Husband says I stink

[Jez2510]

Hi everyone,

I'm 15 weeks postpartum and breast feeding, I also have an older child in school. When I get back from school run everyday my husband tells me I "stink like wet dog" even if I've had a bath/shower the night before. He says is probably from the hormones from breastfeeding. No one else has mentioned it and I have asked a couple of female friends if I smell and they say no. I'm doing everything I can think of to help with the smell. Using Fussy deodorant, perfume and nice smelling spray on my clothes. Sometimes I have to wash jumpers after only wearing them the once because he says they stink.

Obviously, this is making me feel very self conscious and embarrassed. I don't want him to lie to me, if I smell I'd rather know but I can't live in the shower when I have a baby to look after,

Has anyone got any tips/tricks to help with this? I use Fussy deodorant as most other antiperspirants seem to make me smell worse!

Have you washed your coat? Is it likely to be a smell that comes from something you wear on the school run ?

Are your clothes not being aired properly?

Are you getting baby sick on you?

If he only notices the smell after you've been on the school run could it be your coat smells? Has it dried after getting wet & it smells like wet dog? If it's your coat that smells your clothes will smell once you take it off so he thinks its you smelling. Try washing your coat & see if that could be it.

Are you sure your friends aren't being kind, I can't imagine telling a friend she smelt bad, don't we all sweat on school run and post partum?

Are you changing clothes daily and washing bras etc on hot temps? Even if you're not leaking milk babies have tendency to dribble or sick up bits of milk down neck/on shoulder/in your hair etc. Ask him if it's a rotting milk smell, or if not is it your actual sweat or the fabric of clothes? My DH has an aversion to certain laundry detergents and odd things like a brand of nipple cream i was using as it 'smelt of sheep' (to me it smelt exactly like vasoline 😆)

Or the type of pads reacting with your skin? I used a numbing cream down there after first, he recoiled at that too because of the 'chemicals' he could apparently smell in it, he was fine with smell of blood but that tube of cream sent him reeling 😆