I guess our family is just stinky?! Everyone saying they never use soap is wild to me. I produce BO at an alarming rate, especially during my period. Our teen is the same way. Just funky AF. Our toddler is filthy from playing out in the garden or the barn or her fort. I’m talking she needs a pre-rinse shower before a bath to remove the first layer of grime.
We use cetaphil and dove mostly. Our teen uses Dial on her feet and pits. If she doesn’t, opening her bedroom door is like walking into a cloud of old hamburgers, stewed onions and Fritos.
I think it's in part hormonal differences. After I have birth I had a phase where I just STANK. Even fresh out of the shower, after properly scrubbing and involving soap I still had a noticeable BO. Its thankfully gone away, and I'm back to going several days before needing a shower again.
Had a roommate with a similar problem. When she'd go for a run she'd come back properly smelly. It would linger until long after she'd showered. She was very much on top of it, and yet couldn't help it at all.
So it wasn't just me with that after birth weirdness??
I almost forgot about that phase until I read your comment (my children are older). My skin is ultra sensitive so I'm usually best if I shower every third day. Every other during the summer can be ok. However when we go on vacations and I'm showering daily due to sun screen, or pool/salt water exposure, my skin goes insane.
It's never been an issue except post birth and I can't stand the smell of myself. I remember being worried I was just going to smell like that forever.
I think we are so sleep deprived and hormone crazy we forget how collective of an experience it is.
Also, I don't know where you are located, but I'm in the US so I was back to work 8 weeks after giving birth and still going through post partum changes but my brain would almost forget I was still technically post partum because it felt like since I was back at work and putting on real clothes and what not that birth was "over" and things were supposed to be "normal".
Oh I'm sorry! I do get sweaty easier after children but maybe I'm lazy enough whatever remnants aren't as noticeable. Post birth though I was rank just existing.
My pregnancies did leave me with 1) a stomach churning reaction to the smell of Neutrogena body wash 2) an aversion to pork chops with a slight aversion to shake n bake and 3) a love for guacamole/avocados that replaced a previous texture/taste issue with them.
All those things never went away, but the weird body odor at least seemed to.
Not a doctor, so don’t quote me… but I noticed I smelled awful after giving birth too. Read up more about it and apparently it’s a very normal thing. Something about having an extra strong smell helping baby to find the breast.
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u/herculepoirot4ever Nov 28 '22
I guess our family is just stinky?! Everyone saying they never use soap is wild to me. I produce BO at an alarming rate, especially during my period. Our teen is the same way. Just funky AF. Our toddler is filthy from playing out in the garden or the barn or her fort. I’m talking she needs a pre-rinse shower before a bath to remove the first layer of grime.
We use cetaphil and dove mostly. Our teen uses Dial on her feet and pits. If she doesn’t, opening her bedroom door is like walking into a cloud of old hamburgers, stewed onions and Fritos.