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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe you that they have a smell--my MILs house has a particular smell (not bad, just different) that I notice when I am first there, and my SIL wears just way too much perfume and my house smells after she has been there. Is it possible that it has been so much worse for you the last few years because of pregnancy hormones? When I was pregnant (even before I knew) I complained incessantly about smells that my husband could not smell. I'm normally pretty sensitive to smells, but being pregnant and postpartum it was so much worse and overwhelming. Anyway--this is a known pregnancy thing and perhaps you could use that as a cover to say something to them.[/quote]

OP here. Yes! While pregnant with my first child 7 years ago, I developed an extreme sensitivity to smell that never went away. I'm sensitive to even the mildest scents that no one else seems to notice. Thank you for believing me, PP![/quote]

omg, I'm so sorry OP. Mine has slowly faded (my child is almost 2), but I remember how nauseating certain smells were. Some still really bother me, and I've always been sensitive to perfumes in general (cannot handle the smell of regular Tide detergent for example). Maybe after this pregnancy things will start to go back to normal. The previous pp's suggestion of putting a scent you do like on your hand worked for me when pregnant (lemon smell has always been soothing to me, or having a cup of mint tea to smell). I'm guessing that part of the problem is that you are not used to how you ILs smell, and then you get immersed in it for a few days and then it goes away and so you never get used to it. They probably do have more BO then some people--my brother certainly does (I just try not to sit right next to him).[/quote]

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