When ur pregnant and ur sense of smell heightens, does that mean that you can just smell things from a longer distance? or does heightened sense of smell mean that the scent makes you sick? Say for instance I was in the upstairs and someone was eating corn and I could smell it even though corn doesn't really have a potent odor. It didn't make me sick either. IS that what heightened sense of smell means? Just being able to smell things that normally don't have a very strong odor or something? SORRY, if you gals read my posts, I can't explain anything lately!! Thanks!
2007-02-22 15:01:26 · 12 answers · asked by livindead_zombie13 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I know what you're talking about and it makes perfect sense. I can't exactly explain it to you either. I know that when I was pregnant with my son, I had to get rid of soaps, lotions, and perfumes because what I once thought smelled great, made me so nauseas, I'd start gagging (literally). I didn't even know I was pregnant this time until I suddenly couldn't stand the smell of my new lotion I had just bought the week before. Because of this, I had to run to the store to get a test. Tada! Pregnant. For some reason, when you're pregnant, your sense of smell heightens. I don't know why, it just does.
2007-02-22 15:20:03 · answer #1 · answered by herefordsun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you are getting pregnancy brain too. The heightened sense of smell means that you can smell much better (you can smell if there is even a small amount in the air) and you are better able to identify the smell. It doesn't necessarily mean that it makes you sick. If you don't have morning sickness, you probably won't get sick. For those of us who do have morning sickness, many smells can be good but so overwhelming that they make us sick and some are just nasty. (I love the smell of popcorn but it is so powerful that if I walk down the microwave popcorn isle in the store, it makes me sick.) What you describe is exactly what a heightened sense of smell means.
Your sense of smell works by catching little molecules of scent in the air. When something is far away or doesn't have a very strong odor, there aren't many molecules but you are now able to pick them up better.
2007-02-22 15:08:20 · answer #2 · answered by Huggles-the-wise 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can do both. It just means you notice the smells alot more. Whether it makes you sick or not. It's okay though that you can't explain these things. I am 17 weeks pregnant with my first and especially the first trimester, I noticed that everything from, food to gross smells were a whole lot stronger. I didn't know the smell of hairspay 5 rooms across could be noticed. The farther along you get to where you can tolerate it a little more (though it still grosses you out) and no longer become sick. However, women vary so it could happen all through or stop quickly.
Congrats on your pregnancy.
17 weeks pregnant.
2007-02-22 15:08:41 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was about 8 weeks pregnant, and was hanging out with a gf, her daughter needed her diaper changed and I was probably 4 feet away and could smell the urine in the diaper, it almost made me sick. I would say that that is a heightened sence of smell. Also I still at 17 weeks cant stand the smell of meat cooking. I think that you can smell things from further away, and also things that dont normaly smell.
2007-02-22 15:47:22 · answer #4 · answered by krickee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can smell things from greater distances, and certain smells just smell... different... when you're pregnant. Sometimes smells that you've never noticed, or never thought about, are suddenly really obnoxious and can make you feel nauseated or even vomit.
It's perfectly normal. I think nature prepares us well in advance with a sixth sense for being able to tell when our children are causing mayhem in another part of the house. Smell is just part of it.
2007-02-22 15:06:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me, I was much more aware of smells. And odors that before pregnancy hadn't bothered me could make me nauseous. And odors that had a particularly chemical smell made me want to get away from them fast.
Visiting a friend, I had to excuse myself to hang out on the front doorstep, in the fresh air, because I was just about to vomit from the smell of the kitty-litter box inside. Normally, a litter box smells, but I don't feel sick from it.
2007-02-22 15:09:41 · answer #6 · answered by TwoOverTwo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would say it is both. You will be able to smell things you couldn't normally smell and other smells will be a lot stronger. Some may make you feel sick while others may make you hungry. I can smell just about every little thing now.
2007-02-22 15:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you smell it stronger and way before anyone else registers the smell but sometimes it can make you sick if the smell is one you already dont like or if it was already strong to begin with i heard somewhere that you smell more because your nose gets wider (could be an old wives tale though)
2007-02-22 15:08:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This only happened to me my first pregnancy. For instance my boyfriend could sit at the end of the bed and me at the top and I could smell his breath. Meat cooking ughhh....it just enhances the smell....a lot of times I would say ugh do you smell that and everyone would say ugh no..also i used to love gain and tide detergent and they made me sick...flowery smells made me sick
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