These hormones are driving me insane. No, scrap that, my nieghbours are driving me insane.
I'm 12 weeks pg and still in the throws of exhaistion/bad nausea/adversion to anything that smells vauguely of anything and for the past 3 days my neighbours have been having building work done. As if coping with the terible bang/hammer/drill wasn't enough to stop me from trying to rest, I had a varnish stink on Monday coming in the windows and for the past 2 days it's been an utterly terrible mastic chemical smell that even non pregnant I'd struggle with. I'm sure it's so chemically that it's one of those 'avoid inhaling when pregnant' type things.
My life now has a pattern of :
smell chemicals
sigh
shut windows, blinds, curtains to try to keep smell out and cry at the smell
cry some more because the smell gets in the house despite my attempts (we have a very drafty house)
feel sick from fumes
wander around house trying to find the least chemically smelling room
cry a bit more
open windows to sniff to see if smell gone
open windows/doors to get fresh air in to blow through chemicals
1 hr later repeat from above
I did think it was just me that thought the smell was bad with a pregnancy nose so got my sister over but even she struggled with it.
Every time this happens I get progressively closer to going out and punching/shouting abuse at the workmen next door, which I know is irrational but all I want is to be able to rest without being fumed in my own house. If this continues into tomorrow I will not be held responsible for my actions!!!