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Yes. I have super sense of smell this pregnancy. In the beginning, the smell of certain foods made me nauseous. Now, certain smells get stuck in my nose and it annoys me. I can't tell what they are sometimes. About 2 days ago, I chopped some onions for dinner and the smell stayed with me for a while. Clothes don't always smell as fresh and my husband says I smell him now when I hug him. I don't remember it being this sensitive with my 1st pregnancy.

Totally.

I'm generally super sensitive to smells, but yes, I can smell things more now that I'm pregnant. The first trimester, the smell of boiling pasta was enough to make me gag!

Yes. It was awful- and poor Dh was often the offender. I made him brush his teeth so many extra times. Oh or people on public transportation? The worst. It actually got better towards the end, and now I'm probably still more sensitive than prepreg but not like I was when I was pregnant.

and sometimes bacon

Just food smells. I couldn't open the fridge without gagging and at times I couldn't even bear to enter the kitchen!

@dandelion: same in my apt! can't stand it

@illumina: i'm the same way about the fridge, i hold my breath when i open it in the morning.

Yes! DH took up smoking meat as a hobby and the smell of the smoke and the smoked meat makes me want to gag!

Oh yes, majorly! I threw up in the trash cans at gas stations more than once - DH had to start taking my car out to fill it up with gas for me. Oh, and he had to buy new deodorant, because one time that made me throw up too when he put his arm around me - I'm sure it took a lot of effort for him to not be offended by that, haha! And when my boss was coming back inside from a smoke break I could smell him wayyyy before he was actually standing by me.

@spaniellove: I avoid going outside while the smoker is going and he has started putting the meat outside to cool and put in tupperware instead of pulling it apart in the house.

DH ate something bad when I was pregnant and I could smell it! He threw up two hours later

ugh yes. my dog threw up at 2 a.m. today... that almost put me over the edge!

Ugh, yes! Last pregnancy seemed a little bit worse, but I still get set off pretty easily.

At Christmas my husband wanted bacon for breakfast along with french toast- something he hasn't asked for in a year. Also our Christmas ham- I could not eat either! I had super bland meals that day just because the smell set me off.

Last pregnancy I had a student that chain smoked, and I just could not be in the same room with her unless she febreezed herself before she walked in.

Quick question for all you pregnant ladies with sensitive smell, before getting pregnant were you sensitive to smells during your period?

I'd say i have a normal sense of smell most of the time, but every month a couple of days before my period my sense of smell goes in to over drive. I can smell my period coming (sorry TMI) and this lasts for the rest of my period. I'm sort of dreading having that level of smell for 9 months, although I'm sure I'd survive it

They definitely do. It was really awful during my chicken aversion, but thankfully that's gone now! But I can definitely smell things faster/stronger than I used to, especially clients in our tiny office, food smells, smokers, etc.

The weirdest one is that I could already sort of "smell" when people were going to be sick with the cold or flu, but now it's like a freaking brick wall hits me, it's very pungent. That sure comes in handy, though, so I can try to subtly steer clear of them and make sure to wash my hands extra when they're around. But ugh, that smell is AWFUL.

Yeah. Weirdly, the worst offender is flavored coffee. If anyone in my office is drinking a hazelnut latte or something, it makes me want to barf SO BAD.