I always knew the sense of smell increased during pregnancy. I just never knew how much. Last month there was a faint smell of soap in my office, and I could smell it very strongly. So strongly that I actually asked a coworker of mine if he could also smell it. He had to get up and walk around my desk before he could pick up that scent. He was very impressed with my new superpower. I didn't think much of this at the time.
But today the super power is now in full effect. My friend at work ordered a piece of pizza which I did not know about because I was busy working at my desk. I got a whiff of the smell of pasta sauce and declared that someone must be having pasta. She looked across our shared cubicle wall and said she was having pizza.
Moments later I get a very strong sense of vinegar. I notice that the cubicle diagonal from me has a salad from a place that makes a vinegar based dressing. While these incidents seem to be cute. It is no so cute when I have to take this uncontrolled super power of mine out into the world. By this I mean outside to the dirty smelly streets of Central Square Cambridge. Each smell of the street is intensified. I cannot turn my super nose off, and I would really like to be able to do this when faced with the scents that want to make me gag.
I get to the corner right before the subway entrance of Central Square heading back to Boston and I have to just about run to get underground where I am safe from the hideous smells. This is not an easy task as this is always where a major bus stop is and crowds of people linger. So I also have to dodge the moving bodies that are trying to walk in the opposite direction as I am. in effort to find me safety.
A dear friend of mine decided to share the secret that this super power once activated does not go away. Please all mothers out there, tell me if this is true, and I stuck with this uncontrolled super power of the super bloodhound smelling nose?
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Yep! I still have mine. Although it has gotten better over the past few months. I don't think it will every go completely away. I could not stand the smell of perfume or deodorant when I was prego!
Hey Kels, this is Ricardo. Congrats are in order. But I was curious why do you think you’re getting all of these symptoms/super powers so early. Should/can all of this happen so quickly? I know I’m a guy and I’ll never truly understand but I was hoping you could shed some light on things. I thought these things didn’t start till late in the 1/early 2nd trimester. Put your doctor hat on for a second if you will & throw some education my way… Much Love
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