14 weeks - feeling low, struggling with how sensitive my smell is!

[LP15132]

Hello - i suppose I'm reaching out to not feel so alone! but with the current situation (living in a T3 area) i feel quite isolated in general as i guess a lot of people are.

I've struggled with morning sickness, literally from week 5 and i had to drag my arse to work every day which includes an hours commute each way and i couldn't afford to take any time off sick as i don't get sick pay so right now at 14 weeks even though I'm feeling a bit better I'm utterly worn out... and i feel shocking!

When I'm at home, i can barely function, I've not cooked for weeks and weeks as i cant stand being in my own kitchen... the downstairs of my house has a weird smell! and it turns my stomach! i cant explain it and my fella is like 'what smell?' but its over powering and its torturing me! were renovating our house so the front room has been a building site for a while, only just at a point where we can use it again now, and the upstairs landing has bare walls and floorboards.... and this smell! i cant describe it its like... a cross between sale cooking (garlic and spices)... but with other stuff thrown in like the paint and wood stain fumes haven't worn off.... basically.... i hate it so im pretty much confined to my bedroom at the moment.... so all of this paired with the restrictions its really getting me down and im so stuck at how to manage this smell torture im going through! honestly ive been breathing through my mouth so much my lips are chapped! ha! i know all pregnant women have a sensitive sense of smell - but did/does anyone have a similar problem with smells at home? I'm having to light candles to cover it up to spend some time on the couch with my fella, but its still very over powering and uncomfortable because its just masking this smell that only i can smell!! and if i leave my bedroom door open it likes drifts in there! so im obsessed with keeping the door closed (something which my fella has yet to get a grip on hes constantly leaving it open no matter how much i ask!) i just dont know what to do, i hate being at work, and i hate being at home! but i cant go anywhere else! so im just feeling like im in a bit of a rut.

I just wondered if anyone could relate x

Absolutely! Literally couldn't visit certain supermarket aisles due to the smell ( later found out that a sewer had broken underneath that part of the store) no one else could smell it.

I heard that it was an advantage for pregnant women to be extra sensitive to possible sources of danger, but it was awful.

I found that extra strong mints helped with the smell and morning sickness a little. The smells were more manageable at around twenty weeks - but I still couldn't wear perfume until I'd stopped breastfeeding so 18 months old ish.

I could have written this myself! Couldn't go in my kitchen for WEEKS, the smell of the fridge, bananas in the fruit bowl, the bin, the sink just absolutely turned my stomach. I lived upstairs for a while and my OH was very lovely and brought me water and salty crisps when I needed them. It does pass, it lasted until around 13 weeks for me and I'm back to eating and feeling normal now

I can totally relate to this.
My sense of smell tripled like crazy with my first pregnancy. Almost everything made me sick. I stopped going out completely coz I was sick everywhere. The worst was greasy fast food. Couldn't walk past chippy shops without heaving. Horrible. I still have flashbacks 😂
Mine lasted from week 6 to throughout my pregnancy.
Lost weight because I could barely keep anything down. The kitchen door was shut at all times because of the smell of food. Funny because none of my friends could relate and I sounded like a lunatic trying to describe it 😅😞
I'm currently 5weeks and can feel the nausea creeping in...🥺

Hope yours doesn't last too long. All the best x