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5 weeks and armpits stink

So I never had a problem in my armpit area never stink but since being pregnant it's starting to stink bad!! Anyone else with this problem
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7754577 tn?1397304688
Same here smh... i used ton never smell or sweat under my arms I could apply deodorant once every couple of days and be fine but now... 2-3 times a day... I hate it... and Im having a girl... I hate to see how much worse it would have been if i was having a boy.
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I naturally have body odor issues have to refresh my deodorant 5-8 times a day depending on if I am working/ out in the heat its more than 5  times and thats not pregnant  but other people have always noticed but I now refresh more then 12 times with being pregnant basically every time i get a chance I refresh it we go to leave its  refreshed before once while gone and when I get back home i used the clinical stretghth deodorants always have. Plus hormones are changing and smells u notice others won't and smells that bother you will not bother others even of its from food etc.
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I guess I might be hving a boy then cuz my armpits sweat a lot also but now its my feet I can't stand it! Lol I sit on the couch and start smelling all kinds of things no good
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This happened to me around that time! So bad! Now its not terrible but still not normal.
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7721203 tn?1468443229
yayyyy, I knew this boy was going to give me a hard time lol I swear I thought it was just me! I thought I hit puberty a long time ago lol!! (((:
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With my first pregrancy was a girl and i never sweated. But my second time im having a boy!  I sweat allot too and notice my hair grows faster.  I usually put baby powder on my arm pits in morning and before bed. Deodorant once ready to go!  It's the hormones
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Yeah hormones suck! I have sweaty pits even when I am not hot, and I have to use clinical deodorant already and usually end up reapplying it, 24hr protection my butt!
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7721203 tn?1468443229
yeah, I guess I have the extra testosterone too.. YAYYYY for team blue! lol
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7988724 tn?1400967191
Ohhh the fun stuff we get.to endure as pregnant women. Hahaha I smell everything also.  
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Im the same way I'm using my bfs deodorant know  lol  I sweat more in my armpits to lol but im having a boy so extra testosterone lol
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Happen to me too. I never had a problem with this until pregnancy.   My baby is now 3 weeks old and the problem is still here.  Hope it goes back to normal soon.
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7721203 tn?1468443229
I've done that too!!! I'll ask my fiancé, "do you smell that?!" he automatically says, "it wasn't me.. but no.." lol!!! it's usually our dog, but I always smell her first! haha
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6918915 tn?1395932871
I think our sense of smell is heightened too. I smell bad smells all the time when I go places or just sitting on the couch and I start sniffing the cushions and stuff looking for it. And nobody else smells it lol
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7721203 tn?1468443229
I've noticed that no matter how much I shower, scrub my armpits, or how much deodorant I put on.. I can STILL smell it! lol I've never had "body odor" & my fiancé swears he doesn't smell it.. but I do!! I guess it doesn't help that I'm having a boy.. maybe extra testosterone is to blame??? lol ((:
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Yuck lol thanx! Guess it will be worth it once my baby gets here ;)
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Your hormones are changing. Probably you are getting a little serge in testosterone - that is why pregnant women grow more body hair too
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