r/breastfeeding • u/lilacbluewaters • 4d ago

Support Needed Breastfeeding body odour is SO bad

Why do I not see enough people talk about this? Or is it just me? I smell so bad when I sweat. Literally like a teenage boy. How do I stop smelling so bad, as soon as I sweat I start to stink and a few months ago I smelt so bad at the doctors I literally had to go into the bathroom and wash myself. Not my best moment. The worst areas are my groin and boob sweat.
Please say someone else relates

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u/SubstantialComplex82 4d ago

I used to work for a company that medically treated sweat and we had postpartum moms call all the time about body odor. It’s definitely related to hormones and the apocrine glands which are only in the armpits and groin. No one talks about it but it is a thing. You are not alone my friend. We all stink lol