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1st Trimester
I HATE the Way He Smells.
That's right. My boyfriend/father of my child.
His natural scent has been making me absolutely SICK, lately. It's probably one of those weird pregnancy things (I mean, I've always LOVED how he smells), but I feel horrible. I mean, it's to the point that I don't want to kiss him or for him to hug me, or ANYTHING. Does anyone else have this problem, or something similar?
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Re: I HATE the Way He Smells.
Solution: AXE
Gotta love the smell of axe! Especially in bed when the arm is wrapped around you..... purchase some for him! lol
Haha! I can relate! My H used to use a Nivea For Men aftershave that I seriously loved and couldn't smell enough. When I was pregnant with DS, all of a sudden it made me want to hurl every time I caught a whiff. DH actually refused to stop wearing it until he finished the bottle, which didn't end up being until I was well into my 7th month. Douche.
I did *kind of* get him back though, since the only thing that would help my pregnancy-induced eczema was Elizabeth Arden's 8 Hour Skin Protectant. He hated the smell of it; he thought it smelled like pepper in a frying pan. I only used it for a couple of months though.
Thankfully, he hasn't smelled offensive to me yet. It's still early.
That's an easy enough one to fix: "Oops I dropped it." Done. When something doesn't smell good my husband has figured out it's a lot easier to be around a wife that isn't dry heaving or puking constantly. (I think of The Office when Pam was pregnant with her first and Dwight with the eggs... that stopped pretty quickly!)
Apparently this is actually totally normal!
I bought this book the other day (it just came out a month ago) called "Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies" and it talks about this very thing. It said that some pregnant women actually become turned off by the smell of their mate. It's thought that it's because a person's odor is caused by a set of genes that are related to the immune system. Women are attracted to men for whom these genes differ from their own (meaning that their immune systems will differ in what they're good at fighting off, giving the best chance of having a child who has a mix from both parents and thus will be healthier). But, since a woman's immune system is suppressed during pregnancy, she feels driven away from the scent of those same men because their smell indicates they could make her sick. They also think it may have something to do with why pregnant women feel driven to bond more with family during this time (who would have similar immune genes).
I'm waaaay oversimplifying, but I highly recommend you at least take a look at the book in a bookstore and check out that section (it's in the first chapter).
Mama's Clone - 07/18/12