to pick up more smells too.  I have these candles I buy at one of the small pet stores in town - I think they're called "pet odor eliminating candles" (they got real creative with the product name haha).  They seem to really be helping with the smells I didn't used to notice.  Instead of just masking the smells like a yankee candle would do, it pulls the smells out of the air.  So instead of blueberry with a hint of old musty smelly house, all you get is blueberry.  They have some pretty good scents too!

  

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• lhenderson109

  August 2011

  

  thanks, I will give some of those things a try. I have been using Febreeze pet odor eliminator spray but that just seems to mingle with the other scents. Does the enhanced smell go away or is this a total pregnancy symptom? 

  

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• Lanatir member

  August 2011

  It won't help with the smell of the actual house, but getting fresh lemons and cutting them up and smelling them made my nausea go away.  It might help you enough to be able to eat something.

   

  For the actual house, I agree that baking soda can help a lot.  The next question is if it's damp.  If so, a dehumidifier can help clear out some of the smell, but if you're getting nosebleeds, it will probably make them worse as the air will be drier.
  

  

   

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• MrsJetSet member

  August 2011

  Lanatir:

  It won't help with the smell of the actual house, but getting fresh lemons and cutting them up and smelling them made my nausea go away.  It might help you enough to be able to eat something.

   

  For the actual house, I agree that baking soda can help a lot.  The next question is if it's damp.  If so, a dehumidifier can help clear out some of the smell, but if you're getting nosebleeds, it will probably make them worse as the air will be drier.
  

  I use the lemon trick.. our floorplan is wide open so I also put them in the sink disposal to help spread the smell around, but that would be less helpful if the kitchen is closed off from the living room. 

  
  
  
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