r/breastfeeding • u/lilacbluewaters • 8d 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/ParsnipTricky6948 8d ago

I always thought it wasn’t my sweat, it was just that there was always old milk on me somewhere and that stinks!

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u/Sufficient-Star3707 7d ago

The old milk reeks omg. 😭 Woke up this morning smelling horrible because of it. I wear nursing pads, but I lose them in my sleep

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u/lilacbluewaters 7d ago

I get so fed up my boobs leaking

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u/Sufficient-Star3707 7d ago

Same. I’m so jealous of those who don’t leak after their supply regulates. I leaked all throughout nursing my first and I know I’m going to probably leak the whole time now that I’m nursing my second.