https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:24:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1009185 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 02:27:01 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1009185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Scotch. My housemate is a major scotch drinker (actually planning an intervention for him as my husband and I are worried he's an alcoholic - another story altogether!!) But when he's been hitting it hard his breath, and his sweat (UUUGH) and basically everything about him just reeks of alcohol and its the only thing that's got me even close to being sick. Most of the time I won't even feel nauseous, but if he walks in after his customary 6 scotch and soda's, I'm done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1009152 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:57:32 +0000 MaisyMay 1009152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: Safeway set me off one day to the point that I told DH either we leave or I find somewhere to throw up. It's amazing how much better you feel after! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1009150 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:55:43 +0000 lemondrop 1009150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaisyMay: ugh, reminds me of being at the grocery store on Friday. I avoided the meat areas completely, but I felt like I had to keep dodging the people who hand out food samples. It smelled so strong, I had my shirt pulled up over my nose- yeah, I was that weirdo dashing through the grocery store before I threw up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1009106 Mon, 12 Aug 2013 00:09:58 +0000 Running Elley 1009106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH's deodorant (I made him switch) and the smell of bar soap. Ugh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1009099 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 23:57:48 +0000 MaisyMay 1009099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Raw meat. I absolutely could not stand to walk through the butcher counter at the grocery store. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1009094 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 23:53:58 +0000 LomaLinda 1009094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*oops!<br /> Whenever a customer would come in smelling like smoke it was all I could do not to gag. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1009093 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 23:53:07 +0000 LomaLinda 1009093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cigarette smoke. I worked as a receptionist while I was pregnant and whenever a customer would come in smelling like sm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1008979 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:42:43 +0000 PurplePeony 1008979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been pretty lucky, but a couple times there have been smokers or people with BO near me on the bus and it's been awful. Usually, it would just be unpleasant but it's like the ugh factor is magnified now. Also, I always have a problem with the artificial scents in shampoo, soaps, laundry detergent, etc. Because of that, I have always used unscented or minimally scanted products but now my darling DH has decided he needs his clothes to smell "clean" and is doing his own laundry in Tide. Retch. It just smells like a big old ball of nasty chemicals to me, and again, is ten times worse now than it usually would be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1008960 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:23:49 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1008960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at my friends right now and her scentsy thing is making me gag! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1008959 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:23:03 +0000 SeptMomma12 1008959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Chocolate! Could not stand the smell:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1008942 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:13:12 +0000 MapleMoose 1008942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maple breakfast sausages, tacos, and the in-laws (ethnic cooking). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1008923 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:04:33 +0000 MsLipGloss 1008923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cooking/cooked chicken, lettuce, and boiling water . . . yep, boiled water has a smell! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1008918 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:59:58 +0000 erinpye 1008918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD EVERYTHING made me sick. Smells of almost all foods, even commercials and pictures of food sent me running to hurl. The word hotdog became one no one was allowed to say around me because even hearing it made me sick. This time around, I've been much sicker, yet not as affected by smells, although any cooking meat got me for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant/page/2#post-1008658 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 19:14:50 +0000 betsyboop 1008658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>cooked chicken. yuck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008640 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 19:05:26 +0000 Honeygold89 1008640@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bacon, hamburger meat cooking, and cooking grease I can't stand the smell of grease but after about five minutes the smell dies down and I'm ok </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008406 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:43:09 +0000 Penny Lane 1008406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>bell peppers, tomatoes, raw chicken, cooking beef, bad breath, garlic, baby poop, morning diapers (12 hours worth of pee... ugh!) and the worst... when i'm hungry, the smell of ANY FOOD makes me gag uncontrollably :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008387 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:25:31 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1008387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: LOL that's what I'm hoping! But mom said that she was this way when she was pregnant with me, so I'm not holding too much hope. We'll find out soon enough ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008371 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:14:14 +0000 pl0508 1008371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hamburger meat. Blah </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008352 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:02:44 +0000 sandy 1008352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Garlic and onions...which I usually love. And any kind of meat cooking </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008348 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:59:19 +0000 HLK208 1008348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>New appliances (especially oven/toaster when heated), new construction, certain shampoo, foundation, deorderant, coffee grounds, perfume, toasted English muffins, the list goes on and on!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008186 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:05:38 +0000 lemondrop 1008186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: maybe that means a boy for you this time ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008184 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:04:12 +0000 lemondrop 1008184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything this week! I've been craving stuffed pasta shells this week and unfortunately the smell of them cooking set me off :( All meats cooking, but especially bacon. Eggs are bad too- I told my husband one of our favorite breakfast places is off limits for now because it smells like eggs and bacon. My son had leftover fancy mac &amp; cheese yesterday, and I could smell it on his breath for the rest of the night. Poopy diapers and cat food are the death of me in the mornings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008126 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:45:27 +0000 mrskc 1008126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh what didn't smell didn't induce gagging and throwing up is the question for me. I was super sensitive. Even driving on the way to work, the farm smells got me every time. Also coffee, rice cooking, chicken, potstickers, broth.. Just to name a few. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008120 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:39:00 +0000 mrsbookworm 1008120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hot dogs! Which made lunch duty at my school quite interesting :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008115 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:35:13 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 1008115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing ever made me puke but I hated the smell of morning smog. Especially when it was foggy out. Also the site of blood made me gag once &amp; the a sound of my client blowing her nose was horrible! I had to leave the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008097 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 13:22:40 +0000 pinkcupcake 1008097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The smell of my dog drove me crazy. Had to bathe her constantly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008059 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:44:52 +0000 yerpie110 1008059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any type of air freshener. Made me gag every single time, and often caused me to vomit as well. It was bad!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008048 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:35:08 +0000 runsyellowlites 1008048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With G is was teriyaki, smoke (which his dad did do), and gasoline.</p> <p>With P I had none, but had major sound aversions!!! Hearing DH bite his nails (which I could hear from across a large room) would make me sick to my stomach!</p> <p>This time, neither! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008040 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:31:49 +0000 irene 1008040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I didn't know you are pregnant - congrats!!!!! </p> <p>I had a heightened sense of smell when I was in my first trimester, I remember I almost puked when we went to a japanese restaurant and sat at the sushi bar! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-smells-sent-you-over-the-edge-when-pregnant#post-1008038 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:30:24 +0000 citymouse 1008038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cologne and Lentil Soup! </p>