To sleep separately from my husband while I have morning sickness?

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I'm 8 weeks pregnant with DC2 and on meds 3x a day for severe nausea and sickness. Husband has possibly the worst case of chronic flatulance you've ever smelled, his farts frequently clear rooms. It's nauseating, sulphuric and literally sickening. Every night I have to share a duvet with this man and it's like sleeping in somebody's rectum. I wake frequently during the night and have to decide whether to be cold or pull the stinking duvet back over myself. And in the morning our room smells like a cesspit. Husband is also a mouth breather at night, and doesn't brush his teeth before bed. So I get warm gusts of morning breath all over me all night too.

I've tried opening windows. I've tried asking husband to drink less gassy beer. I've tried asking husband to brush his teeth before he goes to bed. But the issue remains.

This morning I took myself off to the sofa for a couple of hours and it was absolute bliss. Now I'm thinking I should just camp out there until my gag reflex sorts itself out.

AIBU? Oh and please don't helpfully suggest husband get medical assistance for filthy rectum, I've been there so many times.

Literally just got through this stage, had HG and husbands breath in my face was enough to set me off (it wasnt bad either!) He just slept in another room until I started to feel better!

This is gross - Id have kicked DP out of the bed long before this. Why does he think this is acceptable and he doesn't need to do anything to improve the situation?

He sounds utterly revolting.

You must be v tolerant to be pregnant in the first place.
YA soooooooooNBU, but he should be on the sofa.

Sleep elsewhere. When I was pregnant, I couldn't stand the smell of dh. His whole smell - his skin, everything - he smelled like metal or something. Then one day my father gave me a hug and I found he smelled of it too. Didn't hug any other men while I was pregnant, but if I had, am pretty sure they would have smelled the same. Disgusting it was.

After dd was born, I couldn't smell it anymore. Presumably something about being pregnant meant that I was sensitive to it.

But that is an aside. Definitely do not feel you have to put up with it. Only sleep in the same bed as him if you can stomach it.

That is utterly grim. But you've done this once already and decided to get pregnant by this man again, so my sympathy is limited. Sleeping on the sofa while pregnant might not be fun later on though. I'd look into twin beds and sleep with the window open (or maybe him in the smallest bedroom and you and your son in the other.

Just an idea - you have described my DH in terms of flatulence - it's caused many a row. After a period where we both did a low-carb diet it disappeared and reappeared when we started eating carbs again.

Turns out he's gluten intolerant so has pretty much cut it out. No doctor or anything - just solved nearly overnight.

Can you switch to gluten-free bread and other foods to see if it helps?

Deffo sleep alone though - it's vile otherwise when pregnant.

Why would you have sex with someone so disgusting?

Maybe invest in a sofa bed and get your DH to sleep there. You then can launder the sheets and curtains and clean everything else and enjoy the bed all to yourself.

If he refuses, get him to brush his teeth, floss and use mouth wash! Oh and he can stop the beer while he's at it!

He sounds awful. I don't know about a separate room, I'd want a whole separate house.

Haha. Go for it! Sleep wherever you feel more comfy and get a better night's sleep.

I feel sick just reading that. Kick him out!

Urgh. I don't think I've read the word 'rectum' so many times

If you're comfy on the couch, sleep there.

Ye gods, don't let your foul smelling husband sleep in a communal area!!

How on earth did you become pregnant with him?
Get out of the room- for sure.

On a practical level though, when you are feeling better. Get a second duvet and keep that for yourself.
When you make the bed, just put one on top of each other! :)

My h had gas issues. We worked out it was a food intolerance issue and he slept on the sofa til it was sorted. No reason yours can't do the same. Do you wake your h up when he farts? Does he realise how bad it is?

It's not unusual to be grossed out by your partner while pregnancy. Kick him out of bed. And also think off him doing some work on his hygiene issues which do sound extreme.

At a certain point in all of my 3 pregnancies, my dh smelled absolutely rank. Vile. Putrid. Made me want to gag if I got close to him. It passed after a couple of weeks. Hopefully it will get better soon for you, OP.

Yanbu, severe morning sickness /HG is brutal. I will never forget the extreme sense of smell. Do what ever you need to get through this bit

How did you even get to making dc2? Doesn't sound like the sexiest thing to be around

Although, one of the few times I was sick during my pregnancy was when DP farted